The following words and phrases, whenever used in this article, shall be construed as defined in this section:
"Board" means housing code advisory and appeals board.
"Interested party" means any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or other entity listed in the title report as having an interest in the real property or known to the building inspections division as claiming an interest in the real property.
"Landlord" means an owner, lessor, or sublessor (including any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or other entity) who receives or is entitled to receive rent for the use of any residential unit, or the agent, representative, or successor of any of the foregoing.
"Proof of compliance" means documentation, on such form as the citing department may provide, that the deficiencies noted in the order or citation have been corrected. The board, by regulation, may specify the acceptable evidence for proof of compliance. The burden is on the landlord or the interested party to obtain and provide to the board or the building inspections division any proof of compliance.
"REAP" means the rent escrow account program provided by this article.
"Residential unit" means a unit rented or used for residential purposes in an existing residential building, structure, or premises which consists of or contains one or more rental units.
"Secretary" means the secretary of the housing code advisory and appeals board.
"Tenant" means a tenant, subtenant, lessee, sublessee, or any other person entitled to use or occupancy of a residential unit.
"Untenantable residential unit." A residential unit shall be deemed untenantable for the purposes of this article, if it or the common area of the building, structure, or premises in which it is located is the subject of a housing code citation or order pursuant to this chapter and substantially lacks any of the affirmative standard characteristics set forth in Civil Code Section 1941.1:
1. Effective waterproofing and weather protection of room and exterior walls, including unbroken windows and doors;
2. Plumbing or gas facilities which conformed to applicable law in effect at the time of installation, maintained in good working order;
3. A water supply approved under applicable law, which is under the control of the tenant, capable of producing hot and cold running water, or a system which is under the control of the landlord, which produces hot and cold running water, furnished to appropriate fixtures, and connected to a sewage disposal system approved under applicable law;
4. Heating facilities which conformed with applicable law at the time of installation, maintained in good working order;
5. Electrical lighting, with wiring and electrical equipment which conformed with applicable law at the time of installation, maintained in good working order;
6. Building, grounds and appurtenances at the time of the commencement of the lease or rental agreement in every part clean, sanitary, and free from all accumulations of debris, filth, rubbish, garbage, rodents and vermin, and all areas under control of the landlord kept in every part clean, sanitary, and free from all accumulations of debris, filth, rubbish, garbage, rodents, and vermin;
7. An adequate number of appropriate receptacles for garbage and rubbish, in clean condition and good repair at the time of the commencement of the lease or rental agreement, with the landlord providing appropriate serviceable receptacles thereafter, and being responsible for the clean condition and good repair of such receptacles under his control;
8. Floors, stairways, and railings maintained in good repair. (Ord. 2000-017 § 4(a)(22); prior code § 49.14.1402)