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Section 17-31. Inspection and certificate required. No owner, agent or person in charge of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall allow any person to occupy the same as a tenant or !easee or for a valuable consideration unless said dwelling or dwelling unit shall have been inspected i~mediatelv prior to occupancy and shall have been determined to be in c~mpliance with the provisions of the Housing Code as adopted by reference in Section 17-16 or as amended in Section 17-18 of this Code. Such compliance shall be evidenced by a certificate of compliance issued by the Director of Environmental Services; provided, however, no such inspection shall be required within one hundred eighty (180) days of the date of the last certificate of compliance issued. Furthermore, no electric power company shall commence individual service to a dwelling unit unless it has determined that a valid and effective certificate of compliance has been issued therefore as hereinafter required or that a waiver as permitted by Section 17-34 has been granted. 6. That Section 39-1 be amended and reordained to read as follows: Section 39-1. Definitions. The following words and phrases, when used in this article, shall, for the purposes of this article, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates a differenn meaning. (a) Alley: a public way, other for vehicular or pedestrian travel to from the rear or side of the property. than a street, designed provide access to or (b) Debris: dead or dying standing weeds, trash, junk, discarded or abandoned parts of vehicles, appliances or machinery, or any other material or substance which may provide a harbor for snakes or rats or anything or any condition which may be a fire menace or breeding place for mosquitoes, give off obnoxious or offensive odors, or endanger the health or safety of the residents of this City. (c) Director: the Director of Environmental Services and his representatives, when duly authorized by him to administer and enforce the provisions of this article. (d) Inoperative motor vehicle: any motor vehicle as defined in Section 46.1-1, Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, which is not in operating condition; or which for a period of sixty days or longer has been partially or totally disassembled by the removal of tires and wheels, the engine, or other essential parts required for operation of the vehicle