For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
(a) "Abandoned." That to which an owner has relinquished all right, title, claim and possession, with the intention of not reclaiming it or resuming its ownership, possession or enjoyment.
(b) "Deterioration." The condition or appearance characterized by holes, breaks, rot, crumbling, cracking, peeling, rusting or other evidence of physical decay or neglect or lack of maintenance.
(c) "Mixed occupancy." Any building containing one or more dwelling units or rooming units and also having a portion thereof devoted to nondwelling uses.
(d) "Nuisance."
(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 this chapter; and
(4) Fire hazards.
(e) "Owner."
(1) 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 the possession was obtained.
(2) Any real estate company, firm, corporation, broker or salesman having a listing agreement with the owner of real property for the purpose of the sale of the same, and not having an additional contractual agreement, oral or written, to manage or maintain the same during the continuance of the listing agreement, is specifically exempted from this definition, and does not fall within the purview of § 1490.09 establishing maintenance responsibility.
(f) "Premises." A lot, plot or parcel of land, including the buildings or structures thereon.
(g) "Refuse." All putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste, except body waste, including but not limited to garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals and solid market and industrial wastes.
(Ord. 23-89, passed 9-5-1989)