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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:
Buildings means any structure, whether public or private, that is adapted for occupancy, transaction of business, rendering of professional service, amusement, the display, sale or storage of goods, wares or merchandise or the performance of work or labor, including hotels, apartment buildings, tenement houses, roominghouses, office buildings, stores, theaters, markets, restaurants, grain elevators, abattoirs, warehouses, workshops, factories and all outhouses, sheds, barns and other structures on premises used for business purpose.
Occupant means the individual, partnership or corporation that has the use of or occupies any business building or a part or fraction thereof, whether as actual owner or tenant. In case of vacant business buildings or any vacant portion of a business building, the owner, agent or other person having custody of the building shall have the responsibility of an occupant of a building.
Owner means the actual owner of the business building, whether an individual, partnership or corporation or the agent of the building, or any other person having custody of the building or to whom the rent is paid. In the case of business buildings leased with a clause in the lease specifying that the lessee is responsible for maintenance and repairs, the lessee will be considered in such cases as the owner.
Rat eradication means the elimination or extermination of rodents within buildings such that the buildings are completely freed of rodents or there is no evidence of rodent infestation remaining by any or all of the accepted measures such as poisoning, fumigation, trapping, clubbing, etc.
Rat harborage means any condition that provides shelter or protection for rodents, thus favoring multiplication and continued existence in, under or outside of a structure of any kind.
Ratproofing means a form of construction to prevent the ingress of rodents into buildings from the exterior or from one building or establishment to another. It consists essentially of treating all actual or potential openings in the exterior wall, ground or first floors, basements, roof and foundations that may be reached by rodents from the ground by climbing or burrowing with material impervious to rodent gnawing.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 7-26)
Cross reference— Definitions generally, § 1-2.