For the purpose of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them by this section.
(a) "Approval" means satisfactory compliance as determined by the Office of Economic Development.
(b) "Chewable surfaces" includes but is not limited to window sills, banisters, chair rails, furniture or other areas that the Office determines to be accessible to a child.
(c) "Dwelling" includes unit, rooming house and rooming unit, and shall mean a building or structure which is wholly or partly used for living, sleeping, or recreation, by human occupants.
(d) "Extractable or leachable lead" means the quantity of lead in solution form applied to food containers, cooking, eating or drinking utensils, toys, furniture, or tableware and shall not exceed 0.7 micrograms per milliliter.
(e) "Facility" means any building or structure and equipment therein.
(f) "HEPA vacuum" means a high efficiency particle accumulator vacuum.
(g) "Hazard reduction" means the appropriate reduction of, removal of, or encapsulation of lead followed by thorough clean-up and post clean-up treatment of the surfaces and sources that promote exposure resulting in the possibility of lead toxicity or poisoning.
(h) "Lead violation" means the violation of any state or local law regulation concerning lead on the interior and exterior surfaces of any property or on any toy, appliance, item of furniture, or other household item that is easily accessible to a child; or that is cracking, peeling, chipping, blistering, or flaking or is in an otherwise deteriorated condition; or that is chalking so that the lead dust generated therefrom is determined by the Office to pose a health hazard.
(i) "Lead paint" means any pigmented, liquid substance applied to surfaces by brush, roller, or spray or other means in which total nonvolatile ingredients contain no more than six one-hundredths of one percent (0.06%) of lead by weight calculated as dried film applied.
(j) "NIOSH" means National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.
(k) "Office" means the Office of Economic Development of the City of York.
(l) "Owner" means any person, firm, corporation, guardian, conservator, receiver, trustee, executor, agent, manager, or others, who owns, holds, or controls the whole, or any part, of the freehold or leasehold title to any property thereof, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof, and shall include in addition to the holder of legal title, any vendee in possession thereof. In case of a toy, appliance, item of furniture or other household item which is the property of a tenant for the sole purpose of the reduction of a lead violation existing therein.
(m) "OSHA" means Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
(n) "Premises" means a lot, plot, or parcel of land including all facilities therein.
(o) "Secondary residence" means a care giver's home, day care center, or other dwelling, institution or property frequented by an elevated blood lead child.
(p) "Substance" shall include but not be limited to lead bearing putty, ceramics, plumbing, sealers, paint, vinyl products, soil, and similar items.
(q) "Surfaces" includes but is not limited to such areas as window sills, window frames, doors, door frames, walls, ceilings, porch, stairs, handrails, toys, furniture, food utensils, and other appurtenances.
(r) "XRF" means a radioisotope x-ray fluorescent analyzer in place determinations of lead content. This records the weight of lead (in milligrams - mg) in a particular area (1 cm2). Readings in excess of 0.6 mg per cm2 indicate a hazardous concentration of lead in the area where the reading is taken.
(Ord. 5-98. Passed 6-2-98.)