Trumbull, Conn., Mun. Code ch. 10 § 10-4

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning. Whenever the words "dwelling," "dwelling unit," "roominghouse," "rooming unit," "premises" and "structure" are used in this chapter, they shall be construed as though followed by the words "or any part thereof."
Accessory structure means a detached structure which is not used or not intended to be used for living or sleeping by human occupants and which is located on the same premises.
Approved means approved by the local or state authority having such administrative authority.
Ashes means the residue from the burning of combustible materials and the noncombustible portion of the refuse charged into an incinerator.
Basement means a portion of a building located partially underground but having less than one-half of its clear floor to ceiling height below the average grade of the adjoining ground.
Central heating system means a single system supplying heat to one (1) or more dwelling unit(s) or more than one (1) rooming unit(s).
Dwelling means any enclosed space which is wholly or partly used or intended to be used for living or sleeping by human occupants; provided, that temporary housing shall not be regarded as a dwelling.
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, excepting therefrom premises used for seasonal occupancy only.
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, fumigation, trapping or by any other recognized and legal pest elimination methods approved by the Health Officer.
Family means one (1) adult person plus one (1) or more persons who are legally related to such person and residing in the same dwelling unit with such person.
Garbage means the animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, serving and nonconsumption of food.
Guest means any person who shares a dwelling unit in a nonpermanent status for not more than thirty (30) days.
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, furnace rooms, pantries, kitchenettes and utility rooms of less than fifty (50) square feet, foyers or communicating corridors, stairways, closets, storage spaces and workshops, hobby and recreation areas in unsealed or uninsulated parts of structure below ground level or in attics.
Health Officer means the legally designated health authority of the town.
Heated water means water heated to a temperature of not less than one hundred and twenty (120) degrees Fahrenheit.
Household means a family and/or one (1) or more unrelated persons, including servants and not more than two (2) borders, who share the same dwelling and use some or all of its cooking and eating facilities.
Housing Official means the official charged with the administration and enforcement of this chapter.
Infestation means the presence within or around a dwelling of any insects, rodents or other pests.
Kitchen means any room containing any or all of the following equipment, or area of a room within three (3) feet of such equipment: sink and/or other device for dishwashing, stove or other device for cooking, refrigerator or other device for cool storage of food.
Multiple dwelling means any dwelling containing more than two (2) dwelling units.
Occupant means any person, over one (1) year of age, living, sleeping, cooking or eating in, or actually having possession of, a dwelling unit or a rooming unit; except that, in dwelling units a guest will not be considered an occupant.
Operator means any person who has charge, care or control of a building or part thereof, in which dwelling units or rooming units are let.
Ordinary winter conditions means a temperature fifteen (15) degrees Fahrenheit above the lowest recorded temperature in the locality for the prior ten-year period.
Owner means any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others: (1)
Has legal title to any dwelling or dwelling unit with or without accompanying actual possession thereof; or
(2) Has charge, care or control of any 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 chapter and of rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, to the same extent as if he were the owner.
Permissible occupancy means the maximum number of persons permitted as family or household to reside in a dwelling unit based on the square feet per person in habitable rooms.
Plumbing means and includes all of the following supplied facilities and equipment: gas pipes, gas-burning equipment, water pipes, garbage disposal units, waste pipes, water closets, sinks, installed dishwashers, lavatories, bathtubs, shower baths, installed clothes washing machines, catch basins, drains, vents, and any other similar supplied fixtures, together with all connections to water, sewer, septic tank or gas lines.
Premises means a platted lot or part thereof or unplatted lot or parcel of land or plot of land, either occupied or unoccupied by any dwelling or nondwelling structure and includes any such building, accessory structure or other structure thereon.
Privacy means the ability of a person to carry out an activity commenced without interruption or interference, either by sight or sound, by unwanted persons.
Refuse means all putrescible and nonputrescible solids (except body wastes) including garbage, rubbish, ashes and dead animals.
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.
Rubbish means nonputrescible solid wastes (excluding ashes) consisting of both: (1)
Combustible wastes such as paper, cardboard, plastic containers, yard clippings and wood; and
(2) Noncombustible wastes such as tin cans, glass and crockery.
Safety means the condition of being free from danger and hazards which may cause accidents or disease.
Septic tank means a receptacle, usually underground, to which sewage is drained and retained to effect disintegration of the organic matter by bacteria.
Space heater means a self-contained, automatically controlled, vented fuel-burning appliance of either the circulating type or the radiant type.
Supplied means paid for, furnished, provided by or under the control of the owner or operator.
Cross reference-- Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1-2 .