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(1) Dormitory: A space in a building where group sleeping accommodations are <br /> provided in one room, or in a series of closely associated rooms, for persons <br /> not members of the same family group. <br /> (2) Dwelling unit: A single unit providing complete, independent living facilities for <br /> one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, <br /> eating, cooking and sanitation. <br /> (3) Hotel/Motel: Any building containing guestrooms, intended or designed to be <br /> occupied, or which are rented or hired out to be occupied, for sleeping <br /> purposes by guests not to exceed 30 days. <br /> (4) One-family dwelling: A building arranged, intended, designed, or redesigned to <br /> contain one dwelling unit. <br /> (5) Rooming house: A building arranged or occupied for lodging, without meals, <br /> for compensation. <br /> (6) Rooming unit: Any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit <br /> occupied or intended to be occupied for sleeping or living, but not for cooking <br /> purposes. <br /> (7) Two-family dwellingi A building arranged, intended, designed, or redesigned to <br /> contain two dwelling units. <br /> (8) Three-family dwelling: A building arranged, intended, designed, or redesigned <br /> to contain three dwelling units. <br /> (9) Multi-family dwelling: A building arranged, intended, designed, or redesigned <br /> to contain four or more dwelling units. <br />(I) "Exterior property" means the open space on the premises and tree lawn areas and <br /> on the adjoining property and the accessory structure(s) under the control of the <br /> owner or operator of such premises. <br />(m) "Family" means an individual or two or more persons living together as a single <br /> housekeeping group in a dwelling unit. A "single housekeeping group" exists where <br /> the group of individuals share expenses and labor related to the maintenance of the <br /> dwelling unit and are living and eating together as a household. "Family" shall not <br /> include an individual occupying a rooming unit nor a group of unrelated individuals <br /> occupying a rooming house. <br />(n) "Garbage" means animal or vegetable waste resulting from the handling, <br /> preparation, cooking and consumption of food. <br />(o) "Habitable room" means a room or enclosed floor space used or intended to be used <br /> for living, sleeping, cooking or eating purposes, excluding bathrooms, water closet <br /> compartments, recreation rooms, laundries, pantries, halls, closets, storage and <br /> similar spaces. <br />(p) "Kitchen" means a room or compartment equipped, intended or used for the <br /> preparation of food, and having a floor area of not less than 60 square feet. <br />(q) "Kitchenette" means a room or compartment equipped, intended or used for the <br /> preparation of food, and having a floor area of less than 60 square feet. <br />(r) 'Occupiable structure" means a building, structure or enclosed space that is used for <br /> purposes other than residential occupancy, including, but not limited to, the <br /> following: theatres, dance halls and nightclubs, 'businesses, retail stores, industrial, <br /> storage garages and sheds. <br />(s) "Operator" means any person who has charge, care or control of a building or part <br /> thereof in which dwelling units or rooming units are let. <br />(t) "Owner" means the owner(s) or occupant(s) of the premises, including a purchaser <br /> in possession, a 'mortgagee or receiver in possession, a life tenant, a lessee or joint <br /> lessees of the whole thereof or any other person, firm, corporation or fiduciary in <br /> control of the premises. <br />(u) "Person" means a natural person, firm, partnership or corporation. <br />(v) "Place of assembly" means any church, theater, lunchroom, meeting room, dance <br /> hall, school or auditorium, exposition hall, passenger depot, or any building or <br /> portion of any building in which persons congregate for any purpose whatsoever. <br />(w) "Plumbing" means and includes all of the following supplied facilities and equipment: <br /> gas pipes, gas-burning equipment, water pipes, garbage disposal units, waste pipes, <br /> water closets, sinks, installed dishwashers, lavatories, bathtubs, shower baths, <br /> whirlpool tubs. clothes-washing machines, catch basins, drains, vents and any other <br /> similar supplied fixtures, together with all connections to water, sewer or gas lines. <br /> (x) "Premises" means a lot, parcel or plot of land including the buildings or structures <br /> thereon. <br /> (y) "Public hallway~ means a hallway, corridor or passageway within a building that is or <br /> may be used by any occupant of such building. <br /> <br /> <br />