Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 33 - Public Health - Local Governments And Rural Water Systems Improvements Board › Part 204 - Regulations Pertaining to Use of Reservoir Project Area For Commercial Or Residential Purposes › Chapter 17 - Rental Property Registration and Licensing Ordinance › Rule 33-204-17.2 - Definitions

Current through June 25, 2024
(a)
Apartment
: A Dwelling
				Unit located in a Multiple-Household Dwelling for occupancy by one (1)
				Household, either rented or leased to the occupants.
(b)
Boarding House:
A
				building other than a hotel or motel where, for compensation and by
				prearrangement for definite periods, meals and/or lodging are provided for two
				(2) or more persons (other than legally related family members) on a weekly or
				monthly basis.
(c)
District
				Building Official:
The District official designated by the Board of
				Directors of the District to administer and enforce RPRO, and such
				representatives as may be appointed by such District official.
(d)
Certificate of
				Compliance
: A certificate issued pursuant to RPRO by the District
				Building Official to ensure that a Dwelling Unit is in conformance with the
				provisions of RPRO.
(e)
District
: The Pearl River Valley Water Supply District, an
				agency of the State of Mississippi.
(f)
Condominium
: An estate
				in real property consisting of an undivided interest in common of a portion of
				a parcel of real property, together with a separate interest in space in a
				residential building on such real property.
(g)
Duplex:
A detached
				residential building designed to be occupied by two (2) or more Households
				living independently of each other.
(h)
Dwelling
: A building, or
				portion thereof, which is designed and used for human habitation.
(i)
Dwelling,
				Single-Household:
A detached residential building designed for
				occupancy by one (1) Household.
(j)
Dwelling, Multiple-Household:
A building or group of
				buildings, or portion thereof, that is occupied by two (2) or more Households
				occupying each unit independently of each other. The term "Multiple-Household
				Dwelling" shall be deemed to include Duplexes, Townhouses and buildings
				containing Apartments or Condominiums. The provisions of RPRO shall apply both
				to specific Rental Units and the Owners of such Rental Units, as well as to the
				home owners' association or similar entity that owns, operates, manages, or
				maintains the Premises or Dwelling, or any portion thereof.
(k)
Dwelling Unit:
A room or
				group of rooms occupied or intended to be occupied as separate living quarters
				for one (1) Household.
(l)
Household:
One (1) person living alone, or two (2) or more
				persons living together as a single housekeeping unit, whether related to each
				other legally or not. The term "Household" shall be deemed to include domestic
				employees employed by such Household when such employees are on-premise
				residents. The term "Household" shall also be deemed to include groups
				occupying a Boarding House, Rooming House or similar Dwelling for group use
				that is not exempt under the provisions of RPRO.
(m)
Owner:
Any Person that
				individually, jointly, or severally with others: (1) has legal or equitable
				leasehold title to any Premises, Dwelling, Dwelling Unit, or Rental Unit, with
				or without accompanying actual possession thereof; or (2) has charge, care, or
				control of any Premises, Dwelling, Dwelling Unit, or Rental Unit as agent of
				the Owner or as receiver, executor, administrator, trustee, or guardian of the
				estate of the beneficial Owner.
(n)
Person:
An individual, firm, association, organization,
				partnership, trust, company, corporation, or other legal entity. The term
				"Person" shall be deemed to include any agent, assignee, receiver, executor,
				administrator, trustee, or guardian thereof.
(o)
Premises:
A lot, plot,
				or parcel of land upon which a Dwelling is located, including any other
				structures thereon.
(p)
Rental License:
A license issued pursuant to RPRO by the
				District Building Official allowing a Person to own, operate, manage or
				maintain a Single-Household or Multiple-Household Dwelling located in the
				District, which such Dwelling contains one (1) or more Rental Units.
(q)
Rental Unit:
A Dwelling
				Unit that is currently rented or leased to one (1) or more Tenants, at least
				one (1) of whom is not legally related to the Owner of such Dwelling
				Unit.
(r)
Rooming
				House:
A building where lodging only is provided for compensation to
				two (2) or more persons.
(s)
Same Ownership:
Ownership by the same individual, firm.
				association, organization, partnership, trust, company, corporation, or other
				legal entity; or ownership by different individuals, firms, associations,
				organizations, partnerships, trusts, companies, corporations, or other legal
				entities; in which an associate, member, partner, trustee. or shareholder or a
				member of his/her family, owns a legal or equitable interest in each firm,
				association, organization, partnership, trust, company, corporation, or other
				legal entity.
(t)
Tenant:
Any individual who occupies or has leasehold interest
				in a Rental Unit under a lease or rental agreement, whether oral or written,
				express or implied.
(u)
Townhouse:
A Multiple-Household Dwelling constructed as a
				series or group of attached Dwelling Units with property lines separating each
				unit.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										51-9-127
				  (Rev. 2000)