Ordinances-1999-227

KITCHENETTE: A food preparation area not less than forty (40) square feet in area. LAVATORY: A handwashing basin connected to both hot and cold water lines and separate and distinct from a kitchen sink. LIVING ROOM: A habitable room within a dwelling unit used or intended to be used primarily for general living purposes. MANUFACTURED HOUSING: Any vehicle without motive power used or so manufactured or constructed as to permit its being used as a conveyance upon the public streets and highways and so designed, constructed or reconstructed as will permit the vehicle to be used as a place for human habitation by one or more persons. MULTIPLE DWELLING: Any dwelling containing three (3) or more dwelling units. OCCUPANT: Any person, including owner or operator, living in, sleeping in and/or cooking in or having actual possession of a dwelling unit or a rooming unit. OPERATOR: Any person who rents to another or who has custody or control of a building or parts thereof in which dwelling units or rooming units are let or who has custody or control of the premises. OWNER: Any person who has custody and/or control of any dwelling, dwelling unit or rooming unit by virtue of a contractual interest in or legal or equitable title to said dwelling, dwelling unit or rooming unit as guardian or conservator. PERMIT: (See "Rental Permit") PERSON: Any individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, trust or estate. PLACARD: A display document showing that the unit for which it is issued has been determined to be unfit for human habitation. PLUMBING: Means and includes any or all of the following supplied facilities and equipment: gas pipes, gas-burning equipment, water pipes, solid waste disposal units, waste pipes, toilets, sinks, lavatories, bathtubs, shower baths, water-heating devices, catch basins, drains, vents and any other similar supplied fixture, together with all connections to water, sanitary sewer or gas services. PREMISES: A lot, plot or parcel of land, including a building(s) and/or accessory structure(s) thereon. PRIVACY: The existence of conditions which will permit a person or persons to carry out an activity commenced without interruption or interference by unwanted persons. PUBLIC WAY: Any parcel of land, unobstructed from the ground to the sky, more than ten feet (10') in width, dedicated to the free passage of the general public. RECREATION ROOM IN BASEMENT: A room located in a basement used for general recreation purposes and not used, nor intended to be used, for sleeping. This room shall be in addition to the minimum space and facility requirements for a dwelling unit or rooming unit. REGULATIONS: (See "Rules and Regulations") RENTAL PERMIT: A document, issued periodically, which grants the owner or operator the option of letting a unit for rental purposes and showing that the unit for which it is issued was in compliance with the applicable provisions of this Article at the time of issuance.