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02Z')- <br />3 <br />(10) "Dwelling unit" means a single room or rooms providing <br />complete, independent living facilities for one or more <br />persons, including permanent provision for living, <br />sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation. <br />(11) "Emergency" means a condition of imminent danger calling <br />for immediate action to avoid death, injury or illness to a <br />human or the destruction or severe damage of real or <br />personal property. <br />(12) "Extermination" means the control and elimination of <br />insects, rodents or other pest by removing or making in <br />accessible materials that may serve as their food; by <br />poisoning, spraying, fumigating, or trapping; or by any <br />other recognized and legal pest elimination method approved <br />by the Public officer. <br />(13) "Finish surfaces" means materials used for the covering of <br />basic structural elements. Finish surfaces include, but <br />are not limited to, ceilings, walls, wainscotting, <br />kickboards, moldings, stops and floor coverings. <br />(14) "Fire Hazard" means condition that may increase the threat <br />of a fire. <br />(15) "Garbage" means animal and vegetable waste resulting from <br />the handling, preparation, cooking consumption of food <br />including the combustible and non - combustible waste <br />material resulting therefrom including paper, rags, <br />cartons, boxes, tin cans, glass, dust and similar household <br />waste. <br />(16) "Good Repair" means to be properly installed, free of decay <br />and deterioration, safe, stable and maintained sufficiently <br />free of defects or deteriorations so as to be in compliance <br />with the applicable provisions of this ordinance. <br />(17) "Habitable room" means any room within a structure for <br />living, sleeping, eating, or cooking. (Bathrooms, toilet <br />compartments, closets, halls, storage or utility spaces and <br />similar areas are not considered habitable rooms. All <br />habitable rooms must meet all light, ventilation, and area <br />standards of this !Minimum Housing Code. <br />(18) "Infestation" means the presence, within or around a <br />dwelling, of any insect, rodents or pests in such number as <br />to constitute a menace to health, safety or welfare of the <br />occupants or the public. <br />(19) "Interior fixtures" means those interior items and hardware <br />which provide customary finished amenities and protection <br />within a dwelling. Interior fixtures include, but are not <br />limited to, doors, doorknobs, latches, locks, hinges, <br />handles, hooks, light fixtures, electrical outlets or <br />