1. “Acceptable” or “approved” means substantial compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
2. “Accessory structure” means a detached structure which is not used or intended to be used for living or sleeping by human occupants.
3. “Authorized Agent” means any person who is authorized in writing to fulfill the requirements and responsibilities of an owner.
4. “Basement” means a story having a part but not more than one-half (½) of its height below grade, which may or may not be considered habitable space.
5. “Cellar” means a story having more than one-half (½) of its height below grade. Cellar means a space below the first or main floor used or intended to be used for storage or a location for heating equipment and is not considered habitable space.
6. “Crawl Space” means an area accessible by crawling, having a clearance less than human height, for access to plumbing or wiring, and storage.
7. “Designated Official” means the Building Official, Compliance Officer, and/or their designees who are authorized to enforce the Rental Code.
8. “Dwelling” means any building, structure or mobile home, except temporary housing, which is wholly or partly used or intended to be used for living or sleeping by human occupants and includes any appurtenances attached thereto.
9. “Dwelling unit” means any building or portion thereof which is designed or used exclusively for residential purposes, but not including a tent, cabin, or trailer.
10. “Egress” means an arrangement of exit routes to provide a means of exit from buildings and/or premises.
11. “Extermination” means the control and elimination of insects, rodents or other pests by eliminating their harboring places; by removing or making inaccessible materials that may serve as their food; by poisoning, spraying, fumigating, trapping or by any other recognized and legal pest elimination method approved by the Designated Official.
12. “Habitable room” means a room or enclosed floor space within a dwelling unit used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking or eating purposes, excluding bathrooms, toilet rooms, pantries, laundries, foyers, communicating corridors, closets, storage spaces, stairways and cellars.
13. “Infestation” means the presence within or around a dwelling of any insects, rodents or other pests in such quantities as would be considered unsanitary.
14. “Kitchen” means a habitable room used or intended to be used for cooking or the preparation of meals.
15. “Kitchen sink” means a basin for washing utensils used for cooking, eating and drinking, located in a kitchen and connected to both hot and cold-water lines and properly connected to a drainage system.
16. “Lavatory” means a hand washing basin which is connected to both hot and cold-water lines and properly connected to a drainage system which is separate and distinct from a kitchen sink.
17. “Mobile home” means any vehicle without motive power used or so manufactured or constructed as to permit its being used as a conveyance upon the public streets and highways and so designed, constructed or reconstructed as will permit the vehicle to be used as a place for human habitation by one or more persons.
18. “Occupant” means any person, including owner or operator, living in, sleeping in, and/or cooking in or having actual possession of a dwelling unit.
19. “Owner” means any person who has custody and/or control of any dwelling or dwelling unit by virtue of a contractual interest in or legal or equitable title to the dwelling or dwelling unit. Owner also means any person who has custody and/or control of any dwelling or dwelling unit as a guardian.
20. “Placard” means a display document showing that the unit for which it is issued has been determined to be unfit for human habitation.
21. “Plumbing” means and includes any and all of the following supplied facilities and equipment: water pipes; garbage disposal units; waste pipes; toilets; sinks; lavatories; bathtubs; shower baths; water heating devices; catch basins; drains; vents and any other similar supplied fixtures, together with all connections to water and sewer lines.
22. “Privacy” means the existence of conditions which will permit a person or persons to carry out an activity commenced without interruption or interference by unwanted persons.
23. “Rental Unit” means any building or portion thereof that contains living facilities, including provisions for sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation as required by this code and rented for monetary compensation.
24. “Rental permit” means a document, issued periodically which grants the owner or operator the option of letting a unit for rental purposes and showing that unit for which it is issued was in compliance with the applicable provisions of the chapter at the time of issuance.
25. “Rodent proofing” means a form of construction which will impede or prevent the ingress or egress of rodents to or from a given space or building, or will prevent from gaining access to food, water, or harborage.
26. “Rubbish” means non-putrescible solid wastes (excluding ashes) consisting of either:
A. Combustible wastes such as paper, cardboard, plastic containers, yard clippings and wood; or
B. Noncombustible wastes such as tin cans, glass and crockery.
27. “Temporary housing” means any tent, trailer, motor home or other structure used for human shelter which is designed to be transportable and which is not attached to the ground, to other structures or to any utility system on the same premises for more than thirty (30) days.
28. “Toilet” means a water closet with a bowl and trap made in one piece, which is of such shape and form and which holds a sufficient quantity of water so that no fecal matter will collect on the surface of the bowl and which is equipped with a flushing rim or flushing rims.