Lawrence Code of Ordinances ch. 15.12 § 15.12.010

The following words and terms used in this chapter are defined as follows:
Board of health means the appropriate and legally designated health authority of the city, town, county, or other legally constituted governmental unit within the commonwealth having the usual powers and duties of the board of health of a city or town, or his or her or its authorized agent or representative.
Dwelling means every building or shelter used or intended for human habitation and every other structure or condition located within the same lot line whose existence causes or is likely to effect noncompliance with the provisions of this chapter.
Dwelling unit means the room or group of rooms within a dwelling, or any dwelling used or intended for use by one family or household for living, sleeping, cooking and eating.
Exterminate means to control and eliminate insects and rodents.
Garbage means the animal, vegetable, or other organic waste resulting from the handling, preparing, cooking or consumption of food.
Habitable room means every room or enclosed floor space used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking or eating purposes, excluding bathrooms, toilet compartments, laundries, pantries, foyers, communicating corridors, closets and storage spaces.
Occupant means every person over one year of age living or sleeping in a dwelling.
Owner means every person who, alone or jointly or severally with others: (1)
Has legal title to any dwelling or dwelling unit; or
(2) Has care, charge or control of any dwelling or dwelling unit as agent, executor, executrix, administrator, administratrix, trustee or guardian of the estate of the holder of legal title.
Each such person thus representing the holder of legal title is bound to comply with the provisions of these minimum standards as if he or she were the owner. "Owner" also means every person who operates a rooming house.
Person means every individual, partnership, corporation, firm, association or group, including a city, town, county or other governmental unit, owning property or carrying on an activity regulated by this chapter.
Rental unit means a non-owner occupied room or group of related rooms within a dwelling or intended for use by one family or household for living, sleeping, cooking, and eating. A rental unit shall also mean a non-owner occupied condominium unit. Dwelling units that have current lodging house licenses issued by the city licensing board shall not be considered as rental units for the purposes of this chapter.
Rooming house means every dwelling or part thereof which contains one or more rooming units in which space is let or sublet for compensation by the owner or operator to two or more persons not within the second degree of kindred to the person compensated. Boarding houses, hotels, inns, lodging homes, dormitories and other similar dwelling places are included, except and to the extent that they are governed by stricter standards elsewhere created; provided, that the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any hospital, sanatorium, convalescent or nursing home, infirmary or boarding house for the aged licensed by the department of public health in accordance with the provisions of chapter 111, section 71 of the General Laws.
Rooming unit means the room or group of rooms let to an individual or household for use as living and sleeping quarters but not for cooking, whether or not common facilities for cooking are made available; provided, that cooking facilities shall not be deemed common if they can be reached only by passing through any part of the dwelling unit or rooming unit of another.
Rubbish means combustible and noncombustible waste material, except garbage, and includes but is not limited to such material as paper, rags, cartons, boxes, wood, excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches, yard trimmings, grass clippings, tin cans, metals, mineral matter, glass, crockery, dust, and the residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke and other combustible materials.