8.54.100 - Construed meanings.
8.54.100 - Construed meanings.
For the purposes of this Chapter, certain words and phrases are defined and certain provisions shall be construed as set forth herein, unless it shall be apparent from the context that they have different meanings. Words in the singular include the plural and the plural the singular. Words used in the masculine gender include the feminine and the feminine the masculine.
"Blighted" has the same meaning as set forth in Chapter 8.24.
"Boarded" means the partial or full covering, securing, or reinforcing with plywood, lumber, or comparable materials of windows, skylights, doors/ sidelights/ transoms, underfloor access, and similar exterior openings in buildings or portions thereof which is intended to dissuade, mitigate, and prevent vandalism and unauthorized entry.
"Building" means a roofed structure that exceeds 120 square feet in gross floor area (orthogonal planer projection) for which the Building Official is authorized to determine and assign an occupancy classification as set forth in the Oakland Building Construction Code.
"Building department" has the same meaning as set forth in the Oakland Building Construction Code.
"Building—Mixed-use" means a building which contains both residential and non-residential occupancies, as set forth in the Oakland Building Construction Code, except for attached storage and automobile parking facilities.
"Building—Non-residential" means a building which does not contain a residential occupancy, as set forth in the Oakland Building Construction Code.
"Building official" has the same meaning as set forth in the Oakland Building Construction Code.
"Building—Residential" means a building which only contains a residential occupancy, as set forth in the Oakland Building Construction Code, except for attached storage and automobile parking facilities.
"Foreclosed" means the property has been sold at a judicial or non-judicial (trustees) foreclosure sale pursuant to the power of sale under a mortgage or deed of trust, or the mortgagee or beneficiary of the deed of trust has acquired the property through a deed in lieu of foreclosure.
"Inhabitable" has the same meaning as set forth in Chapter 15.08.
"Local" means having a current business tax certificate issued by the City and having business office space located within 25 driving miles of the City.
"Oakland Building Construction Code" means Chapter 15.04, as may be amended from time to time.
"Occupancy" has the same meaning as set forth in Chapter 3 of the Oakland Building Construction Code.
"Occupant" means one or more individuals having legal tenancy in a building or portion thereof.
"Occupied" means the physical presence of an occupant on a continuing and non-transient basis.
"Open" means a window, skylight, door/sidelight/ transom, underfloor access, or similar exterior opening in a building which is broken; or cannot be fully closed; or has an improperly functioning, unapproved, or missing securing device; or is partially or fully missing; or any combination of these conditions.
"Owner" means any person, co-partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company or fiduciary having a legal or equitable title or any interest in the vacant building.
"Ownership" means owner.
"Shall/will" means a definitive directive which includes the ordinary accepted meaning of the word "must."
"Vacant" means the absence of occupants for 30 consecutive calendar days or longer.
(Ord. No. 12991, § 2, 2-2-2010)
Where terms are not defined in this Chapter, they shall have their ordinary accepted meanings within the context with which they are used.
(Ord. No. 12991, § 2, 2-2-2010)