(a) For the purpose of this Chapter, the following definitions shall apply, unless the
context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
"BASEMENT" means a portion of a building that is partly or completely below grade.
“BUILDING CODE” means Part 11 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Oberlin.
"DWELLING" means any Dwelling, Dwelling unit, building, structure, rooming house, rooming unit, hotel, or other living quarters used, intended to be used or designed to be used, in whole or in part, for living or sleeping by human Occupants.
"DWELLING UNIT” means any room or group of rooms located within a Dwelling and forming a single habitable unit with facilities, which are used, intended to be used or designed to be used for living, sleeping, cooking, and eating.
“EXISTING DWELLING” means any Dwelling constructed under, and in full compliance with, codes in force at the time of construction or alteration thereof, and that have been properly maintained and used for such use as originally permitted in accordance with plans which have been approved prior to the effective date of the Environmental Health Housing Code.
“EXTERMINATION" means the control and elimination of insects, rodents, or other pests by eliminating their harborage places; by removing or making inaccessible materials that may serve as their food; by poisoning, spraying, fumigating, or trapping; or by any other recognized and legal pest elimination methods approved by the Erie County Health Department.
“FIRE PREVENTION CODE” means Part 15 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Oberlin.
"FIRE STAIRS" means an exterior stairway twenty-two inches (22") wide with handrails, and guardrails with intermediate balusters with access from either a thirty inches (30") wide exterior door or an emergency escape window with a forty-four inches (44") interior sill height, twenty inches (20") minimum width, twenty-four inches (24") minimum height with a total of five and seven-tenths (5.7) square feet minimum and with wired-glass opening protection provided for all windows both above and below the path of the stairway.
“GARBAGE” means the vegetable and animal wastes resulting from the handling, preparation and consumption of foods, and any unwashed containers that previously contained food or liquid prepared or proposed for human or animal consumption.
“HABITABLE ROOM” means a room or enclosed floor space used, intended to be used or designed to be used for living, sleeping, cooking or eating purposes, excluding bathrooms, water closet compartments, laundries, pantries, foyers, or communication corridors, closets, and storage spaces.
“HEALTH, SAFETY AND SANITATION CODE” means Chapter of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Oberlin.
"HOUSING CODE" means this Environmental Health Housing Code.
“HOUSING CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER” means the City of Oberlin Code Enforcement Official or any duly authorized representative.
“INFESTATION” means the presence within or around a Dwelling, of any insects, rodents, or other pests.
“MULTIPLE DWELLING” means a Dwelling containing more than one Dwelling unit.
“OCCUPANT” means any person over one year of age living, sleeping, cooking, or eating in, or having actual possession of a Dwelling unit or rooming unit.
“OPERATOR” means any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others, has charge, care or control of any premises, or part thereof, in which there are one or more Dwelling units or rooming units, whether as Owner, manager, agent of the Owner, or due to conduct that demonstrates the person’s position of responsibility concerning the Dwelling or rooming unit.
“OWNER” means any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others, has legal title to any Dwelling or Dwelling unit, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof, or is the vendor or vendee under a land contract, whether recorded or not, or is the executor, executrix, administrator, administratrix, trustee, or guardian of the estate of either the person with legal title or the land contract vendor or vendee.
"PERSON” means an individual, partnership, association, syndicate, company, firm, trust, corporation, government corporation, department, bureau, agency, or any entity recognized by law.
“PLUMBING” means all of the following supplied facilities and equipment: gas pipes, gasburning equipment, water pipes, garbage disposal units, waste pipes, water closets, sinks, installed dishwashers, lavatories, bathtubs, shower baths, installed clothes-washing machines, catch basins, drains, vents, and any other similar supplied fixtures, together with all connections installed or connected to water, sewer, or gas lines.
“PREMISES” means not only the Dwelling and any other building of any kind or nature located on the lot, but also the entire parcel of land surrounding the buildings, including, but not limited to, fences, walkways, walls, and appurtenances.
"RENTAL UNIT" means a Dwelling unit or rooming unit not occupied by the person with legal title. Rental unit shall not include hotels for registration purposes as they are licensed by the State of Ohio.
"ROOMING UNIT" means any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit used, intended to be used or designed to be used for living and sleeping but not for cooking or eating purposes.
“RUBBISH” means combustible and noncombustible waste materials, except garbage, including the residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke, and other combustible material, paper, rags, cartons, boxes, wood excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches, yard trimmings, tin cans, metals, mineral matter, glass, crockery, plastics, dust, and other like materials.
“SUPPLIED” means paid for, furnished, or provided by, or under the control of, the Owner or Operator.
"ZONING CODE" means Part 13 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Oberlin
(b) Whenever the words "DWELLING," "DWELLING UNIT," "ROOMING UNIT," or "PREMISES" are used in this Chapter, they shall be construed as though they were followed by the words “or any part thereof.”
(Ord. 22-32AC CMS. Passed 7-5-22.)