Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1200-01-02-.01
(1) Accessory Structure shall mean a detached structure located on or partially on any premises which is not used or not intended to be used for living or sleeping by human occupants.
(2) Dwelling shall mean any enclosed space that is wholly or partly used for living or sleeping by human occupants, providing that temporary housing shall not be regarded as a dwelling.
(3) Dwelling Unit shall mean any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used for living, sleeping, cooking, and eating.
(4) Flush Water Closet shall mean a toilet bowl flushed with water under pressure with a water filled trap above the floor level. Such toilet bowls shall have a smooth, easily cleanable surface.
(5) 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, furnace room, pantries, kitchenettes and utility rooms with less than 50 square feet, foyers or communicating corridors, stairways, and closets, storage spaces and work shops, hobby and recreation areas in unceiled or uninsulated parts of structures below ground level or in attics.
(6) Health Department shall mean the city or county health department having jurisdiction in the political subdivision in which a complaint is filed.
(7) Multiple Dwelling shall mean any dwelling containing more than two dwelling units.
(8) Ordinary Winter Conditions shall mean a temperature 15°F. above the lowest recorded temperature in locality for prior ten year period.
(9) Rooming House shall mean any dwelling or that part of any dwelling containing one or more rooms or groups of rooms forming a single habitable unit used for living and sleeping but not provided with facilities for cooking. This definition does not include those hotels used as rooming houses and which are regulated under the provisions of Chapter 21 of Title 53, Tennessee Code Annotated.
(10) Where Water Under Pressure is Available shall mean that a connection has been or can be made to an existing water supply, public or private, which is within 200 feet of the dwelling and such private supply is owned by the landlord.
Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1200-01-02-.01
Authority: T.C.A. § 53-5502.