Natick, Mass., Bd. of Health Reg. ch. XI (2002) § 1

1.1   DWELLING means a building or structure used in whole or
          in part for human habitation, including all dormitories,
          dwelling units and lodging units therein and the premises
          thereof.

    1.2   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.

    1.3   GARBAGE means the animal and vegetable or other organic
          waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and
          consumption of food.

    1.4   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 communicating
          corridors, closets and storage spaces.

    1.5   INFESTATION means the presence, within or around a
          dwelling of any insects, rodents, or other pests.

    1.6   LODGING HOUSE means any dwelling, or that part of any
          dwelling containing one or more lodging units, in which space
          is let by the owner or operator to five or more persons who are
          not within the second degree of kinship.

    1.7    LODGING UNIT means a rented room or group or rooms,
          containing no cooking facilities, used for living purposes by a
       separate family or group of persons living together or by a
       person living alone, within a dwelling.

1.8    OCCUPANT means any person living, sleeping or cooking in
       a dwelling.

1.9    ORDINARY MINIMUM WINTER CONDITIONS means
       15 degree Fahrenheit above the lowest temperature recorded
       for the city or town during the preceding ten year period.

1.10   OWNER means any person who, alone or jointly or severally
       with others:(a) Shall have legal title to any dwelling or
       dwelling unit, with or without accompanying actual possession
       thereof; or (b) Shall have charge,care, or control of any
       dwelling or dwelling unit, as owner or agent of the owner, or
       as operator, 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 these minimum standards to the
       same extent as if he were the owner.

1.11   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, or gas lines.

1.12   RUBBISH means combustible and noncombustible waste
       material, except garbage; and the term shall include such
       material as the residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke,
       and other combustible material, paper, rags, cartons, boxes,
       wood, excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches, yard trimmings,
       grass clippings, tin cans, metals, mineral matter, glass
       crockery, and dust.

1.13   TEMPORARY HOUSING means any tent, mobile dwelling
       place or other structure used for human habitation which is
           located on a lot or tract of land for less than 30 consecutive
           days.

    1.14   MEANING OF CERTAIN WORDS. Whenever the words,
           "dwelling, "dwelling unit", "lodging house", "lodging unit,"
           "premises", are used in these minimum standards, they shall be
           construed as though they were followed by the words "or any
           part thereof."