Flower Hill, N.Y., Code of Ordinances ch. 176 (eCode360 ed. 2026) § 176-2

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated: DWELLING UNIT A building within the Village, or part of such building, occupied or to be occupied by one or more persons as a residence. Such residence does not have to be the occupier's sole residence. FAMILY One individual or a collective group of individuals either: A. Related to each other by blood, marriage or adoption who live together in the same dwelling unit, cook together and function as a single, stable housekeeping unit with common access to all rooms and facilities; or B. Not related by blood, marriage or adoption but who together constitute the functional equivalent of a natural family, all living together in the same dwelling unit, cooking together and generally functioning as a single, stable housekeeping unit, all with common access to all rooms and facilities, with no member or members of such group subletting, subleasing or otherwise controlling any part of the dwelling separately from the others. OWNER A. The grantee of the property as set forth in the last deed of record on file with the Clerk of the County of Nassau, every partner of any grantee that is partnership, company, or firm, and every officer of any grantee that is a corporation, except: (1) A public housing authority organized as such under the laws of the State of New York; (2) A not-for-profit corporation organized to own and operate a group home or assisted-living or moderate-income senior-citizen housing in conjunction with New York State; and (3) A state-, county- or Village-operated group home or treatment facility. B. A tenant in relation to its subtenant. RENT A return, in money, property, or other valuable consideration (including payment in kind or services or other thing of value), for use and/or occupancy or the right to the use and/or occupancy of a dwelling unit, whether or not a legal relationship of landlord and tenant exists between the owner and the occupant or occupants thereof. RENTAL BUILDING A building wherein there is a rental dwelling unit. RENTAL DWELLING UNIT A dwelling unit established, occupied, used or maintained for rental occupancy. RENTAL OCCUPANCY The occupancy or use of a dwelling unit by one or more persons as a dwelling unit under an arrangement whereby the occupant or occupants thereof pay rent for such occupancy and use. There is a rebuttable presumption that any occupancy or use of a dwelling unit is a rental occupancy if the owner of the building containing the dwelling unit does not reside in the same building. SUPERINTENDENT The Superintendent of the Building Department or his or her designee.