As used in this chapter:
(a) "Accessory structure" means a structure, the use of which is incidental to that of the main building and which is attached thereto or located on the same premises.
(b) "Building" means a combination of materials to form a construction adapted to permanent or continuous occupancy or use for public, institutional, residence, business or storage purposes.
(c) "Building Code" means the Building Code of the City.
(d) "Deterioration" means the condition or appearance characterized by holes, breaks, rot, crumbling, cracking, peeling, rusting or other evidence of physical decay or neglect, lack of maintenance or excessive use.
(e) "Dwelling" means any structure designed for use by human occupants for sleeping and living purposes, whether occupied or vacant.
(f) "Dwelling unit" means any room or group of rooms, located within a dwelling, forming a single habitable unit which includes facilities for living, sleeping, cooking, eating, bathing and toilet purposes.
(g) "Exposed to public view" means any premises or part thereof, or any building or part thereof, which may be lawfully viewed by the public or any member thereof from a sidewalk, street, alleyway, licensed open air parking lot or adjoining or neighboring premises.
(h) "Exterior of the premises" means those portions of a building that are exposed to the elements, and the open space of any premises outside of any building erected thereon.
(i) "Fire Chief" means the Chief of the Fire Department of the City.
(j) "Fire hazard" means any thing or act that increases, or may cause an increase of, the hazard or menace of fire to a greater degree than that customarily recognized as normal by persons in the public service of preventing, suppressing or extinguishing fire, or that may obstruct, delay or hinder, or that may become the cause of an obstruction, delay, hazard or hindrance to, the prevention, suppression or extinguishment of fire.
(k) "Garbage" means putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
(l) "Infestation" means the presence of insects, rodents, vermin or other pests on the premises that constitute a health hazard.
(m) "Mixed occupancy" means any building containing one or more dwelling units or rooming units and also having a portion thereof devoted to nondwelling uses.
(n) "Nuisance" means:
(1) Any public nuisance known at common law or in equity jurisprudence or as provided by the statutes of the State or ordinances of the City;
(2) Physical conditions dangerous to human life or detrimental to the health of persons on or near the premises where the conditions exist;
(3) Unsanitary conditions or anything offensive to the senses or dangerous to health, in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter; and
(4) Fire hazards.
(o) "Operator" means any person who has charge, care or control of a dwelling or premises, or a part thereof, whether with or without the knowledge and consent of the owner.
(p) "Owner" means any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others, has legal or equitable title to any premises, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof, or has charge, care or control of any dwelling or dwelling unit, as an owner or an agent of the owner, or as a fiduciary, including, but not limited to, the executor, the administrator, the trustee, the receiver or the guardian of the estate, or as a mortgagee in possession, regardless of how such possession was obtained. Any person who is a lessee subletting or reassigning any part or all of a dwelling unit shall be deemed to be a co-owner with the lessor and shall have joint responsibility over the portion of the premises sublet or assigned by the lessee.
(q) "Premises" means a lot, plot or parcel of land, including the buildings or structures thereon.
(r) "Property maintenance officer" means the Building and Zoning Inspector of the City and such other officials as he or she may designate to act on his or her behalf.
(s) "Refuse" means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste (except body waste), including, but not limited to, garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals and solid market construction and industrial wastes.
(t) "Registered mail" means registered or certified mail.
(u) "Rooming unit" means any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit other than a dwelling unit, which is rented or available for rent for sleeping purposes, with or without cooking facilities.
(v) "Rubbish" means nonputrescible solid waste consisting of both combustible and noncombustible waste, such as paper, wrappings, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, crockery and similar materials.
(w) "Structure" means the combination of materials, whether fixed or portable, forming a construction.
(x) "Weathering" means deterioration, decay or damage caused by exposure to the elements.
(Ord. 95-83. Passed 11-28-83.)