13-4-010
Definitions.
For the purpose
of this Code, the following terms shall be construed as
follows:
Accepted
Engineering Practice. “Accepted engineering practice” shall
be the compliance with the building provisions of this Code
or, in the absence of such provisions, with the recognized
standards of governmental bureaus or authoritative technical
organizations.
“Accessory use”
means a building or structure, the use of which is
incidental to the main building or structure and is located
on the same lot.
“Addition” means
any construction which increases the area or cubic content
of a building or structure.
“Aisle” means a
passageway between rows of seats, or between rows of seats
and a wall in a place of assembly, or between desks, tables,
counters or other materials, or between such articles or
materials and a wall in other rooms or spaces.
Aisle,
Longitudinal. In a place of assembly, a “longitudinal aisle”
is approximately perpendicular to the rows of seats served
thereby.
Aisle,
Transverse. In a place of assembly, a “transverse aisle” is
an aisle approximately parallel to the rows of seats.
“Alteration”
means any change in the occupancy classification or any
change or modification of construction or space arrangement
in any existing building or structure not increasing the
area or cubic content thereof. “Alteration” also means any
change which decreases the area or cubic content of a
building.
Antenna Tower,
Wireless Communication. A “wireless communication antenna
tower” includes all structures related to the use of the
radio frequency spectrum for the purposes of transmitting or
receiving radio signals, and may include, but is not limited
to radio towers, television towers, telephone exchanges-
microwave relay towers, telephone transmission equipment
building and personal communication systems (p.c.s.).
“Apartment
building” means a multiple dwelling or part thereof designed
or used primarily for family unit occupancy and containing
three or more family units.
“Approved” means
the sanction and endorsement by the commissioner of
buildings under the provisions of the code or the rules
adopted thereunder.
Assembly Unit.
For definition see Section 13-56-070.
Assembly Unit,
Large. For definition see Section 13-56-080.
Assembly Unit,
Small. For definition see Section 13-56-090.
“Atrium” means a
covered unprotected space which extends vertically two or
more stories within a building.
Auxiliary Use.
For definition see Section 13-56-250.
“Balcony” means:
(a) An
exterior auxiliary floor space projecting from the exterior
wall of an enclosed structure and unenclosed by other than a
railing or parapet;
(b) As
applied to places of assembly, a seating level located above
main floor of an auditorium.
“Basement” means
a story of a building partly or wholly below grade.
“Bed-and-breakfast establishment” means an owner-occupied,
single-family residential building or an owner-occupied,
multiple-family dwelling that does not exceed four stories
in height and contains no more than 11 sleeping rooms, or an
owner-occupied condominium, townhouse or cooperative in
which 11 or fewer sleeping rooms are available for rent or
for hire for transient occupancy by registered guests. For
purposes of this definition: the term “bed-and-breakfast
establishment” does not include single-room occupancy
buildings as defined in Section 13-4-010. If the
bed-and-breakfast establishment is a single-family
residential building located on a lot that includes a
principal house and an accessory building that was being
used for residential purposes as of January 16, 2003, the
accessory building shall be considered to be part of the
establishment.
Boardinghouse.
For definition see “Hotel”.
“Building” means
a structure, or part thereof, enclosing any occupancy
including residential, institutional, assembly, business,
mercantile, industrial, storage, hazardous and miscellaneous
uses. When separated by fire walls, each unit so separated
shall be deemed a separate building.
Building,
Accessory. “Accessory building” means a miscellaneous use
unit located on the same lot and incidental to a main or
principal occupancy.
“Building
commissioner” means the building commissioner of the City of
Chicago or his duly authorized delegate or representative.
Building,
Existing. For definition see Chapter 13-196.
Building,
Public. “Public building” means any building with the
following exceptions:
1.
Single-family residence;
2.
Multi-story residential building under four stories in
height;
3. The
second floor of two-story buildings having less than 15,000
square feet at the second floor level, or any occupied
levels below grade having less than 15,000 square feet, but
not including publicly owned buildings;
4. Fire
stations.
Business Unit.
For definition see Section 13-56-120.
Chimney. For
definition see Section 13-152-020(a)*.
* Editor’s note – Coun. J. 7-9-03, p. 3609, § 1,
repealed Ch. 13-152, which pertained to chimneys, flues and
vents. See § 11-4-120 for a definition of “Chimney”.
“Classroom” means
a room in a school used for the instruction of students in a
group.
Coal Pocket. For
definition see Section 13-96-100.
Combustible Frame
Construction. For definition see Section 13-60-070.
Combustible
Material. For definition see Section 15-12-040(a).
Controlled
Materials. For definition see Section 13-120-040.
Cooling Tower.
For definition see Section 13-96-440.
Court. For
definition see Section 13-172-030.
Court, Inner. For
definition see Section 13-172-030.
Court, Outer. For
definition see Section 13-172-030.
“Covered mall”
means a covered interior area open from lowest grade level
to roof used as a pedestrian public way and connecting
groups of buildings.
Day Care Centers
– Class I. For definition see Section 4-72-010.
For
occupancy classification see Section 13-56-100.
Day Care Center –
Class II. For definition see Section 4-72-010.
For
occupancy classification see Section 13-56-050.
Deck. An open,
unroofed floor structure used in conjunction with a
principal building or installed on the roof of a building. A
deck other than a rooftop deck may be classified as attached
or detached depending upon its relationship to the principal
building.
Developmentally
Disabled. For definition see Section 4-96-020*.
* Editor’s note – Coun. J. 7-30-97, p. 50613, amended
Ch. 4-96 and no longer provides a definition for this term.
See § 8-4-080(B) for a definition of “Developmentally
Disabled”.
Door, Fire. “Fire
door” means a door and its assembly, so constructed and
assembled in places as to give specified protection against
the passage of fire. See “Opening Protective Assemblies –
Doors”.
“Dormer” means a
structure projecting through a sloped roof, usually
containing a window on the front vertical face.
Dressing Room.
For definition see Section 13-84-070(f).
Driveway. For
definition see Section 13-108-040(c).
Dry Cleaning or
Dyeing Units. For definition see Chapter 15-24.
“Dwelling” means
any building which is wholly or partly used or intended to
be used for living or sleeping by human occupants.
“Dwelling unit”
means a room or suite of rooms designed or used for living
purposes including a family unit or a room for sleeping
accommodations, including hotel and dormitory rooms.
Elevator. For
definition see Section 13-156-070*.
“Enclosed mall
shopping center” means a single structure composed of
buildings or groups of buildings connected by a covered mall
not exceeding 80 feet in height; designed primarily for
mercantile use with multiple tenants.
“Entrance for
handicapped” means an entrance or exit accessible to and
usable by individuals in wheelchairs or those with major
mobility limitations.
“Equipment”
consists of all mechanical, electrical or storage devices
and fixtures requiring conformance with the code in regard
to construction, installation, operation, alteration,
maintenance and inspection. “Equipment” shall include among
others elevators, plumbing, ventilation systems, heating
apparatus, refrigeration systems, boilers and electrical
equipment.
“Escalator.” For
definition see Section 13-156-070*.
“Executive
director” means the executive director of construction and
permits or his or here designee.
“Exhibition
areas” means any building or building area or areas, within
a building used for temporary exhibition of goods, wares,
merchandise or equipment.
“Existing
building” means a building, structure or part thereof which
has been completed and ready for occupancy.
“Exit.” For
definition see Section 13-160-020(a).
Exit Connection.
For definition see Section 13-160-020(e).
Exit, Horizontal.
For definition see Section 13-160-020(c).
Exit, Outside.
For definition see Section 13-160-020(d).
Exit, Vertical.
For definition see Section 13-160-020(b).
“Exposed surface”
means any surface on the interior or exterior of a dwelling
or dwelling unit or school or day care center Class I or
Class II which is readily accessible to children. Such
surfaces shall include but are not limited to floors, walls,
ceilings, door frames, doors, window frames, windows,
stairs, stair rails, porch decks and porch railings.
Exterior
Protected Construction. For definition see Section
13-60-040.
Exterior Trim.
For definition see Section 15-8-290.
Family Home.
A “family home” is a community- based residential home for
not more than four developmentally disabled persons, who
together with an appropriate number of staff, function as a
single-family. Refer to the definition of “developmental
disability” in the Illinois Mental Health and Developmental
Disabilities Code, Public Act 80-1414.
“Family unit”
means a room or group of rooms used or intended to be used
as a housekeeping unit for living, sleeping, cooking and
eating.
Fence. For
definition see Section 13-96-130.
Finish, Ceiling.
For definition see Section 15-8-370.
Finish, Interior
Wall. For definition see Section 15-8-370.
“Fire escape”
means an exterior vertical exit used primarily as an
emergency means of egress.
“Fire limits”
means an area in the city within boundaries within which
certain occupancies and types of construction may be limited
or prohibited.
Fire-Resistance.
For definition see Section 15-12-040(b).
Fire-Resistive
Construction. For definition see Section 13-60-020.
Fire-Resistive
Rating. For definition see Section 15-12-040(c).
Fire Retardant
Treated Wood. For definition see Section 15-12-040(f).
Fire Station. For
definition see Section 13-96-180.
Flame-Spread
Rating. For definition see Section 13-96-180*.
Flight. For
definition see Section 13-160-020(f).
Floor Area.
1. As
applied to area limitations: “floor area” means the floor
space enclosed by exterior walls, fire-walls or a
combination of these structural elements.
2. As
applied to the capacity of a building or floor of a
building: “floor area” means the floor space enclosed by the
exterior walls of a building, excluding elevators, stairways
or other shafts.
3. As
applied to a space room: “floor area” means the net area
within the enclosing walls or partitions.
Flue. For
definition see Section 13-152-020(e)*.
“Foyer” means a
room adjoining an auditorium and serving as the principal
entrance to any seating level thereof.
Fume Hazard Unit.
For definition see Chapter 4-112*.
[NOTICE
– Ch. 4-112 does not exist in the Code. CALL YOUR
ALDERPERSON ABOUT THIS IF IT SEEMS SLOPPY]
Gallery. For
definition see “Balcony”.
Garage. For
definition see Sections 13-56-200 and 13-108-040(a).
Garage, Basement.
For definition see Section 13-108-040(b).
Garage, Private.
For definition see Section 13-96-260.
Gasoline Filling
Station. For definition see Section 13-96-520.
Grade.
1. As
applied to a building less than ten feet from a street
property line, “grade” shall be the established sidewalk
elevation.
2. As
applied to a building more than ten feet from a street
property line, “grade” shall be the finished ground
elevation at the building wall.
3. As
applied to a building facing a two- level street, “grade”
shall be determined by the upper level unless otherwise
provided.
Group Home.
A “group home” is a residential building or portion thereof
designed as a child care facility that provides supervised
maintenance or personal care in a quasi-family setting for
not more than ten minor children, ages six to under 18
years, not of common parentage, for part or all of the day
or night.
Guard. A building
component or a system of building components located at or
near the open sides of an elevated walking surface, and that
minimizes the possibility of a fall from the walking surface
to a lower level.
“Habitable room”
means a room within a residential occupancy and used or
intended to be used for living, sleeping, eating or cooking
purposes, as well as any room within a residential occupancy
and used or intended to be used for dressing, studying,
reading, listening to music, playing music, or family
entertainment of any sort, but does not include bathrooms,
toilet rooms, laundries, pantries, foyers, corridors,
storage spaces, stairways, or closets.
“Handicapped”
means persons with reduced mobility, flexibility,
coordination or perceptiveness due to age or physical
condition.
Handrail. A
horizontal or sloping rail intended for grasping by the hand
for guidance or support.
Hangar. For
definition see Section 13-108-120(a).
Hazardous Use
Unit. For definition see Section 13-56-210.
Heavy Timber
Construction. For definition see Section 13-60-050.
Height. For
definition see Section 13-48-020(c).
Home for the
Aged. For definition see Section 4-96-010*.
[NOTICE – § 4-96-010, as amended by Coun. J. 7-30-97, p.
50613, no longer provides a definition for this term.
CONTACT YOUR ALDERPERSON ABOUT THIS]
Home Occupation.
See Section 4-380-010 for definition.
Horizontal
Compartment. That portion of a building bounded by exterior
walls and the required fire rated and smoke barrier floor or
roof assembly.
Hotel. Every
building or structure kept, used, maintained as, advertised,
or held out to the public to be an inn, hotel, motel, family
hotel, apartment hotel, lodging house, dormitory or place
where sleeping or rooming accommodations are furnished for
hire or rent, whether with or without meals, in which seven
or more sleeping rooms are used or maintained for the
accommodation of guests, lodgers or roomers, excluding
single-room occupancy buildings and bed- and-breakfast
establishments as defined in this section, shall be
considered a hotel.
Industrial Unit.
For definition see Section 13-56-140.
Industrial Unit,
Low Hazard. For definition see Section 13-56-150.
Industrial Unit,
Moderate Hazard. For definition see Section 13-56-160.
“Institutional
home” means a building or part thereof designed or used for
the housing and care of three or more aged or infirm persons
or children and not providing hospital facilities.
Institutional
Unit. For definition see Section 13-56-050.
Interior Trim.
For definition see Section 15-8-390.
“Intermediate
care facility for the developmentally disabled – 15 or less”
means a facility licensed by the State of Illinois to
provide living arrangements for no more than 15
developmentally disabled persons, whether or not related to
each other by blood or marriage, in a quasi-family setting.
Landing. For
definition see Section 13-160-020(g).
“Lead-based
coatings” means any paint, lacquer, or other applied liquid
surface coatings, and putty, which contain a quantity of
lead more than six-hundredths of one percent by weight of
its nonvolatile content.
“Let” means to
give another person the right to occupy any portion of a
dwelling, family unit, or rooming unit. The act of “letting”
shall be deemed to be a continuing act for so long as the
persons given the right to occupy premises, continue to do
so. A further “letting” by any occupant of a dwelling,
family unit, or rooming unit is for purpose of this chapter,
also a “letting” by the owner or operator of the dwelling.
“Lintel” means
the beam or girder placed over an opening in a wall, which
supports the wall construction above.
“Living level”
means any floor or level in a building where habitable rooms
are provided, including basement, penthouse and attic;
except, however, that in a single-family dwelling, a
basement containing less than 400 square feet of habitable
space without a kitchen shall not be counted as a living
level.
Loading Space.
For definition see Section 13-108-040(c).
Lodginghouse. For
definition see “Hotel”.
“Lot” means a
parcel of land used or intended to be used as a unit. Each
building and its accessory building, shall be on a separate
lot.
Lot, Front
of. “Front of lot” means the shortest street frontage.
Lot Line,
Exterior. “Exterior lot line” means a boundary line between
a lot and a street, alley, public way or railroad
right-of-way.
Lot Line,
Interior. “Interior lot line” means a boundary line between
a lot and an adjoining lot.
Lot, Rear of. The
boundary opposite the front of the lot as herein defined, or
that boundary most nearby parallel to the front of the lot.
Mercantile Unit.
For definition see Section 13-56-130.
“Mezzanine” means
an intermediate floor placed in any story of a building and
limited in area as required elsewhere in this Code.
Miscellaneous
Unit. For definition see Section 13-56-220.
Mixed Occupancy.
For definition see Section 13-56-240.
“Motion picture
house” means a building or portion of a building used for
the showing of motion pictures with a recess at the front of
the auditorium used and designed solely for the mounting of
a motion picture screen and its related sound equipment and
containing no fixed or movable scenery other than curtains
of flame resistant material.
Motor Vehicle
Sales and Display Rooms. For definition see Section
13-108-040(c).
Multiple
Dwelling. For definition see Section 13-56-040.
Newel Post. For
definition see Section 13-160-020(h).
“Nightclub” means
a place of entertainment open at night usually serving food
and beverages, and providing live or recorded entertainment.
The term “nightclub” does not include a theater or museum,
but otherwise is used in the building code without regard to
the license classification or category of a business.
Noncombustible
Construction. For definition see Section 13-60-030.
Noncombustible
Material. For definition see Section 15-12-040(e).
Nursing Home. For
definition see Section 4-96-010*.
* Editor’s note – § 4-96-010, as amended by Coun. J.
7-30-97, p. 50613, no longer provides a definition for this
term.
“Occupancy” means
the use or uses of any building or structure for any of the
following purposes: residential, institutional, assembly,
business, mercantile, industrial, storage, hazardous or
miscellaneous uses as defined in Chapter 13-56.
“Occupancy
content” means the maximum number of persons occupying any
building, floor, room or space.
Open Air Assembly
Unit. For definition see Section 13-56-110.
Opening
Protective Assemblies – Doors and shutters. For definition
see Section 15-12-080.
Opening
Protective Assemblies – Windows. For definition see Section
15-12-170.
“Open plan
school” means a building intended to be used as a Type I or
II school which consists principally of individual teaching
areas that are separated from each other only by informal
dividers, such as cabinets, bookcases, partitions of less
than floor to ceiling height.
“Open space”
means a street, alley, waterway, park, yard, court or other
permanent unobstructed space open to the sky.
Ordinary
Construction. For definition see Section 13-60-060.
Owner. “Owner”
means any person who alone, jointly or severally with
others:
a. Shall
have legal title to any premises, or dwelling units, with or
without accompanying actual possession thereof; or
b. Shall
have charge, care of, control, of any premises, dwelling or
dwelling unit as owner or agent of the owner, or an
executor, administrator, trustee, or guardian of the estate
of the owner.
c.
“Owner” includes the owner, his agent for the purpose of
managing, controlling or collecting rents, any other person
managing or controlling a building or premises or any part
thereof and any person entitled to the control or direction
of the management or disposition of a building or premises
or of any part thereof.
“Parked vehicle”
means any vehicle which is not in motion and which is not
under control of the driver.
“Partition” means
a vertical separating construction between rooms or spaces.
Partition,
Bearing. “Bearing partition” means a partition used to
support loads other than its own weight.
“Pedestrian
passageways” means pedestrian passageways between buildings.
Penthouse. For
definition see Section 15-8-530.
Performing arts
venue. For definition, see Section 4-156-710.
“Permit” means an
authorization by the commissioner of buildings to proceed
with construction, alteration, installation or demolition.
“Planning
requirements” means the size, arrangement and location of
the rooms within a structure.
“Playhouse-in-the-round” means a building or portion of a
building used for live theatrical performances having an
acting platform which is fully open to audience viewing from
at least three sides, which may or may not be raised, and
which contains no horizontal recess. The platform is to be
of noncombustible material or fire retardant treated lumber.
The space above the platform is open with no fly gallery.
Combustible scenery is limited to small furniture groupings.
Porch. An
unheated roofed portion of a building, generally containing
a stair used for ingress and egress and floor area, and
separated from the principal portion of the building by a
fire rated wall and unrated doors and windows.
Prefabricated
Assembly. For definition see Section 13-120-140(a).
Professional
Services. “Professional services” includes medical, dental,
legal, architectural, engineering and similar services.
Projection Block.
For definition see Section 13-84-070(e).
Property Room.
For definition see Section 13-84-070(h).
Proscenium. For
definition see Section 13-84-070(g).
“Public way”
means a public street, alley, sidewalk or park.
“Radio theater”
means a radio studio with an assembly space for an audience
of more than 100 persons.
Ramp. For
definition see Section 13-160-020(i).
Residential Unit.
For definition see Section 13-56-020.
Riser. For
definition see Section 13-160-020(j).
“Roominghouse”
means any dwelling or that part thereof in which space is
let by the owner, operator or occupant of one or more
rooming units or more persons who are not husband or wife,
son or daughter, mother or father, grandparents,
grandchildren, sister or brother or niece or nephew of the
owner or operator or tenant or the spouse of any of these,
but any child lawfully under the care of the above members
of a family shall not be deemed a roomer.
“Rooming unit”
means any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable
unit, used or intended to be used, for living and sleeping
but not for cooking or eating purposes. A room occupied by a
person who is permitted to prepare meals anywhere in a
dwelling is a family unit and not a rooming unit unless it
is an institutional unit as defined in Section 13-56-050 of
this Code or in a convent, monastery, a bona fide not-for-
profit club, or in a dormitory, fraternity or sorority
affiliated with an educational or (other) charitable
institution.
Roundhouse. For
definition see Section 13-96-310.
“Row of seats”
means a group of adjoining seats arranged side by side.
School. For
definition see Section 13-56-100.
“Self-service
(public) storage facility” means any real property designed
and used for the purpose of renting or leasing individual
storage spaces to occupants who are to have access to such
for the purpose of storing and removing personal property.
“Shaft” means a
space enclosed with side walls and extending through two or
more stories.
Shall. As used in
this Code, “shall” means “mandatory”.
Sheltered Care
Home. For definition see Section 4-96-010*.
* Editor’s note – § 4-96-010, as amended by Coun. J.
7-30-97, p. 50613, no longer provides a definition for this
term.
Sign, Outdoor.
For definition see Section 13-96-030(a).
Single-Family
Dwelling. For definition see Section 13-56-030.
“Single-room
occupancy building” means any dwelling or part thereof
designed or used primarily for single-room occupancy,
containing five or more single- room living units, and which
is occupied by the same tenants for an uninterrupted period
of not less than 32 days.
“Single-room
occupancy unit” is a room used or intended to be used as a
residential housekeeping unit by not more than two occupants
for living and sleeping, with or without cooking facilities,
that contains not more than one habitable room consisting of
not more than 250 square feet of floor area excluding from
the calculation of floor area any kitchen having less than
70 square feet of floor area.
“Sleeping
accommodations” means a room, space, or portion thereof,
used primarily for sleeping purposes.
Smokeproof tower.
For definition see Section 13-160-360.
Stage. For
definition see Section 13-84-070(a).
Stage Block. For
definition see Section 13-84-070(d).
Stage, Type 1.
For definition see Section 13-84-070(b).
Stage, Type 2.
For definition see Section 13-84-070(c).
Stage Workshop.
For definition see Section 13-84-070(i).
Stairway. For
definition see Section 13-160-020(k).
Stairway,
Enclosed. For definition see Section 13-160-020(k)(1).
Stairway,
Exterior. For definition see Section 13-160-020(k)(2).
Stairway,
Interior. For definition see Section 13-160-020(k)(3).
Storage Room. For
definition see Section 13-84-070(j).
Storage Unit. For
definition see Section 13-56-170.
Storage Unit, Low
Hazard. For definition see Section 13-56-180.
Storage Unit,
Moderate Hazard. For definition see Section 13-56-190.
Story. “Story”
means the space between any two floors or between the
topmost floor and the ceiling; provided that for a building
in the Wrigley Field Adjacent Area, as that term is defined
in Section 4-388-010, in which is located a special club
license, as that term is defined in Section 4-388-010, the
roof of the building shall be counted as one story, and
every additional deck level constructed on or above the roof
shall be counted as a story; provided further that if the
space between the roof and the first deck constructed
immediately above the roof is only interstitial space, then
the roof and first deck shall be counted as one story.
“Supplied” means
installed, furnished or provided by an owner or operator
whether or not he charges tenants separately for a facility
installed or furnished by him.
“Surface” means
the outermost layer or superficial area of the interior and
readily accessible exterior surfaces of a dwelling, dwelling
unit, or school or day care center Class I or Class II,
including but not limited to the outermost layer or
superficial area of walls, ceilings, floors, stairs, stair
railings, window sashes, windowsills, window frames, doors,
door frames, porch decks, porch railings, baseboards, and
woodwork of dwelling or dwelling unit or school or day care
center Class I or Class II.
“Technology
center.” For definition see Section 13-56-121.
“Telephone
exchange” means a building or part of a building that (a) is
owned or operated by any person whose primary business is
the providing of communication services other than radio or
television, and (b) houses communication switching
equipment.
Tent. For
definition see Section 13-96-480.
“Theater” means
an assembly unit designed or used primarily for theatrical
performances and containing a Type I stage.
Tower. For
definition see Section 15-8-550.
“Townhouse” means
a vertical dwelling unit in a multiple-dwelling (Class A-2)
building which meets the requirements of Section 13-64-020
of the code.
“Toxic heavy
metal based coatings” means any paint, lacquer, or other
applied liquid surface coating and putty which contains
antimony, arsenic, cadmium, mercury or selenium of which the
total metal content, individually or in total, exceeds five
hundredths of one percent of the total weight of the
contained solids or dried paint film.
“Transparent
glazing material” means clear glass or clear rigid plastic.
Travel Distance.
For definition see Section 13-160-120.
Tread. For
definition see Section 13-160-020(l).
Vent Pipe. For
definition see Section 13-152-020(g)*.
* Editor’s note – Coun. J. 7-9-03, p. 3609, § 1,
repealed Ch. 13-152, which pertained to chimneys, flues and
vents.
“Vertical
compartment” means that portion of the building bounded by
exterior walls and the required two hour fire rated and
smoke barrier interior wall assembly which divides the
building in a vertical plane.
Wall,
Bearing. “Bearing wall” means a wall used to support loads
other than its own weight.
Wall, Fire. For
definition see Section 15-8-020.
Wall,
Nonbearing. “Nonbearing wall” means a wall used to support
no loads other than its own.
Wall,
Parapet. “Parapet wall” means the extension of a wall above
the roof level.
Wall,
Retaining. “Retaining wall” means a wall designed to resist
lateral earth pressure.
Window,
Fire. “Fire window” means a window and its assembly, so
constructed and assembled in place as to give specified
protection against the passage of fire. See “Opening
protective assemblies – Windows”.
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