For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meaning respectively designated unless it is clear from the context that a different meaning is intended.
DUAL RESIDENTIAL UNIT STRUCTURE. Any structure or unit which is used or intended by the nature of its construction to be used as a two (separate) family dwelling by persons for living or sleeping quarters, and having only two units within such structure, but shall not include unit structures intended primarily for transient lodging, including without limitation, hotels, motels, rest homes and hospital rooms. Such structure shall include but not be limited to duplexes.
FIRE CHIEF. The Town of Nutter Fort’s Fire Chief.
MAYOR. The Mayor of the Town of Nutter Fort.
MULTIPLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNIT STRUCTURE. A residential unit structure having more than two family dwellings or units within such structure. Such structure shall include but not be limited to apartment buildings, condominiums, townhouses or boarding houses. Such structure shall exclude hotels, motels, tourist homes, and the like.
NONRESIDENTIAL UNIT STRUCTURE. All other buildings not included within the definitions of “residential unit structure”. Such structures shall include, but not be limited to all commercial establishments, schools, government buildings, and the like. If a structure has multiple uses such as residential and commercial, it will be classified as a NONRESIDENTIAL UNIT.
NUTTER FORT FIRE DEPARTMENT. The Fire Department of the Town of Nutter Fort and all firefighters serving as volunteers within the Department.
OWNER. The owner of record of any tract or parcel of real estate, as reflected by the records maintained in the office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Harrison County, West Virginia but may also include the grantee or transferee of any interest in any real estate by unrecorded deed, or by an owner-financed sale evidenced by written agreement, such as a “land contract”, provided that the parties to any such transaction are required to notify the Treasurer as to which party to any such transaction shall be the responsible to pay any fire service fees due and payable pursuant to this article.
RESIDENTIAL UNIT STRUCTURE. Any structure or unit which is used or intended by the nature of its construction to be used as a single-family dwelling by persons for living or sleeping quarters, but shall not include unit structures intended primarily for transient lodging, including without limitation, hotels, motels, rest homes and hospital rooms.
TOTAL SQUARE FEET. That sum as measured by the exterior dimensions of each structure on a lot multiplied by the number of stories, also including enclosed porches, finished basements, garden centers, finished attics, detached garages, utility buildings and car washes with roofs. The following shall
not be included in the calculation of total square footage: canopies for banks, hotels, gas stations and retail stores.
TREASURER. The Town of Nutter Fort’s Treasurer.
(Ord. 2022-04, passed 6-14-2022)