§ 2.5-2. Definitions.

The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation of this article:

Director shall mean the head of a parish agency or department which enforces any public health, housing, fire code, environment or historic district ordinance in the parish, or his designated representative.

Housing violation shall encompass building codes, zoning, vegetation, and nuisance ordinances.

Decision or order shall mean an administrative act of the hearing officer under authority of this chapter.

Respondent or alleged violator shall mean the owner of the property and any known tenant or lessee of the property and other party(s) with a legal interest in and to the property and who has been given a notice of violation under this chapter.

Violator shall mean a person who has been found liable for a violation or ordered to correct a violation in an order issued under this chapter.

(Ord. No. 18860, § 1, 9-15-93; Ord. No. 21505, § 2, 2-6-02; Ord. No. 23269, § 1, 3-12-08; Ord. No. 23315, § 1, 5-21-08)