Enfield, Conn., Code of Ordinances ch. 14, art. III § 14-62

(a) Terms defined in building code. Where terms are not defined in this section and are defined in the building code, they shall have the meanings ascribed to them as in the building code.
(b) Terms not defined. Where terms are not defined under the provisions of this housing code or under the provisions of the building code, they shall have ascribed to them their ordinarily accepted meanings or such as the context herein may imply.
(c) Terms defined. 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:
Approved as applied to a material, device, or method of construction, means acceptable by any authority designated by law having jurisdiction in the matter in question.
Basement means a portion of a building located partly underground, but having less than half of its clear floor-to-ceiling height below the average grade of the adjoining ground.
Boardinghouse; lodginghouse; tourist house. See "Dwelling."
Building official means the official designated by the municipality to enforce building, zoning or similar laws, or his duly authorized representative.
Cellar means a portion of a building located partly or wholly underground and having half or more than half of its clear floor-to-ceiling height below the average grade of the adjoining ground.
Chimney means a vertical masonry of reinforced concrete enclosing one or more flues, for the purpose of removing products of combustion from solid, liquid or gaseous fuel.
Director of health means the legally designated health authority of the town or his duly authorized representative.
Dormitory means a building arranged or used for lodging six but not more than 20 individuals and having common toilet and bathroom facilities.
Dwelling means any building which is used or intended to be used in whole or in part for living or sleeping by human occupants including, but not limited to, a boardinghouse, roominghouse, lodginghouse, tourist hours or hotel; provided that temporary housing as hereinafter defined shall not be regarded as a dwelling.
Dwelling unit means any room or group of rooms located within a dwelling for use by a family or family unit with facilities which are used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating.
Exterior property areas means the open space on the premises and on adjoining property under the control of owners or operators of such premises.
Extermination means the control and elimination of insects, rodents, or other pests by eliminating their harborage places; by removing or making inaccessible materials that may serve as their food; by poisoning, spraying, fumigating, trapping or by any other recognized and legal pest elimination methods approved by the state department of environmental protection.
Family or family unit means one or more persons related by blood, adoption, marriage, legal guardianship or authority by the child protective agency of the state welfare department or any similar or successor agency, living, sleeping, cooking and eating on the same premises as a single housekeeping unit under one head, exclusive of household servants. A number of persons, but not exceeding three, living and cooking together as a single housekeeping unit though not related by blood, adoption or marriage shall be deemed to constitute a family unit.
Fire marshal means the legally designated fire marshal of the town, or of any of the fire districts within the town.
Garbage means the animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
Gross floor area means the total area of all habitable space in a building or structure.
Habitable room means a room or enclosed floor space used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking or eating purposes excluding bathrooms, water closet compartments, laundries, pantries, foyers or hallways, closets, recreation room (but not excluding "living rooms"), private workshops or hobby rooms and storage spaces.
Hotel means a building arranged or used for sheltering, sleeping or feeding, for compensation, of more than 20 individuals, including, but not limited to, a motel. (See also "Dwelling.")
Infestation means the presence, within or around a dwelling, of any insects, rodents or other pests.
Lead-base paint means any paint containing more than the level established by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission as being the safe level of lead in residential paint and paint products.
Motel means a hotel, as defined in this section.
Multifamily dwelling means a building containing more than two dwelling units.
Occupant means any person (including owner or operator) living, sleeping, cooking or eating in or having actual possession of a dwelling unit or rooming unit.
One-family dwelling means a building containing one dwelling unit.
Operable area means that part of a window or door which is available for unobstructed ventilation and which opens directly to the outdoors.
Operator means any person who has charge, care or control of a building, including a roominghouse, or part thereof, in which dwelling units or rooming units are let or offered for occupancy.
Owner means any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others: Shall have legal title to any dwelling or dwelling unit, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof; or shall be owner or owners of the freehold of the premises or lesser estate therein, a mortgagee or vendee in possession, assignee of rents, receiver, lessee or other person in control of a building; or their duly authorized agents; or shall have charge, care or control of any dwelling or dwelling unit as owner or agent of the owner, or as executor, executrix, administrator, administratrix, trustee or guardian of the estate of the owner. Any such person thus representing the actual owner shall be bound to comply with the provisions of this chapter, and of rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, to the same extent as if he were the owner.
Person means any individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, cooperative or governmental agency.
Plumbing or plumbing fixtures means all of the following (supplied) facilities and equipment: Gas pipes, gas-burning equipment, chimney, water pipes, garbage disposal units, waste pipes, water closets, sinks, installed dishwashers, lavatories, bathtubs, shower baths, installed clotheswashing machines, catch basins, drains, vents and any other similar supplied fixtures, together with all connections to water, sewer or gas lines.
Premises means a lot, plot or parcel of land including the buildings or structures thereon.
Privacy means the existence of conditions which will permit an individual or individuals to carry out an activity without undue interruption or interference.
Properly connected means connected in accordance with all applicable codes and ordinances of the town as from time to time enacted provided, however, that the application of this definition shall not require the alteration or replacement of any connection in good working order and not constituting a hazard to life or health.
Rooming unit means any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit used or intended to be used for living and sleeping, but not for cooking or eating purposes.
Roominghouse means any dwelling or that part of any dwelling containing one or more rooming units, in which space is let by the owner or operator to three or more persons who are not husband and wife, son or daughter, mother or father or sister or brother of the owner or operator. (See also "Dwelling.")
Rubbish means combustible and noncombustible waste materials, except garbage; and shall include the residue from the burning of wood, coke and other combustible material, paper, rags, cartons, boxes, wood, excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches, yard trimmings, tin cans, metals, mineral matter, glass, crockery, plastic and dust or other items as specified by the director of health.
State's attorney means an attorney who has been appointed by the criminal justice commission of the division of criminal justice within the state executive department.
Supplied means paid for, furnished or provided by or under the control of the owner or operator.
Temporary housing means any tent, camp trailer or similar structure which is used for human shelter which is designed to be transportable and which is not attached to the ground, to another structure, or to any utilities system on the same premises for more than 30 consecutive days.
Toxic substance means any chemical product applied on the surface of or incorporated into any structural or decorative material which constitutes a potential hazard to human health at acute or chronic exposure levels.
Two-family dwelling means a building containing two dwelling units.
Variance means a difference between that which is required or specified and that which is permitted by the housing code appeals board.
Ventilation means the process of supplying and removing air by natural or mechanical means to or from any space. Mechanical --Ventilation by power-driven devices.
Natural --Ventilation by opening to outer air through windows, skylights, doors, louvers, or stacks without wind-driven devices.
(d) Usage in connection with certain terms. Whenever the words "dwelling," "multifamily dwelling," "dwelling unit," "roominghouse," "rooming unit," "premises," are used in this housing code, they shall be construed as though they were followed by the words "or any part thereof."