Phoenix — Ch. 22 Art. VI Property Maintenance § 22-356

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this division, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Building inspector means any employee of the village whose duties include the inspection or examination of buildings or other structures in the village to determine if code violations exist.
Building owner means: (1)
The legal title holder or holders of the realty containing a building or other structure;
(2) The beneficial owners of a state land trust if legal title is held by such a trust;
(3) The purchaser under any real estate installment sales contract if such a contract exists;
(4) A person who contracts with the federal government or any of its agencies, including without limitation the department of housing and urban development, to care for vacant residential real estate;
(5) A person who has management authority over real property; or
(6) For purposes of proceedings involving alleged violations of this division, any person who owns, manages or controls the applicable premises.
Hearing officer means an employee, agent or officer of the village appointed by the chief building inspector, other than a building inspector or law enforcement officer, whose duties include, without limitation: (1)
Presiding at an administrative hearing to determine whether or not a code violation exists;
(2) Administering oaths, hearing testimony and accepting evidence from the building owner, witnesses and interested parties relevant to the existence of a code violation;
(3) Preserving and authenticating the transcript and record of the hearing and all exhibits and evidence introduced at the hearing; and
(4) Issuing and signing written findings and decisions stating whether code violations exist, and ordering remedies and penalties.
Parties means the building owner and the village.
Premises includes any parcel of property and the building or structure, if any, which is situated on the property, and any portion of the public way that abuts the parcel of property when it is used in conjunction with the abutting property for the commission of illegal activity.