Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following terms shall,
for the purposes of this code, have the meanings shown in this chapter.
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.
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.
Where terms are not defined through the methods authorized by
this section, such terms shall have ordinarily accepted meanings such
as the context implies.
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."
ANCHORED
Secured in a manner that provides positive connection.
APPROVED
Acceptable to the code official.
BASEMENT
That portion of a building that 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.
COST OF SUCH DEMOLITION OR EMERGENCY REPAIRS
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 code official, the governing body or board of appeals.
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 said 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.
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.
HISTORIC BUILDING
Any building or structure that is one or more of the following:
1.
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.
2.
Designated as historic under an applicable state or local law.
3.
Certified as a contributing resource within a National Register
or state or locally designated historic district.
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 that does not contain, within such a
unit, a toilet, lavatory and bathtub or shower.
IMMINENT DANGER
A condition that 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, rodents, vermin or other pests.
INOPERABLE MOTOR VEHICLE
A vehicle that 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.
LABELED
Equipment, materials or products to which have been affixed
a label, seal, symbol or other identifying mark of a nationally recognized
testing laboratory, approved 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, 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.
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 that is let or offered for occupancy.
OWNER
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.
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; 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 other parcel of land that: is open to
the outside air; leads to a street; has been deeded, dedicated or
otherwise permanently appropriated to the public for public use; and
has a clear width and height of not less than 10 feet (3048 mm).
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.
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 that shall be
deemed to occur if the sustainable load reduces to 80 percent or less
of the maximum strength.
VENTILATION
The natural or mechanical process of supplying conditioned
or unconditioned air to, or removing such air from, any space.
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.