§ 66.40 — DEFINITION

SEC. 66.40. DEFINITION.

The following words and phrases whenever used in this article shall be construed as defined in this section, unless otherwise defined: (a) “Dwelling Unit” shall mean one or more rooms which has a kitchen, efficiency kitchen, or a kitchenette and is designed for residential occupancy. For purposes of this definition, an Accessory Dwelling Unit and a Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit shall be considered a Dwelling Unit. (Amended by Ord. No. 188,750, Eff. 11/21/25.) (b) “Single Family Dwelling” shall mean a building designed for residential occupancy, and containing one or two dwelling units. (c) “Multiple Dwelling” shall mean any building, structure, unit or location designed for residential occupancy, exclusive of “Single Family Dwelling.” (d) “Household Refuse” shall mean any combination of rubbish and garbage, as those terms are used in Article 6 of this chapter, generated at a Single Family Dwelling or a Multiple Dwelling. (Amended by Ord. No. 188,750, Eff. 11/21/25.) (e) “Customer” shall mean any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, fraternal organization, corporation, estate trust, business trust, receiver, trustee, executor, administrator, syndicate, the United States, any state, any county, city and county, municipality, district or other political subdivision of any state or of the United States, or any other group or combination acting as a unit. (f) “Director of the Bureau of Sanitation” shall mean the Director of the Bureau of Sanitation of the Department of Public Works, or the duly authorized representative thereof. (Added by Ord. No. 188,749, Eff. 11/21/25.) (g) “Master-Metered Dwelling Unit” shall mean a Dwelling Unit in a Multiple Dwelling with an electric meter that measures electricity usage for more than one Dwelling Unit in the Multiple Dwelling. (Added by Ord. No. 188,749, Eff. 11/21/25.) (h) “Separately Metered Dwelling Unit” shall mean a Dwelling Unit in a Multiple Dwelling with a separate electric meter that measures electricity usage for only that Dwelling Unit. (Added by Ord. No. 188,749, Eff. 11/21/25.) (i) “Owner” shall mean the owner of a Dwelling Unit or, where the Dwelling Unit is not owned separately from the Multiple Dwelling, the owner of the Multiple Dwelling. (Added by Ord. No. 188,749, Eff. 11/21/25.)