Chapter 2
201.1
Scope. Unless otherwise
expressly stated, the following terms shall, for the purposes of the code, have
the meanings shown in this chapter.
201.2
Interchangeability. Words stated in the present tense include the
future; words stated in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter;
the singular number includes the plural and the plural, the singular.
201.3 Terms
defined in other codes. Where terms are not defined in this code and are
defined in the International Building Code, International Fire Code,
International Zoning Code, International Plumbing Code, International
Mechanical Code, ASMEA17.1 or the ICC Electrical Code, such terms shall
have the meanings ascribed to them as in those codes.
201.4 Terms
not defined. Where terms are not defined through the methods authorized
by this section, such terms shall have ordinary accepted meanings such as the
context implies.
201.5
Parts. Whenever the words “dwelling units,” “dwelling,” “premises,”
“building,” rooming house,” “rooming unit,” or “story” are stated in this code,
they shall be construed as though they were followed by the words “or any part
thereof.”
Approved. Approved by
the code official.
Basement. That portion
of a building which is partly or completely below grade.
Bathroom. A room
containing plumbing fixtures including a bathtub or shower.
Bedroom. Any room or
space used or intended to be used for sleeping purposes.
Code
Official. The official who is charged with the administration and
enforcement of this code, or any duly authorized representative.
Condemn. To adjudge
unfit for occupancy.
Dwelling
Unit. A single unit providing complete, independent living
facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living,
sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.
Exterior
Property. The open space on the premises and on adjoining property
under the control of owners or operators of such premises.
Extermination.
The control and elimination of insects, rats or other pests by
eliminating their harborage places; by removing or making inaccessible
materials that serve as their food; by
poison
spraying, fumigating, trapping or by any other approved pest elimination
methods.
Garbage. The animal
or vegetable waste resulting form the handling, preparation, cooking and
consumption of food.
Guard. A building
component or a system of building components located at or near the open sides
of elevated walking surfaces that minimizes the possibility of a fall from the
walking surface to a lower level.
Habitable
Space. Space in a structure for living, sleeping, eating or
cooking. Bathrooms, toilets rooms, closets, halls, storage or utility spaces,
and similar areas are not considered habitable spaces.
Imminent
Danger. A condition which could cause serious or life-threatening
injury or death at any time.
Infestation.
The presence, within or contiguous to, a structure or premises of
insects, rats, vermin or other pests.
Labeled. Devices,
equipment, appliances, or materials to which has been affixed a label, seal,
symbol or other identifying mark of a nationally recognized testing laboratory,
inspection agency or other organization concerned with product evaluation that
maintains periodic inspection of the production of the above-labeled items and
by whose label the manufacturer attests to compliance with applicable
nationally recognized standards.
Let For
Occupancy or Let. To permit, provide or offer possession or occupancy
of a dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit, building, premise or structure by a
person who is or is not the legal owner of record thereof, pursuant to a
recorded or unrecorded agreement of contract for the sale of land.
Occupancy. The purpose
for which a building or portion thereof is utilized or occupied.
Occupant. Any
individual living or sleeping in a building, or having possession of a space
within a building.
Openable
Area. That part of a window, skylight or door which is available
for unobstructed ventilation and which opens directly to the outdoors.
Operator. Any person
who has charge, care or control of a structure or premises which is let or
offered for occupancy.
Definitions continued:
Owner. Any person,
agent, operator, firm or corporation having a legal or equitable interest in
the property; or recorded in the official records of the state, county or
municipality as holding title to the property, or otherwise having control of
the property, including the guardian of the estate of any such person, and the
executor or administrator of the estate of such person of ordered to take
possession of real property by a court.
Person. An
individual, corporation, partnership or any other group acting as a unit.
Premises. A lot,
plot or parcel of land including any structures thereon.
Rooming
House. A building arranged or occupied for lodging, with or without
meals, for compensation and not occupied as a one or two-family dwelling.
Rooming
Unit. Any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit
occupied or intended to be occupied for sleeping or living, but not for cooking
purposes.
Rubbish. Combustible
and noncombustible waste materials, except garbage; the term shall include
paper, rags, cartons, boxes, wood, excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches,
yard trimmings, tin cans, metals, mineral matter, glass, crockery and dust and
other similar materials, and the residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke
and other combustible materials.
Strict
Liability Offense. An offense in which the prosecution in a legal
proceeding is not required to prove criminal intent as part of its case. It is
enough to prove that the defendant either did an act which was prohibited, or
failed to do as act which the defendant was legally required to do.
Structure. That which
is built or constructed or a portion thereof.
Tenant. A person,
corporation, partnership or group, whether or not the legal owner of record,
occupying a building or portion thereof as a unit.
Toilet
Room. A room containing a water closet or urinal but not a bathtub
or shower.
Ventilation. The
natural or mechanical process of supplying conditioned or unconditioned air to,
or removing such air from, any space.
Workmanlike.
Executed in a skilled manner; e.g., generally plumb, level, square, in
line, undamaged and without marring adjacent work.
Yard. An open
space on the same lot with a structure.