(a) APPROVED - approved by the Code Official.
(b) BASEMENT - that portion of a building which is partly or completely below grade.
(c) CLEAN - free from excessive dirt, stain or impurities; unsoiled.
(d) CONDEMN - to determine unfit for occupancy.
(e) EXTERIOR PROPERTY - the open space on the premises and on adjoining property under the control of owners or operators of such premises.
(f) EXTERMINATION - the control and elimination of insects, rats, or other pests by eliminating their harborage places; by removing or making inaccessible materials that serve as their food; by poison spraying, fumigating, trapping or by any other approved pest elimination methods.
(g) FILTH - a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt, garbage and refuse or being covered with unclean things such as dirt, grime, soil, stain, grease and having a general state of foulness or nastiness.
(h) GARBAGE - the animal or vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
(i) GOOD REPAIR - the general condition of a property to be free from decay, dilapidation, or partial destruction. Providing a safe and sanitary place maintained free of hazardous conditions.
(j) HABITABLE SPACE - space in a structure for living, sleeping, eating or cooking. Bathrooms, toilet rooms, closets, halls, storage or utility spaces, and similar area are not considered habitable spaces.
(k) HAZARDOUS CONDITION - a situation involving or causing danger or risk.
(l) IMMINENT HAZARD/IMMINENT DANGER - a condition which could cause serious or life-threatening injury or death at any time.
(m) INFESTATION - the presence, within or contiguous to, a structure or premises of insects, rats, vermin or other pests.
(n) INSANITARY - unsanitary, unhealthful (not sanitary or healthful), unhygienic - so unclean as to be a likely cause of disease. The opposite of sanitary.
(o) NUISANCE - a use of property or course of conduct that interferes with the legal rights of others by causing damage, annoyance, or inconvenience.
(p) OCCUPANCY - the purpose for which a building or portion thereof is utilized or occupied.
(q) OCCUPANT - any individual living or sleeping in a building, or having possession of a space within a building.
(r) OPERATOR - any person who has charge, care or control of a structure or premises which is let or offered for occupancy.
(s) OWNER - any person, agent, operator, firm or corporation having a legal or equitable interest in the property; or recorded in the official records of the state, county or municipality as holding title to the property; or otherwise having control of the property, including the guardian of the estate of any such person, and the executor or administrator of the estate of such person if ordered to take possession of real property by a court.
(t) PERSON - an individual, corporation, partnership or any other group acting as a unit.
(u) PREMISES - a lot, plot or parcel of land including any structures thereon.
(v) PUBLIC NUISANCE - any premises which has unsanitary sewerage; any premises designated as unsafe for human habitation or use; any premises capable of being a fire hazard, may endanger life, limb or property, any place which is unsanitary, littered with rubbish or garbage, any structure in a state of dilapidation, deterioration or decay, vacant or abandoned, damaged by fire, in danger or collapses or failure, any structure or building that provides harborage for rodents and/or the infestation of insects or other pests.
(w) REPAIR - to restore the structural integrity and the physical and aesthetic condition, of a building or portion(s) of buildings, after damage, dilapidation, deterioration or decay.
(x) RUBBISH - combustible and noncombustible waste materials, except garbage; the term shall include the residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke, and other combustible materials, paper, rags, cartons, boxes, wood, excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches, yard trimmings, tin cans, metals, mineral matter, glass, crockery and dust and other similar materials.
(y) SANITARY - relating to health or the protection of health. Free from elements, such as filth or pathogens that endanger health and hygiene.
(z) STRUCTURE - that which is built or constructed or a portion thereof.
(aa) TENANT - a person, corporation, partnership or group, whether or not the legal owner of record, occupying a building or portion thereof as a unit.
(bb) UNSANITARY - insanitary, unhealthful (not sanitary or healthful). Unhygienic - so unclean to be a likely cause of disease. The opposite of sanitary.
(cc) VENTILATION - the natural or mechanical process of supplying conditioned or unconditioned air to, or removing such air from, any space.
(dd) WORKMANLIKE - executed in a skilled manner; for example, plumb, level square, in line undamaged and without marring the existing structure.
(ee) YARD - an open space on the same lot with a structure.
(Ord. 2008-43. Passed 9-15-08.)