§ 1601-1. General Definitions.

For the purpose of this chapter, the words and phrases defined in the sections below shall have the meanings therein respectively ascribed to them, without limiting the generalities of the words, unless a different meaning is clearly indicated by the context.

(a)

"Garbage" shall mean putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.

(b)

"Graffiti" shall mean any inscription, word, figure, marking or design that is marked, etched, scratched, drawn or painted on any premises, including buildings, structures, fixtures or other improvements, whether permanent or temporary, whether public or private, without the consent of the owner of the property or the owner's authorized agent, and which is visible from the public right-of-way or other public or quasi-public location within the city.

(c)

"Means of egress" shall mean a continuous and unobstructed way of exit travel from any point in a building or structure to a public way and consists of three separate and distinct parts: the way of exit access, the exit, and the way of exit discharge.

(d)

"Neighborhood" shall mean an area of the city comprised of all premises or parcels of land which in whole or in part are located within a radius of 500 feet of any one parcel or lot within the city.

(e)

"Person" shall mean an individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.

(f)

"Person in control" shall mean the owner of the freehold estate of the premises; a mortgagee or vendee in possession; a receiver; an executor; a trustee; and any person, public or private entity, lessee or holder of a lesser estate in the premises, and/or its duly authorized agent(s), with the authority to bring a building or premises into compliance with the provisions of this code, including but not limited to any mortgagee that has filed an action in foreclosure on the particular premises at issue, based on breach or default of a mortgage agreement, until title to the premises is transferred to a third party.

(g)

"Rubbish" shall mean nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, such as paper, wrappings, dirt, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials.

(h)

"Owner" shall mean any person, partnership, firm or corporation, who alone or jointly with others shall be in possession of or have control of any property, dwelling or dwelling unit within the City of Cincinnati as owner, employee or agent of the owner, or as executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of the estate of the owner.

(i)

"Weeds" shall mean and include any and all grass, weeds and wild plants exceeding ten inches in height.

(j)

"Early fire warning system" or "detector" shall mean an approved automatic warning system of one or more devices that detects any of the products of combustion, including visible or invisible particles of combustion, and that produces an audible alarm signal in a building for the purpose of notifying the occupants thereof of the presence of a fire. The primary power for such system may be either an AC electrical system or a monitored battery. Systems with detectors sensitive to heat only are not included in this definition for purposes of this chapter.

For the purpose of installation and maintenance only, a system shall be deemed approved if listed by the Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., and conforms to the applicable sections of "NFPA Standard No. 72" (referenced by the Cincinnati Building Code).

(k)

"Photoelectric early fire warning system" or "photoelectric detector" shall mean an early fire warning system that only detects the visible particles of smoke that are able to scatter light. "Photoelectric early fire warning system" or "photoelectric detector" shall not include a detector which contains more than one type of sensor.

(l)

"Ionization early fire warning system" or "ionization-type detector" shall mean an early fire warning system that only detects the disruption of ionized air by particles of smoke. "Ionization early fire warning system" or "ionization-type detector" shall not include a detector which contains more than one type of sensor.

(m)

"Residential rental property" shall mean a parcel of real property in the city of Cincinnati recorded as a deed with the Hamilton County Recorder on which is located one or more dwelling units leased or otherwise rented to tenants solely for residential purposes, or a mobile home park or other permanent or semi-permanent site at which lots are leased or otherwise rented to tenants for the parking of a manufactured home, mobile home, or recreational vehicle that is used solely for residential purposes. "Residential rental property" shall not include a hotel, college, single room occupancy facility, dormitory, group homes, rooming or boarding houses, motels, and bed and breakfast inns or bed and breakfast homes.

(n)

"Kitchen area" shall mean a room or part of a room that is designed, built, used or intended to be used for food preparation and dishwashing; but not including a bar, butler's pantry or similar room adjacent to or connected with a kitchen.

(Ordained by Ord. No. 158-2006, § 1, eff. June 1, 2006; a. Ord. No. 418-2010, § 40, eff. Nov. 24, 2010; Emer. Ord. No. 045-2013, § 1, eff. Feb. 27, 2013)