Terms from PD 1096 Flashcards
A form of semi-permanent or permanent structure constructed along a property line, usually in masonry or reinforced concrete or other fire rated material where absolutely no form of permitted opening, whether temporary/permanent, operable/non-operable. packaged; nor shall it be placed used by the public.
Abutment
A building subordinate to the main building on the same lot and used for purposes customarily incidental to those of the main building such as servants quarters, garage, pump house, laundry, etc.
Accessory Building
A sign that directs attention to a business profession, commodity, service or entertainment conducted, sold or offered at a place other than where the business, profession etc. is located. An off-premise sign.
Advertising Sign
A define are on a land or water intended to be used either wholly or in a parts for the arrival, departure or surface movement of aircraft.
Aerodrome
A building designed and constructed to house farm implements, hay, grain, poultry, livestock or other horticultural products. This structure shall not be a place of human habitation or a place of employment where agricultural products are processed, treated or
Agricultural Building
The process of treating air so as to contro; simultaneously its temperature, humidity and maintain cleanliness and distribution to meet at the requirements of the conditioned space.
Air Conditioning (AC)
Any public space or thoroughfare which has been dedicated or deeded to the public or for public use as a passageway with a width of not more than 3 meters.
Alley
Any change, addition, or modification in construction or occupancy.
Alter or Alteration
A room or suite of two or more rooms, designed and intended for, or occupied by one family for living, sleeping, and cooking purposes.
Apartment
Any building or portion thereof, which is designed, built, rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied, or which is occupied as the home or residence of three or more families living independently of each other and doing their own cooking in the building, and shall include flats and apartments.
Apartment House
Any portion of a building above the first floor projecting over the sidewalk beyond the first storey wall used as protection for pedestrians against rain or sun.
Arcade
Any semi-enclosed or enclosed and usable or habitable building projection constructed in the airspace above the arcade and therefore utilizing the air rights above the RROW, in case the arcade is part of the RROW.
Arcade Structure
A building or a portion of a building used for the gathering together of fifty or more persons for such purposes as deliberation, workshop, entertainment, amusement, or awaiting transportation or of a hundred or more persons in drinking and dining establishments.
Assembly Building or Hall
Any storey situated wholly or partly in a roof, so designed, arranged, or built as to be used for business, storage, or habitation.
Attic Storey
An engineered system to detect automatically and suppress fire through fixed spring piping and nozzles using dry or wet chemical clean or halogenated extinguishing agents or an automatic sprinkler system.
Automatic Fire Suppression System
A movable shelter supported entirely from the exterior wall of a building and of a type which can be retracted, folded, or collapsed against the face of a supporting building.
Awning
The surface or assembly to which veneer is attached.
Backing
A portion of the seating space of an assembly room, the lowest part of which is raise 1.20 meters or more above the level of the main floor.
Balcony
A landing or porch projecting from the wall of a building, and which serves as a required means of egress. The long size shall be at least fifty percent open, and the open area above the guardrail shall be so distributed as to prevent the accumulation of smoke or toxic gases.
Balcony Exterior Exit
A stationary open hearth or brazier, either fuel-fired or electric, used for floor preparation.
Barbecue
A portion of a building between floor and ceiling which is partly below and partly above grade but so located that the vertical distance from grade to the floor is less than the vertical distance from grade to ceiling.
Basement Level
One of the intervals or spaces into which the building front is divided by columns, buttresses, or division walls.
Bay or Panel
A panel for posting bills or poster.
Billboard
A house with five or more sleeping rooms where the boarders are provided with lodging, and meals for fixed sum paid by the month, or week, in accordance with previous arrangement.
Boarding House