Glastonbury, Conn., Code of Ordinances ch. 9, art. III § 9-31

The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this article:
Basement shall mean a portion of a building located partly underground, but having less than half of its clear floor-to-ceiling height below the average grade of the adjoining ground.
Building inspector shall mean the legally designated building inspector of the town or his designated assistant.
Cellar shall mean a portion of a building located partly or wholly underground, and having half or more than half of its clear floor-to-ceiling height below the average grade of the adjoining ground.
Director of health shall mean the legally designated health authority of the town or his designated agent.
Dwelling shall mean any building which is used or intended to be used in whole or in part for living or sleeping by human occupants; provided that temporary housing as hereinafter defined in this section shall not be regarded as a dwelling.
Dwelling unit shall mean any room or group of rooms located within a dwelling and forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating.
Extermination shall mean the control and elimination of insects, rodents or other pests by eliminating their harborage places; by removing or making inaccessible materials that may serve as their food; by poisoning, spraying, fumigating, trapping or by any other recognized and legal pest elimination methods approved by the director of health and the state department of health.
Fire marshal shall mean the legally designated fire marshal of the town or his designated agent.
Garbage shall mean the animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
Habitable room shall mean a room or enclosed floor space used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking or eating purposes excluding bathrooms, water closet compartments, laundries, pantries, foyers or hallways, closets, recreation rooms (but not excluding "living rooms"), private workshops or hobby rooms and storage spaces.
Heated water shall mean water heated to a temperature of not less than one hundred twenty (120) degrees Fahrenheit, at the outlet.
Infestation shall mean the presence, within or around a dwelling, of any insects, rodents or other pests.
Multiple dwelling shall mean any dwelling containing more than two (2) dwelling units.
Occupant shall mean any person living, sleeping, cooking or eating in or having actual possession of a dwelling unit or rooming unit.
Operator shall mean any person who has charge, care or control of a building, or part thereof, in which dwelling units or rooming units are let.
Owner shall mean any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others: (1)
Shall have legal title to any dwelling or dwelling unit, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof; or
(2) Shall have charge, care or control of any dwelling or dwelling unit, as owner or agent of the owner, or as executor, executrix, administrator, administratrix, trustee, or guardian of the estate of the owner. Any such person thus representing the actual owner shall be bound to comply with the provisions of this chapter, and of rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, to the same extent as if he or she were the owner.
Plumbing shall mean and include all of the following supplied facilities and equipment: Gas pipes, gas-burning equipment, waterpipes, garbage disposal units, waste pipes, water closets, sinks, installed dishwashers, lavatories, bathtubs, shower baths, installed clothes washing machines, catch basins, drains, vents and any other similar supplied fixtures, together with all connections to water, sewer or gas lines.
Rooming house shall mean any dwelling containing one (1) or more rooming units, in which space is let by the owner or operator to more than three (3) persons who are not husband or wife, son or daughter, mother or father, or sister or brother of the owner or operator; provided that hospitals, homes for the aged, and other institutions licensed by the state department of health under G.S. ch. 333 shall not be regarded as rooming houses or as subject to the provisions of this chapter.
Rooming unit shall mean any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit used or intended to be used for living and sleeping, but not for cooking or eating purposes.
Rubbish shall mean combustible and noncombustible waste materials, except garbage; and the term shall include the residue from the burning of wood, coke, and other combustible material, paper, rags, cartons, boxes, wood, excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches, yard trimmings, tin cans, metals, mineral matter, glass, crockery and dust or other items as specified by the director of health.
Sewage system shall mean a system of approved piping, constructed in compliance with all state and local codes, to either a public sanitary sewer or a subsurface sewage disposal system which shall consist of a septic tank followed by leaching trenches, pits or galleries.
Temporary housing shall mean any tent, trailer or similar structure which is used for human shelter.
Meaning of certain words. Whenever the words dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming house, rooming unit, premises, are used in this chapter, they shall be construed as though they were followed by the words "or any part thereof."
Cross reference-- Rules of construction and definitions generally, § 1-2 .