Norwood Young America, Minn., Code of Ordinances ch. 3, § 350 § 350.02

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in 350.02 , except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Apartment building means a building or portion of a building that contains three or more dwelling units.
Board of appeals means a three-member board consisting of a city council representative, the fire chief, and a planning commission representative.
Building code means the state building code.
Code official means the official who is charged with the administration and enforcement of this section, or any duly authorized representative.
Condemn means to adjudge unfit for occupancy.
Direct family member means a parent, child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, step-parent, step-child, step-grandparent, or step-grandchild of the property owner.
Dwelling means a building wholly or partly used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking or eating purposes by human occupants; but not including hotels and motels.
Dwelling unit means a room or a group of rooms located within a dwelling forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating purposes.
Egress means an arrangement of exit facilities to ensure a safe means of exit from a building.
Electrical code means the National Electrical Code.
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, fumigating, trapping; or by any other recognized and legal pest elimination method approved by the code official; and to remove all signs of extermination thereafter.
Fire code means the state fire code.
Health officer means the legally designated health officer or official of the state, county or city.
Infestation means the presence of insects, rodents, or other pests within or around the dwelling on the premises.
Kitchen means a room or an area equipped for preparing and cooking food.
Lease, leased, or let means to give the use of a dwelling, dwelling unit or rooming unit by an owner or manager to a tenant in return for rent.
Manager means a person or firm who has charge, care or control of a building or part thereof in which dwelling units or rooming units are let.
Mechanical code means the International Mechanical Code.
Nuisance means: A.
Any public nuisance as defined in chapter 6 .
B. Any attractive nuisance that may prove detrimental to children whether in a building, on the premises of a building or on an unoccupied lot. This includes any abandoned wells, shafts, basements or excavations; abandoned refrigerators and motor vehicles; any structurally unsound fences or structures; or any lumber, trash, fences, debris or vegetation that may prove a hazard for inquisitive minors.
C. Whatever is dangerous to human life or is detrimental to health, as determined by the code official or health officer.
D. Insufficient ventilation or illumination.
E. Inadequate or unsanitary sewage or plumbing facilities.
F. Uncleanliness, as determined by the health officer.
G. Whatever renders air, food or drink unwholesome or detrimental to the health of human beings, as determined by the health officer.
Occupancy means the purpose for which a building or portion thereof is utilized or occupied.
Owner means a person, firm or corporation who, alone, jointly or severally with others, owns or has an ownership interest in a dwelling, dwelling unit or rooming unit within the city.
Plumbing code means the International Plumbing Code.
Premises means a dwelling and its land and all buildings thereon and areas thereof.
Refuse means all putrescible and non-putrescible waste solids, including garbage and rubbish. Refuse is liable to undergo bacterial decomposition when in contact with air and moisture at normal temperatures.
Rent means a stated return or payment for the temporary possession of a dwelling, dwelling unit or rooming unit.
Safety means the condition of being reasonably free from danger and hazards, which may cause injury or illness.
Substandard building means any rental dwelling or portion thereof that is not safe due to inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, physical damage, unsanitary condition, abandonment or any other reason.
Substandard property condition citation means a citation issued in the event of a substandard building and shall, upon posting of the citation, prohibit the occupancy of the building or unit until such time as corrections are made and verified by inspection.
Tenant means a person, corporation, partnership or group, whether or not the legal owner of record, occupying a building or portion thereof as a unit.
Variance means a difference between that which is required or specified and that which is permitted.