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Title 13 : Property Maintenance Regulations
Chapter 2 : Slum Clearance

13-202 : Definitions.

  1. "Dwelling" means any building or structure, or part thereof, used and occupied for human occupation or use or intended to be so used, and includes any outhouses and appurtenances belonging thereto or usually enjoyed therewith.
  2. "Governing body" shall mean the board of mayor and aldermen charged with governing the town.
  3. "Municipality" shall mean the Town of Mosheim, Tennessee, and the areas encompass within existing town limits or as hereafter annexed.
  4. "Owner" shall mean the holder of title in fee simple and every mortgage of record.
  5. "Parties in interest" shall mean all individuals, associations, corporations, and others who have interests of record in a dwelling and any who are in possession thereof.
  6. "Place of public accommodation" means any building or structure in which goods are supplied or services performed, or in which the trade of the general public is solicited.
  7. "Public authority" shall mean an housing authority or any officer who is in charge of any department or branch of the government of the town or state relating to health, fire, building regulations, or other activities concerning structures in the town.
  8. "Public officer" means any officer or officers of a municipality or the executive director or other chief executive officer of any commission or authority established by such municipality or jointly with any other municipality who is authorized by this chapter to exercise the powers prescribed herein and pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated, §§ 13-21-101, et seq.
  9. "Structure" means any dwelling or place of public accommodation or vacant building or structure suitable as a dwelling or place of public accommodation. (Ord. #262, April 2016)