Sec. 42-159. Definitions.
Sec. 42-159. Definitions. As used in this chapter:
(1) "Self-service storage facility" means any real property designed and used for
the renting or leasing of individual self-contained units of storage space to occupants
who are to have access to such units for storing and removing personal property only,
and not for residential purposes. A self-service storage facility and an owner are not a
warehouse, as defined in section 42a-7-102, except that if an owner issues a document
of title, as defined in section 42a-1-201, for the personal property stored, the owner and
the occupant are subject to the provisions of article 7 of the Uniform Commercial Code
and the provisions of this chapter do not apply.
(2) "Owner" means the owner, operator, lessor, or sublessor of a self-service storage
facility, his agent, or any other person authorized by him to manage the facility or to
receive rent from an occupant under a rental agreement.
(3) "Occupant" means a person, or the sublessee, successor, or assignee of a person,
entitled to the use of a storage unit at a self-service storage facility under a rental
agreement, to the exclusion of others.
(4) "Rental agreement" means any written agreement or lease that establishes or
modifies the terms, conditions, rules or any other provisions concerning the use and
occupancy of a unit in a self-service storage facility.
(5) "Personal property" means movable property not affixed to land and includes,
but is not limited to, goods, merchandise, and household items.
(6) "Last known address" means that address provided by the occupant in the latest
rental agreement or the address provided by the occupant in a subsequent written notice
of a change of address.
(7) "Default" means failure to perform any obligation or duty imposed by a rental
agreement or by this chapter.
(P.A. 81-428, S. 1; P.A. 04-64, S. 75.)
History: P.A. 04-64 amended Subdiv. (1) by replacing reference to "warehouseman" with reference to "warehouse"
and making technical and conforming changes.
Subdiv. (2):
Cited. 194 C. 129.