Occupant means any person, including the owner or operator, living in, sleeping in, or cooking in or having actual physical possession of a dwelling unit or rooming unit. Operator means any person who rents to another or who has custody or control of a building or parts thereof in which dwelling units or rooming units are let, and who has custody and control of the premises. Owner means any person who has control of any dwelling, dwelling unit or roominghouse by virtue of a contractual interest in or legal or equitable title to the dwelling, dwelling unit or roominghouse. An owner who has sold the premises on contract but retains legal title shall not be deemed an owner under this article. Person means any individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, trust or estate.
Premises means a lot, plot or parcel of land, including all buildings thereon.
Refuse means waste materials, except human waste, including garbage, rubbish, ashes and dead animals. Roomer means an occupant of a roominghouse or rooming unit, and shall also mean an occupant of a dwelling who is not a member of the family occupying the dwelling. Roominghouse means a building where rooms are provided for compensation to four or more persons. Rooming unit means any habitable room or group of adjoining habitable rooms located within a dwelling and forming a single unit, with facilities which are used or intended to be used primarily for living and sleeping. A rooming unit shall have a bath and toilet facilities available for exclusive use by the occupant.