Certain words and phrases as used in this Commercial Structures Maintenance Code are defined, for purposes of this Code, as set forth herein.
(a) "Approved" means approved by the Building Commissioner or his or her authorized agent pursuant to this Commercial Structures Maintenance Code, or approved by any other person or board designated by City ordinances to give approval to the matter in question.
(b) "Board" means the Board of Zoning Appeals of the City, as created and existing under the provisions of Chapter 1244 of the Zoning Code.
(c) "Basement" means a portion of a building partly or entirely underground whose ceiling or underpart of the floor above is four feet or less above the average finished ground elevation. The average finished ground elevation is the mean elevation of the finished grade around all of the exterior of the building.
(d) "Building" means any structure having a roof supported by or suspended from columns or walls which may serve as a shelter or enclosure for persons, animals, chattels or property of any kind. The term "building" does not include any vehicle, trailer whether with or without wheels, nor any movable device, such as furniture, machinery or equipment.
(e) "Building Commissioner" means the individual designated by the Mayor as being in charge the Division of Building Engineering and Inspection in the Department of Public Safety.
(f) "Business" means all uses or occupancies except residential uses and use by hospitals, schools and similar institutions operated by organizations or corporations not for profit .
(g) "City" means the City of University Heights, Ohio.
(h) "Code" means this Commercial Structures Maintenance Code.
(i) "Occupant" means the person who leases or rents a building, structure or any portion thereof. The words "tenant" and "occupant" shall be considered synonymous.
(j) "Operator" means a person who has charge, care or control of a business structure.
(k) "Owner" means the owner of the premises or any one of the owners of the premises if owned by more than one person, including the holder of title thereto subject to contract of purchase, a vendee in possession, a mortgagee or receiver in possession, a lessee or joint lessees of the whole thereof, or an agent or any other person, firm, corporation or fiduciary directly in control of the premises.
(l) "Person" means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization or association of persons of any kind.
(m) "Premises" means a lot, parcel or plot of land including the buildings or structures thereon.
(Ord. 74-36. Passed 4-15-1974.)
(n) "Retail unit" means an area within a building which is used for or is incidental to a retail sales operation, and which is operated as the business of a sole proprietor or of a single partnership, corporation or other entity, either under the actual name of such owner or a trade name. Usually, but not necessarily, such area will be the subject of a separate lease or sublease and will be physically separated from other retail units in the same building.
(Ord. 74-59. Passed 6-3-1974.)
(o) "Structure" means anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires a fixed location on the ground and includes, but is not limited to, advertising signs, fences, billboards, backstops for tennis courts or baseball fields and pergolas. For purposes of this Code, no item shall be considered a structure unless some part of it extends more than 12 inches above surrounding ground level.
(p) "Secondary or appurtenant structure" means a structure, the use of which is incidental or accessory to that of the main building and which is attached to the main building or located on the same premises with it, including retaining walls, fences and exterior walks and steps.
(q) "Supply or supplied" means paid for, furnished, provided by or under the control of the owner or operator.
(1982 Code, § 1389.01) (Ord. 74-36. Passed 4-15-1974.)