New Haven, Conn., Code of Ordinances ch. 17, art. XIV § 17-72

For the purposes of this article, the following words shall have the following meanings:
Basement shall mean a portion of a building located partly underground but having less than one-half (½) of its clear floor-to-ceiling height below the average grade of the adjoining ground. Where the contour of the ground level immediately adjacent to the building is interrupted by ditching, pits, or trenching, the average adjoining ground level shall be the nearest contour line parallel to the walls of the building without regard to the level created by ditching, pits or trenching.
Cellar shall mean a portion of a building located partly or wholly underground and having one-half (½) of its clear floor-to-ceiling height below the average grade of the adjoining ground.
City shall mean the City of New Haven.
Code enforcement officer means the director of the Livable City Initiative or their designee unless otherwise specified, or other City official(s) otherwise authorized to administer the licensing and inspection of residential rental property.
Common areas mean those interior and exterior areas of the residential rental property as defined herein of which the occupants have access, including, but not limited to, entrances, exits, hallways, stairways, basements, cellars, laundry rooms, attics, porches and yards.
Director of the Livable City Initiative shall mean the director of the City's entity known as the Livable City Initiative or their designee unless otherwise specified.
Dormitory means a building or a space in a building in which group sleeping accommodations are provided for more than sixteen (16) persons, who are not members of the same family, in one (1) room or a series of closely associated rooms under joint occupancy and single management, with or without meals, but without individual cooking facilities.
Dwelling means any building located in the City, which is wholly or partly used or intended to be used for living or sleeping by human occupants; provided that temporary housing as hereinafter defined shall not be regarded as a dwelling. For purposes of this article, the term shall be synonymous with "residential rental property."
Dwelling unit means any room or group of rooms located within a dwelling and forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating.
Housing code inspector means a City employee who conducts rental housing property inspections for purposes of determining whether such property complies with minimum housing code standards as outlined in the City's applicable regulations. The housing code inspector works under the direction of the code enforcement officer.
Mixed-use residential rental property means a property that contains space used for commercial purposes in addition to one (1) or more dwelling units.
Natural person means a living human being, not less than eighteen (18) years of age. Natural person does not include any legal entity or other legal fiction ordinarily granted the status of person under Connecticut State Law.
Occupant means any person, over one (1) year of age, living, sleeping, cooking, or eating in, or having actual possession of a dwelling unit or rooming unit.
Owner means any person, who either alone or jointly or severally with others: (1)
Shall have legal title to any dwelling or dwelling unit, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof; or
(2) 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 article, and to the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, to the same extent as if they were the owner.
Owner-occupied means and includes any dwelling where the owner is a natural person who resides in one (1) of the dwelling units.
Parcel means a section of land owned by the same person or group of people, as defined by a map/block/parcel number shown on the maps of the tax assessor of the City of New Haven.
Person(s) means and includes any individual, firm, corporation, association or partnership.
Premises means the entire interior and exterior portions of a dwelling including the common areas thereof; facilities and appurtenances therein, grounds, areas and facilities held out for the use of occupants generally, or whose use is promised to the tenant/occupant.
Property includes all lands, including all structures, improvements and fixtures thereon, and property of any nature appurtenant thereto, or used in connection therewith.
Residential rental license means a license issued to an owner pursuant to the provisions of this article XIV.
Residential rental property means a dwelling with at least two (2) dwelling units, regardless of whether anyone is currently residing in each unit.
Rooming house means any dwelling, or that part of any dwelling, containing one (1) or more units in which space is let by the owner or operator to four (4) or more persons. This term includes, but is not limited to, hotels, motels, group living residential occupancies and dwellings located in the City that house groups including fraternities and sororities that are not located on land owned by educational institutions. This term excludes hospitals, homes for the aged, community residences and health care facilities that are otherwise regulated by state law.
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.
Temporary housing means a tent, trailer, or similar structure which is used as human shelter for not more than thirty (30) consecutive days, or more than ninety (90) days, in any calendar year.