§ 9.16.010. Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter the following definitions shall apply:

Business buildings means any structure, whether public or private, that is adapted for occupancy for transaction of business, for rendering of professional service, for amusement, for the display, sale or storage of goods, wares or merchandise, or for the performance of work or labor, including hotels, apartment buildings, tenement houses, rooming houses, office buildings, public buildings, stores, theaters, markets, restaurants, grain elevators, abattoirs, warehouses, workshops and factories, and all sheds, barns and other structures on the premises used for business purposes.

City inspector means the chief building official or any duly authorized representative.

Owner means the actual owner, agent or custodian of the business building, whether individual, partnership or corporation. The lessee shall be construed as the "owner" for the purpose of this chapter when business-building agreements hold the lessee responsible for maintenance and repairs.

Rat eradication means the elimination or extermination of rats within buildings by any or all of the accepted measures, such as poisoning, fumigation, trapping, etc.

Rat harborage means any condition which provides shelter or protection for rats, thus favoring their multiplication and continued existence in, under or outside of any structure.

Ratproofing means a form of construction to prevent the ingress of rats into buildings or structures from the exterior or from one building or structure to another. It consists essentially of treatment with material, impervious to rat gnawing, of all actual or potential openings in exterior walls, ground or first floors, basements, roofs and foundations that may be reached by rats from the ground by climbing or by burrowing.

(Code 1981, § 9-3-1; Code 1993, § 9.16.010; Ord. No. O-93-14, § 1)