HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1483Garbage shall mean the organic waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
Gender shalt mean words having a masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders.
Glazed opening shall mean a window including the glassed portions of doors.
Habitable room shall mean a room or enclosed floor space used or intended to be used for living, steeping, cooking
or eating purposes, excluding bathrooms, water closet compartments, laundries, heater rooms, foyers, or
communicating corridors, closets and storage spaces.
Infestation shall mean the presence, within or around a dwelling, of any insects, rodents or other pest in such
numbers as to constitute a menace to the health, safety or welfare of the occupants or the public.
inspector shall mean the Building Inspector of the County of traded or any authorized agent of the inspector.
Manufactured home shall mean a structure, transportable in one (1) or more sections, which in traveling mode is
eight (8) body feet or more in width, or forty (40) body feet or more in length, or, when erected on a site, is three
hundred twenty (320) or more square feet; and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a
dwelling, with or without permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, including the plumbing,
heating, air conditioning and electrical systems contained therein. "Manufactured home' includes any structure that
meets all of the requirements of this subsection except the size requirements and with respect to which the
manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing
and Urban Development and complies with the standards established under the National Manufactured Housing
Construction and Safety Act of 1974, 42 USC 5401, et seq. For manufactured homes built prior to June 15, 1976,
"manufactured horse" means a portable manufactured housing unit designed for transportation on its own chassis
and placement on a temporary or semi permanent foundation having a measurement of thirty-two (32) feet in length
and over eight (8) feet in width. "Manufactured home" also means a double -wide manufactured home, which is two
(2) or more portable manufactured housing units designed for transportation or their own chassis that connect on site
for placement on a temporary or semi permanent foundation having a measurement of over thirty-two (32) feet in
length and over eight (8) feet in width.
Multiple dwelling shall mean any dwelling containing more than two (2) dwelling units.
Occupant shall mean any person, living, sleeping, cooking, or eating in, or having actual possession of a dwelling.
Operator shell mean any person who has charge, care or control of a building, or a part thereof, in which dwelling
units or rooming units are let.
Owner shall mean any person who alone, jointly, or severally with others:
(1) Shall have title to any dwelling with or without accompanying actual possession thereof, or
(2) Shall be a mortgagee of record for any dwelling; or
(3) Shall have charge, care or control of any dwelling, 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.
Party or parties in interest shalt mean all persons who have interest of record in a dwelling and any persons who are
in possession thereof.
Person shall mean any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, association, organization or other legal entity.
Plumbing shall mean 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, catch basins, drains,
vents and any other similar supplied fixtures, together with all connections to water, sewer or gas lines.
Public authorityshall mean the hedeli County Building Inspections Department or any officer who is in charge of any
department or branch of the government of iredeil County or the State of North Carolina relating to health, fire,
building regulations or other activities concerning dwellings in the county.
Rooming house shall mean any dwelling, or that part of any dwelling containing one (1) or more rooming units, in
which space is /at by the owner or operator to three (3) or more persons who are not husband or wife, son or
daughter, mother or father, or sister or brother of the owner or operator.
Rooming unit shall mean any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit used or intended to be used for
living and steeping, but not for cooking or eating purposes.
Rubbish shall mean non-organic waste materials. The term shall include paper, rags, cartons, boxes, wood,
excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches, yard trimmings, fin cans, metals, mineral matter, glass, and dust.
Seasonal dwelling shall mean a dwelling unit used or intended for use only in certain seasons or for weekend or
other occasional use throughout the year. Seasonal dwellings include those used for summer or winter sports or
recreation, such as lake cottages and hunting or fishing cabins.
Supplied shall mean paid for, furnished, or provided by, or under the control of, the owner or operator.
Temporary housing shall mean 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 thirty (30) consecutive days.
Unfit for human habitation shall mean when conditions exist in a dwelling which violate or do not comply with one (1)
or more of the minimum standards of fitness or one (1) or more of the requirements established by this article.
D. Interpretation of words and phrases.
For the purposes of this article, interpretation of words and phrases shall be as follows:
(1) Words used in the present tense include the future tense.
(2) Words used in the singular number include the plural, and words used in the plural number include the singular.
(3) The word "lot" inctudes the word "plot,"or parcel,' or "tract"
(4) The words "shall" and "must' are always mandatory and not merely directory.