§ 34-403. Definitions.

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:

Children means individuals, male or female, whose chronological age is less than or equal to 12 years.

Children's product means those toys and other articles which are intended to be entrusted to or for use by children or other products marketed for use by children. Children's product includes all jewelry, whether marketed to or intended for use by children.

Director means the director of health of the city or his or her duly authorized representatives.

Dwelling means any grounds or premises with any type of structure (e.g. residential, commercial, industrial and public), and any related ancillary or accessory structure to such structures or premises, interior or exterior, including but not necessarily limited to garages, carports, sheds, yards, playgrounds, driveways, carriage houses, fences or gates; any room, group of rooms or other interior or exterior area of a dwelling, all or part of which room, group of rooms or other interior or exterior area is either designed or used for human habitation by human occupancy or commonly occupied by children, such as a day care center, school or recreational facility.

Dwelling unit means any room, group of rooms or other interior area of a dwelling, all or part of which room, group of rooms or other interior area which is either designed or used for human habitation or human occupancy, or commonly occupied by children such as a day care center or school.

Furniture article means those movable articles used to support people or things or other functional or decorative items that equip a room, house or other structure.

Hollowware means ceramic or pottery articles which have an internal depth measured from the lowest point to the horizontal plane passing through the upper rim, greater than 25 mm.

Large hollowware means hollowware with a capacity of 1.1 liter or more.

Lead poisoning hazard means any open or exposed surface or substrata in any dwelling which is coated with, consists of or contains any lead-bearing substance is declared to be a hazard if such surface, substrata or generated debris is accessible or may become accessible to ingestion or inhalation by any person but particularly children under the age of six, or may become accessible as a result of any remediation, abatement, maintenance, repainting, renovation or demolition, and is flaking, cracking, peeling, scaling, blistered, chipped or loose, and is present on or in any interior or exterior surface on, but not necessarily limited to, any porches or their steps, decking, banisters or railings, or on walls, windows and sills, doors and jambs, ceilings, or exterior trim, boarding or fascia. The quantity of lead concentration of various substances (including but not limited to superficial dusts, paint, air contaminants, water, soils and debris) which constitutes a hazard shall be determined by the director and made available to the public upon request.

Lead-bearing substance includes but is not necessarily limited to any paint, lacquer, putty, plaster, structural material, soil, water, air, dust, pipes, fixtures or similar substance containing a quantity of lead determined by the director to constitute a hazard to health.

Lead-containing paint means paint or other similar surface coating materials containing lead or lead compounds and in which the lead content (calculated as lead metal) is in excess of 0.009 percent by weight of the total nonvolatile content of the paint or the weight of the dried paint film (90 ppm).

Open or exposed surface means any interior surface of a dwelling or any exterior surface thereof, to which children may be commonly exposed.

Paint and other similar surface-coating materials means a fluid, semi-fluid, or other material, with or without a suspension of finely divided coloring matter, which changes to a solid film when a thin layer is applied to a metal, wood, stone, paper, leather, cloth, plastic or other surface.

ppm means parts per million.

Small hollowware means hollowware with a capacity of less than 1.1 liter. Cereal bowls are a common example of small hollowware.

(Ord. No. 120725, § 1, 9-6-12)