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Manager: Shall mean any person who manages the business operations of any hotel or bed and
<br />breakfast inn, including the collection of rental charges, issuing of keys, direction of maintenance
<br />personnel, assigning of rooms to guests, or handles guest affairs and oversees security.
<br />Nontransient lodging: Lodging where tenancy is arranged for periods of greater than 30 consecutive
<br />days.
<br />Nuisance: Shall be defined as follows:
<br />(1) Any public nuisance known at common law or equity.
<br />(2) Any attractive nuisance which may prove detrimental to children whether in a building, on the
<br />premises of a building, or upon an unoccupied lot. This includes any abandoned wells, shafts,
<br />basements, septic tanks, or excavations; abandoned refrigerators or motor vehicles; or any
<br />structurally unsound fences or structures; or any lumber, trash, fences, debris, or vegetation
<br />which may prove a hazard for inquisitive minors.
<br />(3) Whatever is dangerous to human life or is detrimental to health, safety and welfare.
<br />(4) Overcrowding a room with occupants.
<br />(5) Insufficient ventilation or illumination.
<br />(6) Inadequate or unsanitary sewerage or plumbing facilities.
<br />(7) Uncleanliness.
<br />(8) Whatever renders air, food or drink unwholesome or detrimental to the health, safety and
<br />welfare of human beings.
<br />(9) An abandoned structure, basin chamber, pool or tank located indoors or outdoors containing
<br />an artificial body of water intended to be used for swimming, diving or recreational bathing,
<br />including spas or hot tubs, which becomes unfit to be used for the purpose intended.
<br />Occupied space: The total area of all buildings or structures on any lot or parcel of ground projected
<br />on a horizontal plane excluding permitted projections as allowed by this article.
<br />Operator: Any person who is the proprietor of any hotel or apartment complex, whether in the
<br />capacity of the owner, lessee, receiver, sub -lessee, franchisee, mortgagee in possession, manager or
<br />agent of any of the aforementioned, who offers and accepts payment for rooms, guestrooms, sleeping
<br />accommodations, or board and lodging, and retains the right of access to, and control of, the dwelling
<br />unit.
<br />Owner: Any person, agent, operator, firm or corporation having a legal or equitable interest in the
<br />property; or recorded in the official records of the state, county or municipality as holding title to the
<br />property; or otherwise having control of the property, including the guardian of the estate of any such
<br />person, and the executor or administrator of the estate of such person if ordered to take possession of
<br />real property by a court.
<br />Person: An individual, corporation, partnership or any other group acting as a unit.
<br />Prostitution related: Includes, but is not limited to, city and/or state codes violations that involve
<br />prostitution or prostitution related crimes; such as pimping or pandering.
<br />Story. That portion of a building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper
<br />surface of the floor next above, except that the topmost story shall be that portion of a building included
<br />between the upper surface of the topmost floor and the ceiling of roof above. If the finished floor level
<br />directly above a basement or cellar is more than six (6) feet above grade, such basement or cellar shall
<br />be considered a story.
<br />Structure (accessory)/service room: Any room used for storage, bath or utility purposes, and not
<br />included in the definition of habitable room.
<br />Substandard building: See section 28-18.
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