Chapter 156 – Housing Code

drains, vents, and any other similar supplied fixture, together with all connections to water, sanitary sewer, or gas services. 44. “Premises” means a lot, plot, or parcel of land, including a buildings and/or accessory structures thereon. 45. “Privacy” means the existence of conditions which will permit a person to carry out an activity commenced without interruption or interference by unwanted persons. 46. “Public way” means any parcel of land, unobstructed from the ground to the sky, more than ten feet in width, dedicated to the free passage of the general public. 47. “Recreation room in basement” means a room located in a basement used for general recreation purposes and not used or 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. 48. “Regulations” – See “rules and regulations.” 49. “Rental permit” means 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 chapter at the time of issuance. 50. “Rental property” means any dwelling not owner occupied, regardless whether rent is paid. 51. “Reside” means the place where a person physically resides not less than ten months of any applicable calendar year. 52. “Roomer” means an occupant of a rooming house or rooming unit and also means an occupant of a dwelling who is not a member of the family occupying the dwelling. 53. “Rooming house” means any dwelling or that part of any dwelling containing one or more rooming units or Type III dwelling units, in which space is let by the owner or operator to four or more roomers. Occupants of units specifically designated as Type III dwelling units within a rooming house shall be included in the roomer count. 54. “Rooming unit” means any habitable room or group of adjoining habitable rooms located within a dwelling and forming a single unit with facilities which are used or intended to be used primarily for living and sleeping. A rooming unit shall have bath and toilet facilities available for the exclusive use of the occupants or for communal use in accordance with Section 156.18 of this chapter; and in addition, rooming units may be let with or without communal kitchen and/or communal dining room privileges in accordance with said Section 156.18. 55. “Rubbish” means inorganic waste material consisting of combustible and/or noncombustible materials. 56. “Rules and regulations” means those administrative procedures adopted by the Director for the efficient internal management of the Department of Housing and Inspection Services. All rules and regulations shall be limited to departmental administrative and procedural matters, rather than substantive matters and shall not be inconsistent with this chapter. 57. “Single-family dwelling” means a structure containing one dwelling unit. 58. “Solid waste” means animal or vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, or consumption of food and also means combustible waste material. The term also includes paper, rags, cartons, boxes, wood, excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches, yard trimmings, and other combustible materials.