A.
Scope. Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following terms shall,
for the purposes of this code, have the meanings shown in this chapter.
B.
Interchangeability. Words stated in the present tense include the
future; words stated in the masculine gender include the feminine
and neuter; the singular number includes the plural and the plural,
the singular.
C.
Terms defined in other codes. Where terms are not defined in this
code and are defined in the International Building Code, International
Existing Building Code, International Fire Code, International Fuel
Gas Code, International Mechanical Code, International Plumbing Code,
International Residential Code, International Zoning Code or NFPA
70, such terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them as stated
in those codes.
D.
Terms not defined. Where terms are not defined through the methods
authorized by this section, such terms shall have ordinarily accepted
meanings such as the context implies.
E.
Parts. Whenever the words "dwelling unit," "dwelling," "premises,"
"building," "rooming house," "rooming unit," "housekeeping unit" or
"story" are stated in this code, they shall be construed as though
they were followed by the words "or any part thereof."
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Secured in a manner that provides positive connection.
Acceptable to the Building Code Official.
That portion of a building which is partly or completely
below grade.
A room containing plumbing fixtures including a bathtub or
shower.
Any room or space used or intended to be used for sleeping
purposes in either a dwelling or sleeping unit.
The official who is charged with the administration and enforcement
of this code, or any duly authorized representative.
To adjudge unfit for occupancy.
The costs shall include the actual costs of the demolition
or repair of the structure less revenues obtained if salvage was conducted
prior to demolition or repair. Costs shall include, but not be limited
to, expenses incurred or necessitated related to demolition or emergency
repairs, such as asbestos survey and abatement if necessary; costs
of inspectors, testing agencies or experts retained relative to the
demolition or emergency repairs; costs of testing; surveys for other
materials that are controlled or regulated from being dumped in a
landfill; title searches; mailing(s); postings; recording; and attorney
fees expended for recovering of the cost of emergency repairs or to
obtain or enforce an order of demolition made by a Building Code Official,
the governing body or Board of Appeals.
When a structural element is physically disconnected from
another and that connection is necessary to provide a positive connection.
To weaken, disintegrate, corrode, rust or decay and lose
effectiveness.
A single unit providing complete, independent living facilities
for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living,
sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.
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 said lot or lots.
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.
The open space on the premises and on adjoining property
under the control of owners or operators of such premises.
The animal or vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
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.
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.
Any building or structure that is one or more of the following:
Listed or certified as eligible for listing, by the State Historic
Preservation Officer or the Keeper of the National Register of Historic
Places, in the National Register of Historic Places.
Designated as historic under an applicable state or local law.
Certified as a contributing resource within a National Register
or state or locally designated historic district.
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.
A condition which could cause serious or life-threatening
injury or death at any time.
The presence, within or contiguous to, a structure or premises
of insects, rats, vermin or other pests.
A vehicle which cannot be driven upon the public streets
for reason, including, but not limited to, being unlicensed, wrecked,
abandoned, in a state of disrepair, or incapable of being moved under
its own power.
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.
To permit, provide or offer possession or occupancy of a
dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit, building, premise 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.
The lack of proper maintenance for a building or structure.
The purpose for which a building or portion thereof is utilized
or occupied.
Any individual living or sleeping in a building, or having
possession of a space within a building.
That part of a window, skylight or door which is available
for unobstructed ventilation and which opens directly to the outdoors.
Any person who has charge, care or control of a structure
or premises which is let or offered for occupancy.
Any person, agent, operator, firm or corporation having 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.
An individual, corporation, partnership or any other group
acting as a unit.
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; by other
approved pest elimination methods.
A lot, plot or parcel of land, easement or public way, including
any structures thereon.
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.
A building arranged or occupied for lodging, with or without
meals, for compensation and not occupied as a one- or two-family dwelling.
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.
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.
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.
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.
That which is built or constructed or a portion thereof.
A person, corporation, partnership or group, whether or not
the legal owner of record, occupying a building or portion thereof
as a unit.
A room containing a water closet or urinal but not a bathtub
or shower.
The deformation at which failure occurs and which shall be
deemed to occur if the sustainable load reduces to 80% or less of
the maximum strength.
The natural or mechanical process of supplying conditioned
or unconditioned air to, or removing such air from, any space.
Executed in a skilled manner; e.g., generally plumb, level,
square, in line, undamaged and without marring adjacent work.
An open space on the same lot with a structure.
