8.02.020 Definitions.
A. General. Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following terms shall have the meanings shown in this chapter. Words stated in the present tense include the future; words stated in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter; the singular number includes the plural and the plural, the singular. Where terms are not defined in this chapter and are defined in other titles, chapters, or sections of the Midvale Municipal Code, such terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in those codes. Where terms are not defined through the methods authorized by this section, such terms shall have ordinarily accepted meanings such as the context implies.
B. Defined Terms.
1. “Approved” means approved by the code enforcement officer.
2. “Code enforcement officer” means the official who is charged with the administration and enforcement of this code, or any duly authorized representative.
3. “Exterior property” means the open space on the premises and on adjoining property under the control of owners or operators of such premises.
4. “Extermination” means the control and elimination of insects, rats or other pests by eliminating their harborage places; by removing or making inaccessible materials that serve as their food; by poison spraying, fumigating, trapping or by any other approved pest elimination methods.
5. “Guard” means a building component or a system of building components located at or near the open sides of elevated walking surfaces that minimizes the possibility of a fall from the walking surface to a lower level.
6. “Infestation” means the presence within or contiguous to a structure or premises of insects, rats, vermin or other pests.
7. “Inoperable motor vehicle” means a vehicle which cannot be driven upon the public streets for reasons including but not limited to being unlicensed, wrecked, abandoned, in a state of disrepair, or incapable of being moved under its own power.
8. “Nuisance” means any situation, as identified in this chapter, which exists and is allowed to persist on a property including any property which is regularly used in the commission of a crime.
9. “Occupant” means any individual living or sleeping in a building, or having possession of a space within a building.
10. “Operator” means any person who has charge, care or control of a structure or premises which is let or offered for occupancy.
11. “Owner” means any person, agent, operator, firm or corporation having a legal or equitable interest in the property; or recorded in the official records of the county as holding title to the property; or otherwise having control of the property, including the guardian of the estate of any such person, and the executor or administrator of the estate of such person if ordered to take possession of real property by a court.
12. “Premises” means a lot, plot or parcel of land, easement or public way, including any structures thereon.
13. “Structure” means that which is built or constructed or a portion thereof whether occupied or unoccupied.
14. “Tenant” means a person, corporation, partnership or group, whether or not the legal owner of record, occupying a building or portion thereof as a unit.
15. “Workmanlike” means executed in a skilled manner; e.g., generally plumb, level, square, in line, undamaged and without marring adjacent work.
16. “Yard” means an open space on the same lot with a structure. (Ord. 6/15/2004O-22 (part))