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For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

A. "Building Official" shall mean, for the purposes of this code, the City Manager or their designee.

B. "Commercial building/structure" shall mean any commercial, industrial or other establishment, warehouse, kiosk, or other structures affixed to or upon real property used for the purpose of conducting a business, storage, or other activity, whether or not such structure is occupied.

C. "Low income owner" shall mean an owner whose annual family income is less than eighty percent of the median annual income for the SMSA as calculated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

D. "Owner" shall mean any person owning at least a fifty percent ownership interest of record in the property, as shown on the last equalized assessment roll of the county of Alameda.

E. "Small property" shall mean any residential property with four or fewer units in which an owner of record of at least a fifty percent ownership interest in the property resides in one of the units as their principal place of residency.

F. "Person" shall mean any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or any other organization or entity, however formed.

G. "Property" shall mean all residential, industrial, commercial, and other real property, including but not limited to vacant lots, front yards, side yards, back yards, driveways, walkways, alleys, and sidewalks, and shall include any building or other structure whether fixed or movable, located on such property.

H. "Residential building/structure" shall mean any structure including but not limited to any house, garage, duplex, apartment, condominium, stock cooperative, mobile home, or other residential structure, whether or not such structure is occupied. (Ord. 6303-NS § 2, 1995: Ord. 6169-NS § 2, 1993: Ord. 6157-NS § 2, 1992)