§ 14-76. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Dwelling means any building which is wholly or partly used or intended to be used for living or sleeping by human occupants, provided that temporary housing shall not be regarded as a dwelling.

Dwelling unit means any room or group of rooms located within a dwelling and forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking or eating.

Extermination means that control and elimination of insects, rodents or other pests by eliminating their harborage places; by removing or making inaccessible materials that may serve as their food, by poisoning, spraying, trapping or fumigating; or by any other recognized legal method of pest elimination approved by the health officer.

Garbage means the animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.

Habitable room means a room or enclosed floor space used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking or eating purposes, excluding bathrooms, water closets, laundries, pantries, foyers or communicating corridors, closets and storage spaces.

Health officer means the administrator of the county health department and his duly authorized representatives.

Infestation means the presence within a dwelling of any insects, rodents or other pests.

Multiple dwelling means any dwelling, or that part of any dwelling, containing three or more dwelling units.

Occupant means any person living, sleeping, cooking or eating in, or having possession of a dwelling unit or rooming unit.

Operator means any person who has charge, care or control of a building or part thereof in which dwelling units or rooming units are let.

Ordinary conditions means a temperature 15 degrees Fahrenheit above the lowest reported temperature over the previous ten-year period.

Owner means any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others:

(1)

Shall have legal title to any dwelling or dwelling unit, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof; or

(2)

Shall have charge, care, or control of any dwelling or dwelling unit, or owner or agent of the owner, or as executor, administrator, trustee, beneficiary of a land trust, conservator or guardian of the estate of the owner. Any such person thus representing the actual owner shall be bound to comply with the provisions of this article, as if he were the actual owner.

Plumbing means and includes all of the following supplied facilities and equipment: gas pipes, gas-burning equipment, water pipes, water closets, sinks, installed dishwashers, lavatories, bathtubs, installed clothes washing machines, shower baths, catch basins, drains, vents and other similar supplied fixtures, together with all connections to water, sewer or gas lines.

Rooming unit means any room or group of rooms that form a single habitable unit used or intended to be used for living and sleeping, but not for cooking or eating purposes.

Roominghouse means any dwelling or that part of any dwelling containing one or more rooming units, in which space is let by the owner or operator to three or more persons.

Rubbish means combustible and noncombustible waste materials, except garbage; and the term shall include the tree stumps, limbs and scrap lumber and the residue or ashes from the burning of any substance.

Temporary housing means any tent, trailer or other structure used for human shelter, designated to be transportable, which is not attached to the ground or to another structure, or to any utilities system on the same premises for more than 30 consecutive days.

Whenever the words "dwelling," "dwelling unit," "rooming unit" or "premises" are used in this article, they shall be construed as though they were followed by the words "or any part thereof."

(Code 1979, § 10.5-1)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.