§ 150.022 DEFINITIONS.
   Except as expressly provided in this section, words, terms, and phrases used in this section have the meanings given them by this code or the Zoning Ordinance. In cases where conflict definitions of a word, term, or phrase make its precise meaning unclear in its application to particular facts, the applicant can appeal to the Zoning Administrator.
   CELLAR. A portion of a building located partly or wholly underground, and having three-quarters or more than three-quarters of its clear floor-to-ceiling height below the average grade of the adjoining ground.
   CODE OFFICIAL. The following city employees who are authorized to enforce this subchapter: Licensed peace officers, Police Reserves, and Community Service Officers of the West St. Paul Police Department; Code Enforcement Officers; Animal Control Officer; Community Development Director; Zoning Administrator; Building Official; Building Inspector; City Engineer; City Clerk; Fire Chief, Fire Marshal, or Fire Inspector of the South Metro Fire Department.
   DWELLING UNIT. A building or portion thereof, excluding garages, which contains living facilities including provisions for sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation for not more than one family or a congregate residence for ten or less persons.
   EXTERMINATION. The control and elimination of insect, 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 of the state Department of Health.
   LET FOR OCCUPANCY. To permit possession or occupancy of a dwelling or rental dwelling unit whether or not compensation is paid by a person who is not the legal owner of record thereof, pursuant to a written or unwritten lease.
   MULTIPLE DWELLING. A building designed for or occupied exclusively by three or more families.
   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 sinks, drains, vents and any other similar supplied fixtures, together with all connections to water, sewer or gas lines.
   SUPPLIED. Paid for, furnished or provided by or under the control of the owner or operator.
   WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM APPROVED BY THE BUILDING INSPECTOR. Includes private wells, public water utility mains, private septic tank, sewage disposal systems and public sewer mains.
(Ord. 15-08, passed 9-14-2015)