<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 14-52. - Definitions.</div>
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               The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the
               meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates
               a different meaning:
               
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               <span class="ital">Basement</span> means a portion of a dwelling which is located partly underground, having direct
               access to light and air from windows located above the level of the adjoining ground.
               
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               <span class="ital">Cellar</span> means a portion of a dwelling which is located partly or wholly underground having
               an inadequate access to light and air from windows located partly or wholly below
               of the adjoining ground.
               
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               <span class="ital">Deteriorated</span> means that a dwelling may be unfit for human habitation and can be repaired, altered,
               or improved to comply with all of the minimum standards established by this article
               at a cost not in excess of 50 percent of its value, as determined by finding of the
               chief building inspector.
               
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               <span class="ital">Dilapidated</span> means that a dwelling is unfit for human habitation and cannot be improved, repaired,
               or altered to comply with all of the minimum standards established by this article,
               except at a cost in excess of 50 percent of its value, as determined by the chief
               building inspector.
               
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               <span class="ital">Dwelling</span> means any building, structure, or part thereof which is wholly or partly used or
               intended to be used for living, sleeping or habitation by human occupants, and includes
               any outhouses and appurtenances belonging thereto or usually enjoyed therewith. Temporary
               housing shall not be regarded as a dwelling. The term shall include within its meaning
               the terms "roominghouse" and "rooming unit."
               
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               <span class="ital">Dwelling unit</span> means any room or group of rooms located within a dwelling and forming a single habitable
               unit with facilities which are used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking
               and eating.
               
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               <span class="ital">Extermination</span> means the control and elimination of insects, rodents or other pests by removing
               or making inaccessible materials that may serve as their food; by poisoning, spraying,
               fumigating, or trapping; or by any other recognized and legal pest elimination methods
               approved by the chief building inspector.
               
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               <span class="ital">Garbage</span> means the waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption
               of food.
               
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               <span class="ital">Habitable room</span> means a room or enclosed floor space used or intended to be used for living, sleeping,
               cooking or eating purposes, excluding bathrooms, water closet compartments, laundries,
               heater rooms, foyers, or communicating corridors, closets and storage spaces.
               
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               <span class="ital">Infestation</span> means the presence, within or around a dwelling, of any insects, rodents or other
               pests in such number as to constitute a menace to the health, safety or welfare of
               the occupants or the public.
               
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               <span class="ital">Multiple dwellings</span> means any dwelling containing more than two dwelling units.
               
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               <span class="ital">Occupant</span> means any person over one year of age, living, sleeping, cooking or eating in, or
               having actual possession of a dwelling, dwelling unit or rooming unit.
               
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               <span class="ital">Operator</span> means any person who has charge, care or control of a building, or part thereof,
               in which dwelling units or rooming units are let.
               
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               <span class="ital">Owner</span> means any person who alone, jointly, or severally with others:
               
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                  (1)
                  
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                  Shall have title to any dwelling, dwelling unit or rooming unit, with or without accompanying
                  actual possession thereof;
                  
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                  (2)
                  
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                  Shall be a mortgagee of record for any dwelling, dwelling unit or rooming unit; or
                  
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                  (3)
                  
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                  Shall have charge, care or control of any dwelling, dwelling unit or rooming unit,
                  as owner or agent of the actual owner, or as executor, executrix, administrator, administratrix,
                  trustee or guardian of the estate of the actual owner. Any such person thus representing
                  the actual owner shall be bound to comply with the provisions of this article, and
                  of rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, to the same extent as if he were
                  the owner.
                  
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               <span class="ital">Party or parties in interest</span> means all persons who have interests of record in a dwelling, dwelling unit or rooming
               unit and any persons who are in possession thereof.
               
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               <span class="ital">Plumbing</span> means and includes all of the following supplied facilities and equipment: gas pipes,
               gas burning equipment, water pipes, mechanical garbage disposal units (mechanical
               sink grinders), sewage disposal pipes, water closets, sinks, installed dishwashers,
               lavatories, bathtubs, shower baths, installed clothes washing machines, catchbasins,
               drains, vents, and any other similar supplied fixtures, together with all connections
               to water, sewer or gas lines.
               
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               <span class="ital">Public authority</span> means any officer who is in charge of any department or branch of the government
               of the county or the state relating to health, fire, building regulations or other
               activities concerning dwellings in the county.
               
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               <span class="ital">Roominghouse</span> means any dwelling, or that part of any dwelling containing one or more rooming units,
               in which space is let by the owner or operator to three or more persons who are not
               husband or wife, son or daughter, mother or father, or sister or brother of the owner
               or operator.
               
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               <span class="ital">Rooming unit</span> means any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit used or intended
               to be used for living and sleeping but not for cooking or eating purposes.
               
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               <span class="ital">Rubbish</span> means nonfood waste materials. The term shall include items such as: paper, rags,
               cartons, boxes, wood, excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches, yard trimmings, tin
               cans, metals, mineral matter, glass and dust.
               
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               <span class="ital">Supplied</span> means paid for, furnished, provided by, or under the control of the owner or operator.
               
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               <span class="ital">Temporary housing</span> means any tent, trailer or other structure used for human shelter, which is designed
               to be transportable and which is not attached to the ground, to another structure,
               or to any utilities system on the same premises for more than 30 consecutive days.
               
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               <span class="ital">Unfit for human habitation</span> means that conditions exist in a dwelling, dwelling unit, roominghouse, or rooming
               unit which violate or do not comply with one or more of the minimum standards of fitness
               or one or more of the requirements established by this article.
               
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               <span class="ital">Words having certain meaning.</span> Whenever the words "dwelling, dwelling unit, roominghouse, rooming unit, premises"
               are used in this article, they shall be construed as though they were followed by
               the words "or any part thereof."
               
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               (Ord. of 2-1-82, Â§ II)
               
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            <p class="refcross0" block_type="hang"><b>Cross referenceâ€” </b>
               Definitions generally,<a href="" data-chunk-id="PTIICOOR_CH1GEPR_S1-2RUCODE" class="section-link" data-product-id="12658"> Â§ 1-2</a>.
               
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            <p class="refstatelaw0" block_type="hang"><b>State Law referenceâ€” </b>
               Similar definitions, G.S. 160A-442.
               
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