ANCHORED. Secured in a manner that provides positive connection.
APPLIANCE. A device or apparatus that is manufactured and designed to utilize energy and for which this code provides specific requirements.
APPROVED. Approved by the code official.
BASEMENT. That portion of a building which is partly or completely below grade.
BATHROOM. A room containing plumbing fixtures including a bathtub or shower.
BEDROOM. Any room or space used or intended to be used for sleeping purposes in either a dwelling or sleeping unit.
CODE OFFICIAL. The official who is charged with the administration and enforcement of this code, or any duly authorized representative.
COMBUSTION AIR. The air provided to fuel-burning equipment including air for fuel combustion, draft hood dilution and ventilation of the equipment enclosure.
CONDEMN. To adjudge unfit for occupancy.
DETACHED. When a structural element is physically disconnected from another and that connection is necessary to provide a positive connection.
DETERIORATION. To weaken, disintegrate, corrode, rust or decay and lose effectiveness.
DWELLING UNIT. A single unit providing complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.
EASEMENT. That portion of land or property reserved for present or future use by a person or agency other than the legal fee owner(s) of the property. The EASEMENT shall be permitted to be for use under, on or above a said lot or lots.
EQUIPMENT. All piping, ducts, vents, control devices and other components of systems other than appliances that are permanently installed and integrated to provide control of environmental conditions for buildings. This definition shall also include other systems specifically regulated in this code.
EQUIPMENT SUPPORT. Those structural members or assemblies of members or manufactured elements, including braces, frame, lugs, snugger, hangers or saddles, that transmit gravity load, lateral load and operating load between the equipment and the structure.
EXTERIOR PROPERTY. The open space on the premises and on adjoining property under the control of owners or operators of such premises.
GARBAGE. The animal or vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
GRAFFITI. Any unauthorized inscription, word, figure, or design or collections thereof, which marked, etched, scratched, painted, drawn or printed on any structural component of any building, structure, or other facility, regardless of the nature of the material of that structural component.
GROUP HOME.
(1) A single-family dwelling (attached or detached), townhouse, single unit in a two- family dwelling, or single unit in a multi-family dwelling that:
(a) Complies with zoning regulations for the district in which it is located and does not fundamentally alter the district;
(b) Is occupied on a permanent basis in a family-like environment by unrelated persons with disabilities, as identified and regulated within the Federal Fair Housing Act;
(c) Is occupied by no more than eight persons, with or without professional support staff, either living with the residents or available in accordance with the particular needs of the residents, but in no instance to exceed the maximum occupancy for the dwelling as determined by property maintenance code (§ 150.148);
(d) Operates either for profit or not-for-profit; and
(e) Is licensed or certified by the State of Illinois for operation, if so required by the state.
(2) For purposes of this definition, DISABILITY shall mean, with respect to a person and consistent with the American with Disabilities Act: (1) a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of such person’s major life activities, (2) a record of having such an impairment, or (3) being regarded as having such an impairment.
(a) A PHYSICAL OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENT includes, but is not limited to, conditions such as orthopedic, visual, speech and hearing impairments, cerebral palsy, autism, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), developmental disabilities, mental illness, drug addiction, and alcoholism.
(b) PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES shall not include any person whose residency would constitute a direct threat to the health and safety of other individuals or whose residency would result in physical damage to the property of others.
(3) This definition of GROUP HOME does not include a dwelling which serves persons as an alternative to incarceration for a criminal offense.
GROUP R. Residential occupancies containing sleeping units or more than two dwelling units where the occupants are primarily permanent in nature.
GUARD. A building component or a system of building components located at or near the open sides of elevated walking surfaces that minimizes the possibility of a fall from the walking surface to a lower level.
HABITABLE SPACE. Space in a structure for living, sleeping, eating or cooking. Bathrooms, toilet rooms, closets, halls, storage or utility spaces, and similar areas are not considered HABITABLE SPACES.
HAZARDOUS LOCATION. Any location considered to be a fire hazard for flammable vapors, dust, combustible fibers or other highly combustible substances.
HOUSEKEEPING UNIT. A room or group of rooms forming a single habitable space equipped and intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating which does not contain, within such a unit, a toilet, lavatory and bathtub or shower.
IGNITION SOURCE. A flame, spark or hot surface capable of igniting flammable vapors or fumes. Such sources include appliance burners, burner ignitions and electrical switching devices.
IMMINENT DANGER. A condition which could cause serious or life-threatening injury or death at any time.
INFESTATION. The presence, within or contiguous to, a structure or premises of insects, rats, vermin or other pests.
INOPERABLE MOTOR VEHICLE. A vehicle which cannot be driven upon the public streets for reason including but not limited to being unlicensed, wrecked, abandoned, in a state of disrepair, or incapable of being moved under its own power.
LABELED. Equipment, materials or products to which have been affixed a label, seal, symbol or other identifying mark of a nationally recognized testing laboratory, inspection agency or other organization concerned with product evaluation that maintains periodic inspection of the production of the above-labeled items and whose labeling indicates either that the equipment, material or product meets identified standards or has been tested and found suitable for a specified purpose.
LET FOR OCCUPANCY or LET. To permit, provide or offer possession or occupancy of a dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit, building, premise or structure by a person who is or is not the legal owner of record thereof, pursuant to a recorded or unrecorded agreement of contract for the sale of land.
LIVING SPACE. Space within a dwelling unit utilized for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, bathing, washing and sanitation purposes.
NEGLECT. The lack of proper maintenance for a building or structure.
OCCUPANCY. The purpose for which a building or portion thereof is utilized or occupied.
OCCUPANT. Any individual living or sleeping in a building, or having possession of a space within a building.
OPENABLE AREA. That part of a window, skylight or door which is available for unobstructed ventilation and which opens directly to the outdoors.
OPERATOR. Any agent of the owner, manager, contract purchaser, executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of the estate of the owner, person who is in charge, care or control of such premises in which buildings or dwelling units are rented shall be bound to comply with this subchapter and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto to the same extent as if he or she where the owner.
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.
PERSON. Any natural person, agent, association, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity capable of owning, occupying, or using property in the village.
PEST ELIMINATION. The control and elimination of insects, rodents or other pests by eliminating their harborage places; by removing or making inaccessible materials that serves as their food or water; by the approved pest elimination methods.
PREMISES. The lot, plot or parcel of land, and includes the buildings, structures, and dwelling units thereon.
PUBLIC WAY. Any street, alley or similar parcel of land essentially unobstructed from the ground to the sky, which is deeded, dedicated or otherwise permanently appropriated to the public for public use.
ROOMING HOUSE. A building arranged or occupied for lodging, with or without meals, for compensation and not occupied as a one- or two-family dwelling.
ROOMING UNIT. Any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit occupied or intended to be occupied for sleeping or living, but not for cooking 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 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.
SELF-STORAGE (MINI-WAREHOUSING). A building or group of buildings consisting of individual, self-contained units leased to individuals, organizations or businesses for self-service storage of personal property.
SLEEPING UNIT. A room or space in which people sleep, which can also include permanent provisions for living, eating and either sanitation or kitchen facilities, but not both. Such rooms and spaces that are part of a dwelling unit are not SLEEPING UNITS.
STRICT LIABILITY OFFENSE. An offense in which the prosecution in a legal proceeding is not required to prove criminal intent as a part of its case. It is enough to prove that the defendant either did an act which was prohibited, or failed to do an act which the defendant was legally required to do.
STRUCTURE. That which is built or constructed or portion thereof.
TENANT. A person, occupant of leased or rented premises, corporation, partnership or group whether or not the legal owner of record, occupying a building or portion thereof as a unit.
TOILET ROOM. A room containing a water closet or urinal but not a bathtub or shower.
ULTIMATE DEFORMATION. The deformation at which failure occurs and which be deemed to occur if the sustainable load reduces to 80% or less of the maximum strength.
VENTILATION. The natural or mechanical process of supplying conditioned or unconditioned air to, or removing such air from, any space.
WORKMANLIKE. Executed in a skilled manner; e.g., generally plumb, level, square, in line, undamaged and without marring adjacent work.
YARD. An open space located on the same lot with a building, structure or use, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground up, except for accessory buildings, or such projections as are expressly permitted in these regulations.
YARD, FRONT. A yard extending across the full width of the lot between the front lot line and nearest line or point of the principal building.
YARD, REAR. A yard extending across the full width of the lot between the rear lot line and the nearest line or point of the principal building.
YARD, SIDE. A yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard between the side lot line and the nearest line or point of the building.
(Ord. 1806, passed 2-5-2018; Ord. 1926, passed 9-19-2022; Ord. 1953, passed 2-20-2024)