As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ANCHORED
Secured in a manner that provides positive connection.
BASEMENT
That portion of a building which is partly or completely
below grade.
BATHROOM
A room containing plumbing fixtures, including a bathtub
or shower.
BEDROOM
Any room or space used or intended to be used for sleeping
purposes in either a dwelling or sleeping unit.
CODE OFFICIAL
The official who is charged with the administration and enforcement
of this code, or any duly authorized representative.
CONDEMN
To adjudge unfit for occupancy.
DETACHED
When a structural element is physically disconnected from
another and that connection is necessary to provide a positive connection.
DETERIORATION
To weaken, disintegrate, corrode, rust or decay and lose
effectiveness.
DWELLING UNIT
A single unit providing complete, independent living facilities
for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living,
sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.
EASEMENT
That portion of land or property reserved for present or
future use by a person or agency other than the legal fee owner(s)
of the property. The easement shall be permitted to be for use under,
on or above a lot or lots.
EQUIPMENT SUPPORT
Those structural members or assemblies of members or manufactured
elements, including braces, frames, lugs, snuggers, hangers or saddles,
that transmit gravity load, lateral load and operating load between
the equipment and the structure.
EXTERIOR PROPERTY
The open space on the premises and on adjoining property
under the control of owners or operators of such premises.
FAMILY
An individual or married couple and the children thereof,
including adopted and/or foster children over whom such individual
or married couple stands in loco parentis, together with not more
than two other persons related directly to the individual or married
couple by blood or marriage; or a group of not more than three unrelated
persons living together as a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling
unit.
A.
Exception. A group of unrelated persons living together as a
single housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit owned by Lafayette College
will be limited to four persons. This exception expires June 2017.
GARBAGE
The animal or vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
GUARD
A building component or a system of building components located
at or near the open sides of elevated walking surfaces that minimizes
the possibility of a fall from the walking surface to a lower level.
HABITABLE SPACE
Space in a structure for living, sleeping, eating or cooking.
Bathrooms, toilet rooms, closets, halls, storage or utility spaces,
and similar areas are not considered habitable spaces.
HOUSEKEEPING UNIT
A room or group of rooms forming a single habitable space
equipped and intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and
eating which does not contain, within such a unit, a toilet, lavatory
and bathtub or shower.
IMMINENT DANGER
A condition which could cause serious or life-threatening
injury or death at any time.
INFESTATION
The presence, within or contiguous to, a structure or premises
of insects, rats, vermin or other pests.
INOPERABLE MOTOR VEHICLE
A vehicle which cannot be driven upon the public streets
for reasons including but not limited to being unlicensed, wrecked,
abandoned, in a state of disrepair, or incapable of being moved under
its own power.
LABELED
Equipment, materials or products to which have been affixed
a label, seal, symbol or other identifying mark of a nationally recognized
testing laboratory, inspection agency or other organization concerned
with product evaluation that maintains periodic inspection of the
production of the above-labeled items and whose labeling indicates
either that the equipment, material or product meets identified standards
or has been tested and found suitable for a specified purpose.
LET FOR OCCUPANCY or LET
To permit, provide or offer possession or occupancy of a
dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit, building, premises or structure
by a person who is or is not the legal owner of record thereof, pursuant
to a written or unwritten lease, agreement or license, or pursuant
to a recorded or unrecorded agreement of contract for the sale of
land.
NEGLECT
The lack of proper maintenance for a building or structure.
OCCUPANCY
The purpose for which a building or portion thereof is utilized
or occupied.
OCCUPANT
Any individual living or sleeping in a building, or having
possession of a space within a building.
OPENABLE AREA
That part of a window, skylight or door which is available
for unobstructed ventilation and which opens directly to the outdoors.
OPERATOR
Any person who has charge, care or control of a structure
or premises which is let or offered for occupancy.
OWNER
Any person, agent, operator, firm or corporation having a
legal or equitable interest in the property; or recorded in the official
records of the state, county or municipality as holding title to the
property; or otherwise having control of the property, including the
guardian of the estate of any such person, and the executor or administrator
of the estate of such person if ordered to take possession of real
property by a court.
PERSON
An individual, corporation, partnership or any other group
acting as a unit.
PEST ELIMINATION
The control and elimination of insects, rodents or other
pests by eliminating their harborage places, by removing or making
inaccessible materials that serve as their food or water, or by other
approved pest elimination methods.
PREMISES
A lot, plot or parcel of land, easement or public way, including
any structures thereon.
PUBLIC WAY
Any street, alley or similar parcel of land, essentially
unobstructed from the ground to the sky, which is deeded, dedicated
or otherwise permanently appropriated to the public for public use.
ROOMING HOUSE
A building arranged or occupied for lodging, with or without
meals, for compensation and not occupied as a one- or two-family dwelling.
ROOMING UNIT
Any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit
occupied or intended to be occupied for sleeping or living but not
for cooking purposes.
RUBBISH
Combustible and noncombustible waste materials, except garbage;
the term shall include the residue from the burning of wood, coal,
coke and other combustible materials, paper, rags, cartons, boxes,
wood, excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches, yard trimmings, tin
cans, metals, mineral matter, glass, crockery and dust and other similar
materials.
SLEEPING UNIT
A room or space in which people sleep, which can also include
permanent provisions for living, eating and either sanitation or kitchen
facilities, but not both. Such rooms and spaces that are also part
of a dwelling unit are not sleeping units.
STRICT LIABILITY OFFENSE
An offense in which the prosecution in a legal proceeding
is not required to prove criminal intent as a part of its case. It
is enough to prove that the defendant either did an act which was
prohibited or failed to do an act which the defendant was legally
required to do.
STRUCTURE
That which is built or constructed, or a portion thereof.
TENANT
A person, corporation, partnership or group, whether or not
the legal owner of record, occupying a building or portion thereof
as a unit.
TOILET ROOM
A room containing a water closet or urinal but not a bathtub
or shower.
ULTIMATE DEFORMATION
The deformation at which failure occurs and which shall be
deemed to occur if the sustainable load reduces to 80% or less or
the maximum strength.
VENTILATION
The natural or mechanical process of supplying conditioned
or unconditioned air to, or removing such air from, any space.
VIOLATION TICKET
A form issued by a code officer to a person who violates
a provision of this code. The violation ticket is an offer by the
City of Easton extended to a person to settle a violation by paying
the fine in lieu of a citation being issued against the violator.
WORKMANLIKE
Executed in a skilled manner, e.g., generally plumb, level,
square, in line, undamaged and without marring adjacent work.
YARD
An open space on the same lot with a structure.
This section lists the standards that are referenced in various
sections of this article. The standards are listed herein by the promulgating
agency of the standard, the standard identification, and the title.
The application of the referenced standards shall be as specified
in § 235-2G.
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Standard Reference No.
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ASME
American Society of
Mechanical Engineers
Three Park Avenue
New York, NY 10016-5990
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A17.1/CSA B44
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Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators
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ASTM
ASTM International
100 Barr Harbor Drive
West Conshohocken, PA
19428-2959
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F1346-91
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Performance Specifications for Safety Covers and Labeling Requirements
for All Covers for Swimming Pools, Spas and Hot Tubs
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ICC
International Code Council
500 New Jersey Avenue, NW
6th Floor
Washington, DC 20001
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ICC/ANSI A117.1
IBC
IFC
IEBC
IFGC
IMC
IPC
IZC
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Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities
International Building Code®
International Fire Code®
International Existing Building Code®
International Fuel Gas Code®
International Mechanical Code®
International Plumbing Code®
International Zoning Code®
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NFPA
National Fire Protection
Association
1 Batterymarch Park
Quincy, MA 02269
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25
70
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Inspection, Testing and Maintenance of Water based Fire Protection
Systems
National Electrical Code
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