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<br /> Cellar shall mean a portion of a building or dwelling located partly or wholly underground having an
<br /> inadequate access to light and air from windows located partly or wholly below the level of the adjoining
<br /> ground.
<br /> Deterioration shall mean that a dwelling can be repaired, altered, or improved to comply with all of
<br /> the minimum standards established by this Ordinance at a cost not in excess of 50 percent of its fair
<br /> market value, as determined by finding of the Public Officer.
<br /> Dilapidated shall mean that a dwelling cannot be repaired, altered or improved to comply with all of
<br /> the minimum standards established by this Ordinance except at a cost in excess of 50 percent of its fair
<br /> market value, as determined by finding of the Public Officer.
<br /> Dwelling shall mean any building, structure, manufactured home or mobile home, or part thereof
<br /> which is wholly or partly used or intended to be used for living, sleeping or habitation by human
<br /> occupants, and includes any outhouses and appurtenances belonging thereto or usually enjoyed
<br /> therewith. Any manufactured home or mobile home used solely for a seasonal or vacation purpose shall
<br /> not be regarded as a dwelling. Temporary housing hereinafter defined, shall not be regarded as a
<br /> dwelling. The term shall include within its meaning the terms rooming house and rooming unit, as
<br /> hereinafter defined.
<br /> Dwelling unit shall mean any room or group of rooms, including a bathroom with commode or urinal
<br /> and tub or shower used exclusively in connection with the occupancy of the unit, located within a dwelling
<br /> and forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used or intended to be used for living, sleeping
<br /> and cooking.
<br /> Enclosed room shall mean a floor space in a dwelling or dwelling unit which by the use of fixed
<br /> partitioning walls and doors is wholly separated from any other floor space.
<br /> Extermination shall mean the control and elimination of insects, rodents or other pests by removing
<br /> or making inaccessible materials that may serve as their food by poisoning, spraying, fumigating, or
<br /> trapping or by any other recognized and legal pest elimination method approved by the Public Officer.
<br /> Garbage means animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and
<br /> consumption of food including the combustible and non-combustible waste material resulting therefrom
<br /> including paper, rags, cartons, boxes, tin cans, glass, and dust and similar household waste.
<br /> Gender. Words having a masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders.
<br /> Habitable room shall mean a room or enclosed floor space used or intended to be used for living,
<br /> sleeping, cooking or eating purposes, excluding bathrooms, water closet compartments, laundries, heater
<br /> rooms, foyers, or communicating corridors, closets and storage spaces.
<br /> Infestation shall mean the presence, within or around a dwelling, of any insects, rodents or other
<br /> pests in such number as to constitute a menace to the health, safety, or welfare of the occupants or the
<br /> public.
<br /> Let shall mean to rent to another for money or other valuable consideration.
<br /> Manufactured home or mobile home shall mean a portable manufactured housing unit designed for
<br /> transportation on its own chassis and placement on a temporary or semi-permanent foundation having a
<br /> measurement of over 32 feet in length and over eight feet in width. As used in this Ordinance, "mobile
<br /> home" also means a double-wide mobile home which is two or more portable manufactured housing units
<br /> designed for transportation on their own chassis, which connect on site for placement on a temporary or
<br /> semi-permanent foundation having a measurement of over 32 feet in length and over eight feet in width.
<br /> Multiple dwelling shall mean any dwelling containing two or more dwelling units.
<br /> Occupant shall mean any person living, sleeping, cooking or eating in or having actual possession of
<br /> a dwelling, dwelling unit or rooming unit.
<br /> Operator shall mean any person who has charge, care or control of a building, or any part thereof, in
<br /> which dwelling units or rooming units are let.
<br /> Owner shall mean any person who alone,jointly, or severally with others:
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