Chapter 156 – Housing Code

housekeeping organization. A family may also be two, but not more than two, persons not related by blood, marriage, or adoption. 27. “Fraternity/sorority house” means a building used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternal or sororal nonprofit organization recognized by the University of Iowa. For purposes of this Code, a fraternity/sorority house shall be considered a rooming house. Occupancy classification for State of Iowa Fire Code is “dormitory.” 28. “Habitable room” means a room or enclosed floor space, having a minimum of 70 square feet of total floor area within a dwelling unit or rooming unit, used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking, or eating purposes, excluding bathrooms, toilet rooms, pantries, laundries, foyers, communicating corridors, closets, storage spaces, stairways, and recreation rooms in basements (see “recreation room in basement”). 29. “Infestation” means the presence, within or around a dwelling, of any insects, rodents, or other pests in such quantities as would be considered unsanitary. 30. “Inspector” means the official of the City appointed to administer the provisions of the Housing Code, together with duly authorized representatives and/or agents. 31. “Kitchen” means a habitable room used or intended to be used for cooking or the preparation of meals. 32. “Kitchen sink” means a basin for washing utensils used for cooking, eating, and drinking, located in a kitchen and connected to both hot and cold water lines. 33. “Kitchenette” means a food preparation area not less than 40 square feet in area. 34. “Lavatory” means a hand-washing basin connected to both hot and cold water lines and separate and distinct from a kitchen sink. 35. “Living room” means a habitable room within a dwelling unit used or intended to be used primarily for general living purposes. 36. “Manufactured housing” means 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. 37. “Multiple dwelling” means any dwelling containing three or more dwelling units. 38. “Occupant” means 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. 39. “Operator” means 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. 40. “Owner” means 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. 41. “Permit” – See “rental permit.” 42. “Placard” means a display document showing that the unit for which it is issued has been determined to be unfit for human habitation. 43. “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,