§ 8-58. Definitions

For the purpose of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

Alter or alteration means any change, addition or modification in construction or occupancy.

Approved means having the approval of the code compliance officer as the result of investigation and tests conducted by him or by reason of accepted principles or tests by national authorities, technical or scientific organizations; or having the approval of the appropriate enforcement official of the city as being in compliance with the standards and requirements of any code or ordinances of the city that applies specifically to the item in question.

Building means a roof supported by walls or columns.

Building code means the City of Granite Shoals Building Code and amendments thereto.

Code compliance officer means the officer and his deputies charged with the administration and enforcement of this article.

Dwelling unit means a suite of two or more habitable rooms that are occupied or that are used, designed, or intended to be occupied by one family, with facilities for living, sleeping, cooking and eating.

Existing building means a building erected or one for which a legal building permit has been issued prior to the effective date of this article.

Exit means a continuous and unobstructed means of egress to a public way, including intervening doorways, corridors, ramps, stairways, fire escapes, horizontal exits, exterior courts and yards.

Extermination means the control and elimination of insects, rodents, and vermin by eliminating their harborage places; by removing or making inaccessible materials that may serve as their food; by poisoning, spraying, fumigating or trapping; or by other approved means.

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

Infestation means the presence of insects, rodents, vermin or other pests within or contiguous to a dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming house, rooming unit or premises.

Maintain means keep, preserve, erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, convert, equip, use, maintain status quo, permit to deteriorate, or permit to exist.

Nuisance, the following shall be defined as nuisances:

(1) Any public nuisance known at common law or in equity jurisprudence.

(2) Any attractive nuisance that may prove detrimental to children, whether in a building, on the premises of a building or upon an unoccupied lot. This includes any abandoned wells, shafts, basements, or excavations; abandoned refrigerators or junked motor vehicles; any structurally unsound fences or structures; or any lumber, trash, fences, debris or vegetation that may prove a hazard for inquisitive minors.

(3) Whatever is dangerous to human life or is detrimental to health.

(4) Whatever renders air, food or drink unwholesome or detrimental to the health of human beings.

Owner means any person who possesses legal title to the premises concerned, including, but not limited to: A feeholder. Any person listed as owner of any such premises upon the last approved city tax roll previous to the offense date shall be presumed to be the owner for purposes of this article.

Person means any individual, corporation, firm, association, trust, partnership or group of two or more persons having a joint or common economic interest, including nonprofit, religious, charitable, and professional entities.

Repair means the reconstruction or renewal of any part of an existing building for the purpose of its maintenance. The term "repair" shall not apply to any change of construction or additions to a building.

Responsible person means any person using or having control of the premises, including, but not limited to: a lessor, lessee, occupant, vendor under contract of sale, vendee under contract of sale, person in possession, person with right to immediate possession, assignee of rents, receiver, trustee, executor, or person having express, implied, or apparent authority to exercise control of such property as an agent.

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

Rubbish means all combustible and noncombustible waste, except garbage.

Substandard or substandard condition means either not meeting or conforming with one or more of the standards or specifications set forth in section 8-65 of this article or possessing one or more of the conditions or defects set forth in that section.

Window means a glazed opening, including glazed doors, that open upon a yard, court or recess from a court, or a vent shaft open and unobstructed to the sky.

(Ord. No. 613, § II, 8-27-2013; Ord. No. 619, § II(C), 9-10-2013)