§ 56-383. Definitions.

(a)

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:

Accessory building or structure means a detached building or structure used in a secondary or subordinate capacity to the main or principal building or structure on the same premises.

Approved means approved by the director or his predecessor and defined in rules and regulations.

Automobile establishment means any business dealing exclusively with the servicing, maintenance, repair, storage, wrecking or salvaging of motor vehicles.

Board means the property maintenance appeals board.

City means the City of Kansas City, Missouri.

Department means the department of neighborhood and community services of the city.

Deterioration means the condition of a building or part thereof, characterized by holes, breaks, rot, crumbling, cracking, peeling, rusting or other evidence of physical decay or neglect, lack of maintenance or excessive wear.

Extermination means the control and extermination of insects, rodents or other pests by any legal pest elimination method.

Garbage means the animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, serving and nonconsumption of food.

Nonresidential property means any land or structure, whether public or private, that is adapted, used or occupied for purposes other than residential use.

Operator means any person who owns, has charge, care, control or management of a nonresidential property, or part thereof, and shall include a lessee.

Owner means any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others:

(1)

Shall have legal title to nonresidential property with or without accompanying actual possession thereof;

(2)

Shall have charge, care or control of any nonresidential property as owner or as agent or personal representative of the owner; or

(3)

Shall have possession or right to possession under a contract for deed.

Person means and includes any individual, firm, estate, cooperative, governmental agency, corporation, limited liability corporation, association or partnership and the partners, members, or officers thereof. It shall also include a personal representative, executor, administrator, trustee, receiver or other representative appointed according to law.

Premises means a lot, plot or parcel or land, including all buildings or structures thereon.

Refuse means unwanted or discarded waste materials in a solid or semisolid state consisting of garbage, rubbish or a combination thereof.

Rubbish means solid wastes consisting of combustible or noncombustible waste materials from apartments, commercial, industrial and institutional establishments, including wastes and items commonly referred to as "trash."

Weathering means deterioration, decay or damage caused by exposure to the elements.

(b)

The definitions contained in section 56-33 shall apply equally to this article III, insofar as the context of this article may require.

(Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 20.82; Ord. No. 49861, 12-14-78; Ord. No. 56567, 6-14-84; Ord. No. 991334, § 1, 10-28-99)

Cross reference

Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1-10.