The following definitions shall apply to this chapter:
(a) “Code Official” means the official who is charged by the City with the administration and enforcement of the Building Code and this chapter or any duly authorized representative.
(b) “Owner” means any person who alone or jointly or severally with others, shall have the legal or equitable title to a property and shall include executors, administrators, trustees or guardians of the estate of the owner, and any purchaser or assignee under a certificate of sale pursuant to a mortgage foreclosure. “Owner” shall also include partnerships and corporations and other unincorporated associations. Any individual “owner”, regardless of whether he/she shares ownership responsibility with other persons, any general partner of a partnership, and any offices of a corporation or unincorporated association shall have direct and personal responsibility and liability for compliance with the provision of this chapter.
(c) “Vacant building” means any commercial structure that is:
(1) Empty or
(2) Not occupied on a regular basis by an occupant or
(3) Not used by any person on a regular basis for the usual and customary purposes for which the building is designed or lawfully permitted.
(Ord. 14-03. Passed 6-16-03.)