Killingly, Conn., Code of Ordinances ch. 4, art. III § 4-37

Section 4-37        Definitions
A.      The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this code:
     ACCESSORY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE -- A detached building or structure in a secondary or subordinate
      capacity from the main or principal building or structure on the same premise(s).
     ALZOD – Alexander Lake Zoning Overlay District
     APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY -- The official within the governmental structure of the Town of Killingly charged
      with administration of the designated code.
     APPROVED -- Approved by the local or state authority having such administrative authority.

ASHES -- The residue from the burning of combustible materials.
ATTIC -- Any story situated wholly or partly within the roof, and so designed, arranged or built as to be used
  for business, storage or habitation.
BASEMENT -- A portion of a building located partly underground but having less than half its clear floor-to-
  ceiling height below the average grade of the adjoining ground.
BUILDING -- A fixed construction with walls, foundation and roof, such as a house, factory or garage, which is
  either vacant or used for any type of occupancy or use.
BULK CONTAINER -- Any garbage, rubbish and/or refuse container which is equipped with fittings for
  hydraulic and/or mechanical emptying, unloading and/or removal.
CELLAR -- 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.
CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEM -- A single system supplying heat to one (1) or more dwelling unit(s).
CHIMNEY -- A vertical masonry shaft of reinforced concrete or other approved noncombustible, heat-resisting
  material enclosing one (1) or more flues for the purpose of removing products of combustion from solid,
  liquid or gaseous fuel.
DILAPIDATED -- No longer adequate for the purpose or use for which it was originally intended or decayed
  or rotted and beyond repair.
DIRECTOR OF HEALTH -- The legally designated health authority of the Town of Killingly or a representative
  authorized to act by said Director.
DWELLING -- A house or building, or portion thereof, or any enclosed space wholly or partly used or intended
  to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and/or eating by one (1) or more families or households, provided
  that temporary housing, as hereinafter defined, shall not be classified as a "dwelling." Industrialized housing
  and modular construction which conform to nationally accepted industry standards and are used or
  intended for use for living, sleeping, cooking and eating purposes shall be classified as dwellings.
DWELLING UNIT -- A dwelling, or portion thereof, forming a single habitable unit with facilities used or
  intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and/or eating purposes.
EMERGENCY – A condition that poses an immediate threat to the life, health or safety of any occupant or the
  general public.
EGRESS -- An arrangement of exit facilities to assure a safe means of exit from a building.
EXTERMINATION -- 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 local or state authority having such administrative authority.
FAIR MARKET VALUE -- A price at which both buyers and sellers are willing to do business.
FAMILY -- One (1) or more individuals related by blood, marriage or legal adoption living together and sharing
  common living, sleeping, cooking and eating facilities. (See also "household.")
FLUSH WATER CLOSET -- A toilet bowl which is flushed with water which has been supplied under pressure
  and which is equipped with a water-sealed trap above the floor level.
GARBAGE -- Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and
  consumption of food.
GRADE -- The finished ground level adjacent to a required window.
HABITABLE ROOM -- 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, furnace rooms,
  pantries, kitchenettes and utility rooms of less than fifty (50) square feet of floor space, foyers or
  communicating corridors, stairways, closets, storage spaces and workshops, hobby and recreation areas.
HEATED WATER -- Water heated to a temperature of not less than one hundred ten degrees Fahrenheit
  (110° F.) at the outlet.
HEATING DEVICE -- All furnaces, unit heaters, domestic incinerators, cooking and heating stoves and
  ranges and other similar devices.
HOUSEHOLD -- One (1) or more individuals living together in a single dwelling unit and sharing common
  living, sleeping, cooking and eating facilities. (See also "family.")
INFESTATION -- The presence within or around a dwelling of any insects, rodents or other pests.
KITCHEN -- Any room used for the storage and/or preparation of foods and containing the following
  equipment: sink and/or other device for dishwashing; stove or other device for cooking; refrigerator or other
  device for cool storage of food; cabinets and/or shelves for storage of equipment and utensils; and counter
  or table for food preparation.

KITCHENETTE -- A small kitchen or an alcove containing cooking facilities.
LEAD-BASED PAINT -- Any paint containing more lead than the level established by the United States
  Consumer Product Safety Commission as being the safe level of lead in residential paint and paint
  products.
LITTER -- "Garbage," "refuse" and "rubbish" as defined in this section and all other waste material which, if
  thrown or deposited as herein prohibited, tends to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare.
  "Litter" shall not include clean excavated earth, unless the same may be objectionable by reason of dust or
  foul odors, or fill material approved by the Director of Public Works. "Litter" shall not include sand, salt or
  other appropriate chemicals upon any icy or slippery condition.
MULTIPLE DWELLING -- Any dwelling containing more than two (2) dwelling units.
OCCUPANT -- Any individual, over one (1) year of age, living, sleeping, cooking or eating in or having
  possession of a dwelling unit or a rooming unit, except that in dwelling units a guest shall not be considered
  an "occupant."
OPERATOR -- Any person who has charge, care, control or management of a building, or part thereof, in
  which dwelling units or rooming units are rented.
ORDINARY SUMMER CONDITIONS -- A temperature ten degrees Fahrenheit (10° F.) below the highest
  recorded temperature in the locality for the prior ten-year period.
ORDINARY WINTER CONDITIONS -- A temperature fifteen degrees Fahrenheit (15° F.) above the lowest
  recorded temperature in the locality for the prior ten-year period.
OWNER -- Any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others, shall have:
  (1) Legal title to any premise(s), dwelling or dwelling unit, with or without accompanying actual possession
  thereof; or
  (2) Charge, care or control of any premise(s), dwelling or dwelling unit, as owner or agent of the owner, or
  an executor, administrator, 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 code and of rules and
  regulations adopted pursuant thereto to the same extent as if he were the owner.
PERSON -- Includes any individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, cooperative or governmental
  agency.
PLUMBING -- Includes all connections to water, sewer or gas lines.
PREMISE(S) -- A platted lot or part thereof or un-platted lot or parcel of land or plot of land, occupied by any
  dwelling or non-dwelling structure, and includes any such building, accessory structure or other structure
  thereon, or any part thereof. The term "premise(s)," where the context requires, shall be deemed to include
  any and all buildings, dwellings, and parcels of land or structures contained within the scope of this code.
  Non-rental single family premises are specifically excluded from this code.
PRIVACY -- The existence of conditions which will permit an individual or individuals to commence and carry
  out an activity without interruption or interference, either by sight or sound by other individuals.
PROPERLY CONNECTED -- Connected in accordance with all applicable codes and ordinances of the Town
  of Killingly as from time to time amended; 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.
RAT HARBORAGE -- Any conditions or place where rats can live, nest or seek shelter.
RAT-PROOFING -- A form of construction which will prevent the ingress or egress of rats to or from a given
  space or building or from gaining access to food, water or harborage. It consists of the closing and keeping
  closed of every opening in foundations, basements, cellars, exterior and interior walls, ground or first floors,
  roofs, sidewalk gratings, sidewalk openings and other places that may be reached and entered by rats by
  climbing, burrowing or other methods; by the use of materials impervious to rat gnawing; and by other
  methods approved by the Building Official.
REFUSE -- All putrescible and non-putrescible solid wastes (except body wastes), including garbage, rubbish,
  ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles and solid market and industrial wastes.
REFUSE CONTAINER -- Any container that is constructed of metal or other durable material impervious to
  rodents and that is capable of being serviced without hydraulic and/or mechanical emptying, unloading
  and/or removal, or such other containers as have been approved by the appropriate authority.
RUBBISH – Non-putrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, such
  as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery
  and similar materials, but shall not include properly maintained compost.

SAFETY -- The condition of being reasonably free from danger and hazards which may cause accidents or
     disease.
   SEASONAL RENTAL UNIT -- A fully furnished dwelling unit that a client arranges to rent from an owner for a
     designated short period of time, typically by the week or for no more than a three month period.
   SMOKE DETECTOR -- A device certified by a testing laboratory approved by the federal government, which
     device detects visible or invisible particles of combustion.
   SPACE HEATER -- A self-contained device of either the convection type or the radiant type intended
     primarily to heat only a limited space or area, such as one (1) room or two (2) adjoining rooms.
   STRUCTURE -- That which has been or is built or constructed and which is or should be fastened, anchored
     or attached to or which rests on a building, foundation or on the ground, including any buildings, fences, fire
     escapes, railings, towers, sidewalks or stairways.
   SUPPLIED -- Paid for, furnished by, provided by or under the control of the owner, operator or agent.
   TEMPORARY HOUSING -- Any tent, trailer, mobile home or any other structure used for human shelter
     which is designed to be transportable and which is not attached to the ground, to another structure or to any
     utility system on the same premise(s) for more than thirty (30) days within any six-month period.
   TOXIC SUBSTANCE -- 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.
   VARIANCE -- A difference between that which is required or specified and that which is permitted.
B. Meaning of certain words. Whenever the words "dwelling," "dwelling unit," "rooming units," "premise(s)" and
   "structure" are used in this code, they shall be construed as though they were followed by the words "or any
   part thereof." Words used in the singular include the plural, and the plural the singular; the masculine gender
   includes the feminine and the feminine the masculine.

C. MAINTENANCE OF BASIC EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES