For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BASEMENT. A portion of a building located partly underground, but having less than half its clear floor-to-ceiling height below the average grade of the adjoining ground.
CELLAR. A portion of a building located partly or wholly underground, and having half or more than half of its clear floor-to-ceiling height below the average grade of the adjoining ground.
DWELLING. Any building which is wholly or partly used or intended to be used for living or sleeping by human occupants; however, temporary housing shall not be regarded as a dwelling.
DWELLING UNIT. Any room or group of rooms located within a dwelling and forming a single habitable unit, with facilities which are used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking, and eating.
EXTERMINATION. 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, trapping, or by any other recognized and legal pest elimination methods approved by the Health Officer.
GARBAGE. The animal and vegetable waste resulting from handling, preparation, cooking, and consumption of food.
HABITABLE ROOM. A room or enclosed floor space used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking, or eating purposes, excluding bathrooms, water closet compartments, laundries, pantries, foyers or communicating corridors, closets, and storage spaces.
HEALTH OFFICER or DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH. The legally designated health authority of the city or his or her authorized representative.
INFESTATION. The presence, within or around a dwelling, of any insects, rodents, or other pests.
MULTIPLE DWELLING. Any dwelling containing more than two dwelling units.
OCCUPANT. Any person living, sleeping, cooking, or eating in or having actual possession of a dwelling unit or rooming unit.
OPERATOR. Any person who has charge, care, or control of a building or part thereof in which dwelling units or rooming units are let.
ORDINARY MINIMUM WINTER CONDITIONS. The temperature 15° F. above the lowest recorded temperature for the previous ten-year period.
OWNER. Any person who, alone, jointly, or severally with others has legal title to any dwelling or dwelling unit, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof; or has charge, care, or control of any dwelling or dwelling unit as owner or agent of the owner, as land contract buyer, or as personal representative or guardian of the estate of the owner. Any person thus representing the actual owner shall be bound to comply with the provisions of this chapter to the same extent as if he or she were the actual owner.
PLUMBING. All of the following supplied facilities and equipment: gas pipes, gas burning
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 to water, sewer, or gas lines.
PREMISES. All areas, including yards, outbuildings, and courts.
ROOMING HOUSE. Any dwelling or that part of any dwelling containing one or more rooming units in which space is let for a valuable consideration by the owner or operator, to five or more persons who are not husband or wife, son or daughter, mother or father, or sister or brother of the owner or operator.
ROOMING UNIT. Any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit, used or intended to be used for living and sleeping, but not for cooking or eating purposes.
RUBBISH. Combustible and noncombustible waste materials, except garbage. The term shall include 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, and dust.
SUPPLIES. Paid for, furnished, or provided by or under the control of the owner or operator.
TEMPORARY HOUSING. Any tent, trailer, or other structure used for human shelter which is designed to be transportable and which is not attached to the ground, to another structure, or to any utilities system on the same premises for more than 30 consecutive days.
(`81 Code, § 153.01) (Ord. 1486, passed 1-5-70)