East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-12-02
ORDINANCE NO. 4S35

BY: Mr.. Sutter
AN ORDINANC TO
AMEND SECTIONS 8 AND
81 OF ORDINANCE NO. 987,
PASSED AUGUST 21, 1916,
AND BEING THE TENE-
+ MENT CODE. so CALLED,
OF THE CITY OF EAST
CLEVELAND; AND RE-
PEALING SECTIONS / AND
A OF ORDINANCE NO. 4766,
PA S S E D NOVEMBER II,
1853.
BE 1T ORDAINED by the Com
mission of the City of East Cleve-
land, Ohio
SECTION /: That Section 9 of
Ordinance No. 987, passed August
81, 1916, and entitled: can Ordi-
nance establishing a code, regulat-
ing the construction, repair. alter
alton, maintenance, control and
licensing of tenement houses, as
herein Defined" as amended by
Ordinance No. 4766, passed Novem-
Der IT, 1853, which Section 9, as
amended, reads as follows:
SECTION 9. DEFINITIONS.
Certain words and phrases in this
ordinance are defined for the pur-
poses thereof. as follows:
TENEMENT HOUSE. For the
purpose of this ordinance, the
words tenement house" an d
apartment house" shall be syn
onymous and shall mean a building
arranged, intended or designed to
be occupied by three or more
families living separately and
Independently of each. other, or a
building arranged, intended or
designed to be occupied in whole
or in part by two or more fam
lilies above the first or ground
floor, not including, however, a
building classed as a dwelling in
the definitions below.
FAMILY. A family" is any
number of individuals related to
the nominal head of the household
as husband or wife, son or daugh-
ter, father or mother, sister or
brother, or their spouses and
dependent children living together
as a single housekeeping unit and
having facilities for cooking and
sleeping in that part of the prem
ises occupied by it. A family"
may consist of one individual.
DWELLING. A dwelling" is a
building intended or designed to
be occupied by not more than two
families living separately and
independently of each other.
APARTMENT. An apartment"
is a room or suite of rooms in an
apartment house which room or
suite is arranged, intended or
designed to be occupied as the
residence of a single family, in
dividual or group of individuals.
SHALL. The word "shall" is
always mandatory and not direc-
tory.
PERSON. The word "person"
includes a corporation as well as
a natural person.
OCCUPIED. The words "occu-
pied" and "used" shall in each case
be construed as if followed by the
words cor intended, arranged,
designed, built, altered, converted
to, rented, leased, let or hired out,
to be occupied" or "used".
BASEMENT. A Easement" is
a space with floor level two (2)
feet or more below adjoining
ground, but having less than half
it's clear height below adjoining
ground. A basement shall be
deemed story when the ceiling
is more than 4'-6" above adjoin-
ing ground.
CELLAR. A "cellar" is a space
having half or more than half of
its clear height below adjoining
ground.
COURT. A "court" is an unoc-
cupied space, open to the sky,
bounded on two or more sides by
the walls of the building. An inner
court is a court entirely within the
exterior walls of q building. All
other courts are outer courts.
FIREPROOF CONSTRUCTION.
"Fireproof construction" shall be
deemed to mean reinforced con-
crete, or structural steel fire
proofed with tile or concrete, the
floors and roof, being reinforced