[For DSA/AC] ACCESSIBILITY is the combination of various elements in a building or area which allows access, circulation and the full use of the building and facilities by persons with disabilities.

[For DSA/AC] ACCESSIBLE ELEMENT is an element specified by the regulations adopted by the Division of the State Architect/Access Compliance.

[For DSA/AC] ACCESSIBLE LOCATION is a location which can be reached by an employee standing on the floor, platform, runway or other permanent working area.

[For DSA/AC] ACCESSIBLE SPACE is a space that complies with the regulations adopted by the Division of the State Architect/ Access Compliance.

[For HCD 1 & 2] ACCREDITATION BODY is an approved, third-party organization that initially accredits and subsequently monitors, on a continuing basis, the competency and performance of a grading or inspection agency related to carrying out specific tasks.

[For DSA/AC] ADDITION is an extension or increase in floor area or height of a building or structure.

[For DSA/AC] AISLE is a circulation path between objects such as seats, tables, merchandise, equipment, displays, shelves, desks, etc.

[For DSA/AC] ALLEY is any public way or thoroughfare less than 16 feet (4877 mm) but not less than 10 feet (3048 mm) in width that has been dedicated or deeded to the public for public use.

[For DSA/AC] ALTER or ALTERATION is any change, addition or modification in construction or occupancy.

AMUSEMENT BUILDING. See Section 408.2.

APPROVED, as to materials and types of construction, refers to approval by the building official as the result of investigation and tests conducted by the building official, or by reason of accepted principles or tests by recognized authorities, technical or scientific organizations.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC, DSA/SS] Approved means meeting the approval of the enforcement agency, except as otherwise provided by statute, when used in connection with any system, material, type of construction, fixture or appliance as the result of investigations and tests conducted by the agency, or by reason of accepted principles or tests by national authorities, technical, health, or scientific organizations or agencies.

NOTE: See Health and Safety Code Section 17921.1 for "approved" as applied to hotplates. See Health and Safety Code Section 17921.3 for "approved" as applied to low-flush water closets.

[For DSA/AC, HCD 1 & 2] APPROVED TESTING AGENCY is any agency which is determined by enforcement agency, except as otherwise provided by statute, to have adequate personnel and expertise to carry out the testing of systems, materials, type of construction fixtures or appliances.

AREA. See "floor area." ASSEMBLY BUILDING is a building or portion of a building used for the gathering together of 50 or more persons for such purposes as deliberation, education, instruction, worship, entertainment, amusement, drinking or dining, or awaiting transportation.

[For HCD 2, DSA/AC, SFM] Any building or structure or portion thereof used or intended to be used for the showing of motion pictures when an admission fee is charged and when such building or structure is open to the public and has a capacity of 10 or more persons.

[For SFM] BEDRIDDEN PERSON means a person confined to a bed, requiring assistance in turning or unable to independently transfer to and from bed, and unable to leave a building unassisted under emergency conditions.

BUILDING is any structure [for HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC, SFM] as to which state agencies have regulatory power, used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy, [for HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC, SFM] housing or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels, equipment or property of any kind, and also includes structures wherein things may be grown, made, produced, kept, handled, stored or disposed of, and all appendages, accessories, apparatus, appliances and equipment installed as a part thereof.

"Building" shall not include machinery, equipment or appliances installed for manufacture or process purposes only, nor shall it include any construction installations which are not a part of a building, any tunnel, mine shaft, highway or bridge, or include any house trailer or vehicle which conforms to the Vehicle Code.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] BUILDING, EXISTING, is a building erected prior to the adoption of this code, or one for which a legal building permit has been issued.

For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC, SFM, DSA/SS] C.C.R. means the California Code of Regulations.

[For SFM] CATASTROPHICALLY INJURED, as termed, means a person whose origin of disability was acquired through trauma or nondegenerative neurologic illness, for whom it has been determined by the Department of Health Services Certification and Licensing that active rehabilitation would be beneficial.

[For HCD 1 & 2] C.F.R. is the Code of Federal Regulations, a regulation of the United States of America available from the Superintendent of Documents, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402.

[For SFM] CHILD OR CHILDREN is a person or persons under the age of 18 years.

[For SFM] CHRONICALLY ILL. See "terminally ill." [For DSA/AC] CIRCULATION PATH is an exterior or interior way of passage from one place to another for pedestrians, including, but not limited to, walks, hallways, courtyards, stairways and stair landings.

[For DSA/AC] CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEPHONE is a telephone with dedicated line(s) such as a house phone, courtesy phone or phone that must be used to gain entrance to a facility.

[For HCD 2, DSA/AC] COMMERCE is travel, trade, traffic, commerce, transportation, or communication (1) within the state; (2) among several states; (3) between any foreign country or any territory or possession and any state; or (4) between points in the same state, but through another state or foreign country.

[For HCD 2, DSA/AC] COMMERCIAL FACILITIES are facilities that are intended for nonresidential use and whose operations will affect commerce, including factories, warehouses, office buildings, and other buildings in which employment may occur.

Commercial facilities shall not includerailroad locomotives, railroad freight cars, railroad cabooses, railroad cars covered under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, or facilities that are covered or expressly exempted from coverage under the Fair Housing Amendment Act of 1988 (42 USC 3601-3631, et seq.).

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] COMMON USE refers to those interior and exterior rooms, spaces or elements that are made available for the use of a restricted group of people (for example, occupants of a homeless shelter, the occupants of an office building, or the guests of such occupants).

[For HCD 1] COMMUNITY KITCHEN is a separate room or building in a labor camp used or intended to be used by the occupants of the labor camp for cooking or preparing their own meals.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] CONDOMINIUM, RESIDENTIAL. See "apartment house."

[For SFM] CONGREGATE LIVING HEALTH FACILITY (CLHF), as termed, is a residential home with a capacity of no more than six beds, which provides inpatient care, including the following basic services: medical supervision, 24-hour skilled nursing and supportive care, pharmacy, dietary, social recreational, and at least provides services for persons who are diagnosed with a terminal illness or who are catastrophically and severely disabled.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] CONGREGATE RESIDENCE is any building or portion thereof that contains facilities for living, sleeping and sanitation, as required by this code, and may include facilities for eating and cooking, for occupancy by other than a family. A congregate residence may be a shelter, convent, monastery, dormitory, fraternity or sorority house, but does not include jails, hospitals, nursing homes, hotels or lodging houses.

[For HCD 1 & 2] COURT is a space, open and unobstructed to the sky, located at or above grade level on a lot and bounded on three or more sides by walls of a building.

[For DSA/AC] CROSS SLOPE is the slope that is perpendicular to the direction of travel.

[For HCD 2, DSA/AC] CURB CUT is an interruption of a curb at a pedestrian way, which separates surfaces that are substantially at the same elevation.

For SFM] DAY CARE shall, for the purposes of these regulations, mean the care of persons during any period of a 24-hour day where permanent sleeping accommodations are not provided.

NOTE: "Day care" shall not be construed to preclude the use of cots or mats for napping purposes, provided all employees, attendants and staff personnel are awake and on duty in the area where napping occurs.

[For SFM] DAY-CARE HOME, LARGE FAMILY, is a provider's own home licensed to provide day care for periods less than 24 hours per day for nine to 14 persons, including children under the age of 10 years who reside at the home.

[For SFM] DAY-CARE HOME, SMALL FAMILY, is a home which provides family day care to eight or fewer children, including children under the age of 10 years who reside at the home, in the providers own home, for periods of less than 24 hours per day.

Small family day-care homes are exempted from state fire- and life-safety regulations other than those state and local standards applicable to Group R, Division 3 Occupancies. [See Health and Safety Code, Section 13143 (b).]

[For HCD 1 & 2] DEPARTMENT is the Department of Housing and Community Development.

[For HCD 1 & 2] DETACHED SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING is any single-family dwelling which is separated from adjacent property lines by 3 feet (914 mm) or more or is separated from adjacent buildings by 6 feet (1829 mm) or more.

[For DSA/AC] DETECTABLE WARNING is a standardized surface or feature built in or applied to walking surfaces or other elements to warn visually impaired persons of hazards in the path of travel.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] DIRECTIONAL SIGN is a publicly displayed notice which indicates by use of words or symbols a recommended direction or route of travel.

[For DSA/AC] DISABILITY is (1) a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of an individual, or (2) a record of such an impairment, or (3) being regarded as having such an impairment.

[For DSA/AC] DISABLED. See "disability." DISPENSING is the pouring or transferring of any material from a container, tank or similar vessel, whereby vapors, dusts, fumes, mists or gases may be liberated to the atmosphere.

[For HCD 1 & 2, HCD 1/AC, DSA/AC] DORMITORY is a room occupied by more than two guests.

DWELLING is any building or portion thereof that contains not more than two dwelling units.

[For HCD 1] EFFICIENCY DWELLING UNIT is a dwelling unit containing only one habitable room.

[For HCD 1] ELECTRICAL CODE is the National Electrical Code promulgated by the National Fire Protection Association, as adopted by this jurisdiction.

ELEVATOR CODE is the safety code for elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators and moving walks as adopted by this jurisdiction (see Appendix Chapter 30).

[For DSA/AC] ELEVATOR, PASSENGER. See Chapter 11.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC, SFM, OSHPD 1, 2, 3 & 4, DSA/ SS] ENFORCING AGENCY is the designated department or agency as specified by statute.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] EQUIVALENT FACILITATION is an alternate means of complying with the literal requirements of these standards and specifications that provides access in terms of the purpose of these standards and specifications.

NOTES: 1. See Section 101.2, Purpose.

2. In determining equivalent facilitation, consideration shall be given to means that provide for the maximum independence of persons with disabilities while presenting the least risk of harm, injury or other hazard to such persons or others.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] EXISTING BUILDINGS. See "building, existing."

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] FACILITY (or FACILITIES) is a building, structure, room, site, complex or any portion thereof, that is built, altered, improved or developed to serve a particular purpose.

FAMILY is an individual or two or more persons related by blood or marriage or a group of not more than five persons (excluding servants) who need not be related by blood or marriage living together in a dwelling unit.

FIRE CODE is the Uniform Fire Code promulgated by the International Fire Code Institute, as adopted by this jurisdiction.

[For HCD 1 & 2] FLOOR AREA is the area included within the surrounding exterior walls of a building or portion thereof, exclusive of vent shafts and courts. The floor area of a building, or portion thereof, not provided with surrounding exterior walls shall be the usable area under the horizontal projection of the roof or floor above.

[For HCD 1 & 2] FM is Factory Mutual Engineering and Research, 1151 Boston-Providence Turnpike, Norwood, Massachusetts 02062.

GARAGE is a building or portion thereof in which a motor vehicle containing flammable or combustible liquids or gas in its tank [for SFM] or an electric vehicle with a rechargeable storage battery, fuel cell, photovoltaic array or other source of electric current is stored, repaired, charged (electric vehicles only) or kept.

GARAGE, PUBLIC, is any garage other than a private garage.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] GRAB BAR is a bar for the purpose of being grasped by the hand for support. See section 1115B.8 for requirements.

[For HCD 1 & 2] GRADE (Adjacent Ground Elevation) is the lowest point of elevation of the finished surface of the ground, paving or sidewalk within the area between the building and the property line or, when the property line is more than 5 feet (1524 mm) from the building, between the building and a line 5 feet (1524 mm) from the building.

[For HCD 1 & 2] GUARDRAIL is a system of building components located near the open sides of elevated walking surfaces for the purpose of minimizing the possibility of an accidental fall from the walking surface to the lower level.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] GUARDRAIL is a vertical barrier erected along the open edges of a floor opening, wall opening, ramp, platform, runway or other elevated area to prevent persons from falling off the open edge.

[For HCD 1 & 2] GUEST is any person hiring or occupying a room for living or sleeping purposes.

[For HCD 1 & 2] HABITABLE SPACE (ROOM) is space in a structure for living, sleeping, eating or cooking. Bathrooms, toilet compartments, closets, halls, storage or utility space, and similar areas, are not considered habitable space.

[For HCD 1 & 2] HANDRAIL is a railing provided for grasping with the hand for support. See also "guardrail."

[For DSA/AC] HEALTH CARE PROVIDER is a person or entity regulated by a state to provide professional services related to the physical or mental health of an individual and who makes such services available to the public.

[For OSHPD 1, 2, 3 & 4] HEALTH FACILITIES are those buildings specified within the statutory authority of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. See Section 101.17.13.

[For DSA/AC] HISTORICAL BUILDING. See "qualified historical building."

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] HOTEL is any building containing six or more guest rooms intended or designed to be used, or that are used, rented or hired out to be occupied, or that are occupied for sleeping purposes by guests.

[For SFM] INFANT, for the purpose of these regulations, shall mean any child who because of age only, is unable to walk and requires the aid of another person to evacuate the building. In no case shall the term "infant" mean a child beyond two years of age.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] INTERNATIONAL SYMBOL OF ACCESSIBILITY is that symbol adopted by Rehabilitation International's 11th World Congress for the purpose of indicating that buildings and facilities are accessible to persons with disabilities. See Chapter 11B.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] LEVEL AREA is a specified surface that does not have a slope in any direction exceeding 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) in 1 foot (305 mm) from the horizontal (2.083 percent gradient).

[For DSA/AC] LIFT, SPECIAL ACCESS. See "special access lifts."

LISTED and LISTING are terms referring to equipment or materials included in a list published by an approved testing laboratory, inspection agency or other organization concerned with product evaluation that maintains periodic inspection of current productions of listed equipment or materials. The published list shall state that the material or equipment complies with approved nationally recognized codes, standards or tests and has been tested or evaluated and found suitable for use in a specified manner.

[For HCD 1 & 2, SFM] These terms shall also mean equipment or materials accepted by the state fire marshal as conforming to the provisions of the state fire marshal's regulations and which are included in a list published by the state fire marshal.

[For HCD 1, DSA/AC] LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS means any building or portion thereof having three or more apartments as defined in this code or any publicly funded building or portion thereof.

[For HCD 1 & 2] LODGING HOUSE is any building or portion thereof containing not more than five guest rooms where rent is paid in money, goods, labor or otherwise.

[For DSA/AC, HCD 1/AC] MARKED CROSSING is a crosswalk or other identified path intended for pedestrian use in crossing a vehicular way.

MECHANICAL CODE is the Uniform Mechanical Code promulgated by the International Conference of Building Officials, as adopted by this jurisdiction.

[For SFM] MENTALLY RETARDED PERSONS, PROFOUNDLY OR SEVERELY, shall mean any retarded person who is unable to evacuate a building unassisted during emergency conditions.

NOTE: The determination as to such incapacity shall be made by the director of the State Department of Public Health or his designated representative pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 13131.3.

[For HCD 1] MESS HALL is a room or portion of a room in an employee housing facility, other than a kitchen or dining area in a dwelling unit, used or intended to be used for the serving of food.

[For HCD 1] MESS HALL KITCHEN is a room or portion of a room used or intended to be used as a kitchen in conjunction with a mess hall.

[For HCD 1 & 2] MEZZANINE or MEZZANINE FLOOR is an intermediate floor placed within a room.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] MOTEL shall mean hotel as defined in this code.

MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL-DISPENSING STATION is that portion of a building where flammable or combustible liquids or gases used as motor fuels are stored and dispensed from fixed equipment into the fuel tanks of motor vehicles.

[For SFM] NONAMBULATORY PERSONS are persons unable to leave a building unassisted under emergency conditions. It includes, but is not limited to, persons who depend on mechanical aids such as crutches, walkers and wheelchairs and any person who is unable to physically and mentally respond to a sensory signal approved by the state fire marshal or an oral instruction relating to fire danger.

The determination of ambulatory or nonambulatory status of persons with developmental disabilities shall be made by the director of Social Services or his or her designated representative, in consultation with the director of Developmental Services or his or her designated representative. The determination of ambulatory or nonambulatory status of all other disabled persons placed after January 1, 1984, who are not developmentally disabled shall be made by the director of Social Services or his or her designated representative.

[For HCD 1 & 2] OCCUPANCY is the purpose for that a building, or part thereof, is used or intended to be used.

[For HCD 2, DSA/AC] OCCUPIABLE is a room or enclosed space designed for human occupancy in which individuals congregate for amusement, educational or similar purposes, or in which occupants are engaged at labor, and which is equipped with means of egress, light and ventilation.

[For DSA/AC] OPERABLE PART is a part of a piece of equipment or appliance used to insert or withdraw objects, or to activate, deactivate or adjust the equipment or appliance (for example, coin slot, pushbutton, handle).

[For HCD 1 & 2] PANIC HARDWARE. See Section 1002.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] PASSAGE DOOR is a door other than an exit door through which persons may traverse.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] PASSENGER ELEVATOR. See definition of "elevator," Chapter 30.

[For DSA/AC] PATH OF TRAVEL is a passage that may consist of walks and sidewalks, curb ramps and pedestrian ramps, lobbies and corridors, elevators, other improved areas, or a necessary combination thereof, that provides free and unobstructed access to and egress from a particular area or location for pedestrians and/or wheelchair users.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] PEDESTRIAN is an individual who moves in walking areas with or without the use of walking- assistive devices such as crutches, leg braces, wheelchairs, etc.

[For DSA/AC] PEDESTRIAN GRADE SEPARATION is a structure erected over or under an obstacle such as a freeway, roadway, street, railroad, stream, etc., and intended primarily for pedestrian use.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] PEDESTRIAN RAMP is a sloping path of travel intended for pedestrian traffic and as differentiated from a curb ramp.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY is a walkway used exclusively as a pedestrian trafficway.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] PEDESTRIAN WAY is a route by which a pedestrian may pass.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] PERMIT is an official document or certificate issued by the building official authorizing performance of a specified activity.

PERSON is a natural person, heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, and includes a firm, partnership or corporation, its or their successors or assigns, or the agent of any of the aforesaid.

[For HCD 1 & 2] PERSONS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES. See Chapter 11A for occupancies regulated by HCD 1.

[For HCD 1 & 2] PLATFORM. See Section 405.1.2.

[For DSA/AC] PLATFORM, UNENCLOSED, is a horizontal, generally level and raised surface for speakers, performances, displays, etc., as distinguished from platforms which are enclosed.

PLUMBING CODE is the Plumbing Code, as adopted by this jurisdiction.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] POWER-ASSISTED DOOR is a door used for human passage with a mechanism that helps to open the door, or relieves the opening resistance of a door, upon the activation of a switch or a continued force applied to the door itself.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION includes, but is not limited to, any building or facility that falls into one of the following categories:

1. Places of lodging.

2. Establishments serving food or drink.

3. Places of exhibition or entertainment.

4. Places of public gathering.

5. Sales or rental establishments.

6. Service establishments.

7. Stations used for public transportation.

8. Places of public display or collection.

10. Places of education.

11. Social service center establishments.

12. Places of exercise or recreation.

Examples of public accommodations for purposes of this code shall include, but not be limited to, the following private entities; however, other specific entities not listed shall be considered public accommodations if they fall into one or more of the above-listed categories:

1. An inn, hotel, motel, or other place of lodging, except for an establishment located within a building that contains not more than five rooms for rent or hire and that is actually occupied by the proprietor of such establishment as the residence of the proprietor.

2. A restaurant, bar, or other establishment serving food or drink.

3. A motion picture house, theater, concert hall, stadium or other place of exhibition or entertainment.

4. An auditorium, convention center, lecture hall, or other place of public gathering.

5. A bakery, grocery store, clothing store, hardware store, shopping center, or other sales or retail establishment.

6. A Laundromat, dry cleaner, bank, barber shop, beauty shop, travel service, shoe repair service, funeral parlor, gas station, office of an accountant or lawyer, pharmacy, insurance office, professional office of a health care provider, hospital or other service establishment.

7. A terminal, depot, or other station used for specified public transportation.

8. A museum, library, gallery, or other place of public display or collection.

9. A park, zoo, amusement park, or other place of recreation.

10. A nursery, elementary, secondary, undergraduate, or postgraduate private school, or other place of education.

11. A day-care center, senior citizen center, homeless shelter, food bank, adoption agency or other social service center establishment.

12. A gymnasium, health spa, bowling alley, golf course, or other place of exercise.

13. A church.

14. An office building.

15. A public curb or sidewalk.

[For HCD 1 & 2] PUBLICLY FUNDED as used in this code does not include loans, grants, guarantees or other financial assistance provided by a public agency to finance construction, rehabilitation or purchase of privately owned housing accommodations, including housing financed under the Cal Vet program and other privately owned buildings, facilities and structures.

[For HCD 1, DSA/AC] PUBLIC USE describes interior or exterior rooms or spaces that are made available to the general public. Public use may be provided at a building or facility that is privately or publicly owned.

[For DSA/AC] QUALIFIED HISTORICAL BUILDING (OR STRUCTURE) shall mean any structure or collection of structures deemed important to the history, architecture or culture of an area by an appropriate local or state governmental jurisdiction. This shall include structures of national, state or local historical registers or official inventories, such as the National Register of Historic Places, State Historical Landmarks, State Points of Historical Interest, and city or county registers or inventories of historical or architecturally significant sites and places or landmarks. See the California Historical Building Code, Part 8, Title 24, California Code of Regulations.

[For DSA/AC] RAIL TRANSIT BOARDING PLATFORM is a horizontal, generally level surface, whether raised above, recessed below, or level with a transit rail, from which persons embark/disembark a fixed rail vehicle.

[For HCD 2, DSA/AC] RAMP. See "pedestrian ramp" or "curb ramp."

[For HCD 2, DSA/AC] REASONABLE PORTION shall mean that segment of a building, facility, area, space or condition which would normally be necessary if the activity therein is to be accessible by persons with disabilities.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] RECOMMEND does not require mandatory acceptance, but identifies a suggested action which shall be considered for the purpose of providing a greater degree of accessibility to persons with disabilities.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC, SFM] REMODELING. See "alter or alteration."

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] REPAIR is the reconstruction or renewal of any part of an existing building for the purpose of its maintenance.

[For SFM] RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY FOR THE CHRONICALLY ILL (RCF/CI), as termed, means a housing arrangement with a maximum capacity of 25 residents that provides a range of services to residents who have chronic, life-threatening illnesses.

[For SFM] RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY FOR THE ELDERLY (RCFE), as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 1569.2, shall mean a facility with a housing arrangement chosen voluntarily by persons 60 years of age or over, or their authorized representative, where varying levels and intensities of care and supervision, protective supervision or personal care are provided, based on their varying needs, as determined in order to be admitted and to remain in the facility. Persons under 60 years of age with compatible needs, as determined by the Department of Social Services in regulations, may be allowed to be admitted or retained in a residential-care facility for the elderly.

[For SFM] RESIDENTIAL FACILITY (RF), as defined in Section 1502 of the Health and Safety Code, shall mean any family home, group care facility, or similar facility determined by the director of Social Services, for 24-hour nonmedical care of persons in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the individual. Such facilities include small family homes and social rehabilitation facilities.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] RISER is that upright portion of a step in a stair.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] SANITARY FACILITY is any single unit or a combination of water closets, urinals, lavatories, bathtubs or showers, together with the room or space in which they are housed.

[For HCD 1 & 2] SHALL, as used in this code, is mandatory.

[For HCD 2, DSA/AC] SHOPPING CENTER is one or more sales establishments or stores.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] SHOULD. See "recommend."

[For DSA/AC] SIDEWALK is a surfaced pedestrian way contiguous to a street used by the public. See definition for "walk."

[For DSA/AC] SIGNAGE is displayed verbal, symbolic, tactile, and/or pictorial information.

[For HCD 2, DSA/AC] SITE is a parcel of land bounded by a property line or a designated portion of a public right of way.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] SITE DEVELOPMENT is "on- site"and "off-site" work, including, but not limited to, walks, sidewalks, ramps, curbs, curb ramps, parking facilities, stairs, planting areas, pools, promenades, exterior gathering or assembly areas and raised or depressed paved areas. See section 1127B.1

[For HCD 1, DSA/AC] SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS are rooms in which people sleep; for example, dormitory and hotel or motel guest rooms or suites.

SMOKE DETECTOR is [for SFM] a state fire marshal- approved and listed device that senses visible or invisible particles of combustion.

[For HCD 2, DSA/AC] SPACE is a definable area, e.g., room, toilet room, hall, assembly area, entrance, storage room, alcove, courtyard, or lobby.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] SPECIAL ACCESS LIFT is a hoisting and lowering mechanism equipped with a car or platform, or support which serves two landings of a building or structure and is designed to carry a passenger or passengers and (or) luggage or other material a vertical distance as may be allowed. See section 1116B.2 for requirements.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC, SFM] STAIRWAY. Two or more risers shall constitute a stairway.

[For SFM] STATE-OWNED/LEASED BUILDING is a building or portion of a building that is owned, leased or rented by the state. State-leased buildings shall include all required exits to a public way serving such leased area or space. Portions of state- leased buildings that are not leased or rented by the state shall not be included within the scope of this section unless such portions present an exposure hazard to the state-leased area or space.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] STORY is that portion of a building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above, except that the topmost story shall be that portion of a building included between the upper surface of the topmost floor and the ceiling or roof above. If the finished floor level directly above a usable or unused under-floor space is more than 6 feet (1829 mm) above grade, as defined herein, for more than 50 percent of the total perimeter or is more than 12 feet (3658 mm) above grade, as defined herein, at any point, such usable or unused under-floor space shall be considered as a story.

[For HCD 1 & 2] STORY, FIRST, is the lowest story in a building that qualifies as a story, as defined herein, except that a floor level in a building having only one floor level shall be classified as a first story, provided such floor level is not more than 4 feet (1219 mm) below grade, as defined herein, for more than 50 percent of the total perimeter, or not more than 8 feet (2438 mm) below grade, as defined herein, at any point.

[For HCD 1 & 2] STREET is any thoroughfare or public way not less than 16 feet (4877 mm) in width that has been dedicated or deeded to the public for public use.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC] STRUCTURE is that which is built or constructed, an edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner.

[For HCD 2, DSA/AC] TACTILE describes an object that can be perceived using the sense of touch.

[For DSA/AC] TEMPORARY shall mean buildings and facilities intended for use at one location for not more than one year and seats intended for use at one location for not more than 90 days.

[For SFM] TERMINALLY ILL, as termed for an individual, means the individual has a life expectancy of six months or less as stated in writing by his or her attending physician and surgeon.

[For DSA/AC] TEXT TELEPHONE is machinery or equipment that employs interactive graphic (i.e., typed) communications through the transmission of coded signals across the standard telephone network. Text telephones can include, for example, devices known as TDDs (telecommunication display devices) or computers.

[For HCD 1 & 2] TOEBOARD is a vertical barrier erected along the open edges of floor openings or floor holes, platforms and runways.

[For DSA/AC] TRANSIENT LODGING is a building, facility, or portion thereof, excluding inpatient medical care facilities, that contains one or more dwelling units or sleeping accommodations. Transient lodging may include, but is not limited to, resorts, group homes, hotels, motels and dormitories.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC, SFM, DSA/SS] UBC shall mean the most recently adopted edition of the Uniform Building Code as published by the International Conference of Building Officials.

References to other model code sections which are found in any adopted sections of the model code or Title 24, C.C.R., must be compared to the appropriate matrix adoption table to determine if the enforcing agency has adopted the model code section or a modified Title 24, C.C.R., section.

[For HCD 1 & 2, DSA/AC, SFM] UBC STANDARDS are those standards published in Volume 3 of the Uniform Building Code promulgated by the International Conference of Building Officials, as adopted by this jurisdiction. (See Chapter 35.)

UL is the Underwriters Laboratories Inc., 333 Pfingsten Road, Northbrook, Illinois 60062.

[For DSA/AC] UNREASONABLE HARDSHIP exists when the enforcing agency finds that compliance with the building standard would make the specific work of the project affected by the building standard unfeasible, based on an overall evaluation of the following factors:

VALUE or VALUATION of a building shall be the estimated cost to replace the building and structure in kind, based on current replacement costs, as determined in Section 107.2.

[For DSA/AC] VEHICULAR WAY is a route intended for vehicular traffic, such as a street, driveway or parking lot.

[For SFM] WAITING ROOM is a room or area normally provided with seating and used for persons waiting.

[For DSA/AC] WHEELCHAIR is a chair mounted on wheels to be propelled by its occupant manually or with the aid of electric power, of a size and configuration conforming to the recognized standard models of the trade.

[For DSA/AC] WHEELCHAIR OCCUPANT OR WHEELCHAIR USER is an individual who, due to a physical impairment or disability, utilizes a wheelchair for mobility.

[For DSA/AC] WORKING LEVEL OR WORKING AREA is a platform, walkway, runway, floor or similar area fixed with reference to the hazard. This does not include ladders or portable or temporary means used for access, repair or maintenance, provided such means are removed immediately upon completion of the work.