§ 720-8.206. Definitions.

For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases have the following meanings:

(a)

"County building official" is the director of the building inspection department or his or her designee.

(b)

"Property owner" means a person, persons, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or any other entity holding fee title to the subject real property. If more than one person or entity owns the subject real property, "property owner" refers to each person or entity holding any portion of the fee interest in the property, and the property owners' obligations in this chapter are joint and several as to each property owner.

(c)

"Rental dwelling unit" means any building or portion of a building in the unincorporated area of the county that contains living facilities, including provisions for sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation, which is hired, rented or leased by a person within the meaning of Civil Code Section 1940. A "rental dwelling unit" includes a single-family dwelling, or a unit in a multifamily or multipurpose dwelling, or a unit in a condominium or cooperative housing project, or any room or group of rooms located within a dwelling and forming a single unit with facilities that are used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking or eating. The definition of rental dwelling unit applies to any dwelling space that is actually used or available for residential purposes whether or not the residential use is legally permitted. The definition of rental dwelling unit applies to single room occupancy hotels but does not apply to any other hotels, motels, or bed and breakfast facilities.

(d)

"Single room occupancy hotel" means any building that contains six or more rooms intended or designed to be used, rented or occupied for sleeping or living purposes by tenants and is the primary residence of those tenants. A "single room occupancy hotel" is not a building containing six or more rooms that is primarily used by transient guests who do not occupy the building as their primary residence.

(e)

"Substandard condition" means a rental dwelling unit or its premises that is:

(1)

Not in compliance with the California Building Standards Codes as adopted in Title 7 of this code, including the building, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical codes; the Uniform Housing Code as adopted in Title 7 of this code; the State Housing Law (Health and Safety Code Sections 17910 et seq.); or the exterior maintenance standards and site maintenance standards established by Article 720-8.4; or

(2)

Unsafe to occupy pursuant to the Uniform Housing Code, as modified.

(Ord. 2005-17 § 2).