Article 133Supplement v1, p. 133

COMMERCIAL LAWS SUPPLEMENT

BACKING — The surface or assembly to which veneer is

attached.

BALCONY

—

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

EXTERIOR

EXIT

—

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.

BARBECUE — A stationary open hearth or brazier, either

fuel-fired or electric, used for floor preparation.

BASEMENT — 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.

BAY OR PANEL — One of the intervals or spaces into

which

the

building

front

is

divided

by

columns,

buttresses, or division walls.

BOARDING HOUSE — 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.

BOILER ROOM — Any room containing a stream or

hotwater boiler.

BUILDABLE AREA — The remaining space in a lot after

deducting the required minimum open spaces.

BUILDING — Any structure built for the support, shelter,

or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels, or property of

any kind.

BUILDING HEIGHT — The vertical distance from the

established grade elevation to the highest point of the

coping of a flat roof, to the average height of the highest

gable or a pitch or hip roof, or to the top of the parapet if

the roof is provided with a parapet. In case of sloping

ground, the average ground level of the buildable area

shall be considered the established grade elevation.

BUILDING

LENGTH

—

Its

general

lineal

dimensions

usually measured in the direction of the bearing wall for

girders.

BUILDING

WIDTH

—

Its

shortest

linear

dimensions

usually measured in the direction of the floor, beams, or

joints.

CELLAR — The portion of a building between floor and

ceiling which is wholly or partly below grade and so

located that the vertical distance from grade to the floor

below is equal to or greater than the vertical distance

from grade to ceiling.

CHIMNEY CLASSIFICATIONS:

(a) RESIDENTIAL APPLIANCE TYPE — A factory-built or

masonry chimney suitable for removing products of

combustion from residential type appliance producing

combustion gases not in excess of 538ºC measured at the

appliance flue outlet.

(b)

LOW-HEAT

APPLIANCE

TYPE

—

A

factory-built

masonry or metal chimney suitable for removing the

product

of

combustion

from

fuel-burning

low-heat

appliances producing combustion gases not in excess of

538ºC under normal operating conditions but capable of

producing

combustible

gases

of

760ºC

during

intermittent forced firing for periods up to one hour. All

temperatures are measured at the appliance flue outlet.

(c) MEDIUM-HEAT APPLIANCE TYPE — A factory built

masonry or metal chimney suitable for removing the

products of combustion from fuel-burning medium-heat

appliances producing combustion gases not in excess of

1093ºC measured at the appliance flue outlet.

CHIMNEY CONNECTOR — The pipe which connects a flue

burning appliance to a chimney.

CHIMNEY LINEAR — The lining materials of fire clay or

other approved material.

CHIMNEY MASONRY — The chimney of solid masonry

units bricks, stones, listed hollow unit masonry units, or

reinforced concrete.

CONCRETE BLOCK — A hollow or solid concrete masonry

unit

made

from

portland

cement

and

suitable

aggregates

such

as

sand,

gravel,

crushed

stone,

bituminous or anthracite cinders, burned clay, pumice,

volcanic scoria, air cooled or expanded blast furnace slags.

COPING — The material or units used to form a cap of

finish on top of a wall, pier, or pilaster.

CORROSION-RESISTANT — The non-ferrous metal, or any

metal having an unbroken surface of non-ferrous metal,

or steel with not less than 10 percent chromium or with

less than 0.20 percent copper.

CORROSION-RESISTANT MATERIAL — Materials that are

inherently

rust-resistant

or

materials

to

which

an

approved rust-resistive coating has been applied either

before or after forming or fabrication.

COURSE — A continuous horizontal layer of masonry

units.

COURT — An occupied space between building lines and

lot lines other than a yard; free, open, and unobstructed

by appendages from the ground upward.

DISPERSAL

AREA

(SAFE)

—

An

area

which

will

accommodate a number of persons equal to the total

capacity of the stand and building it serves, in such a

manner that no person within the area need be closer

than 15.00 meters from the stand or building. Dispersal

areas shall be based upon the area of not less than 0.28

square meter per person.

DWELLING — Any building or any portion thereof which

is not an "apartment house", "lodging house", or a "hotel"

as defined in this Code which contained one or two

"dwelling units" or "guest rooms", used, intended or

designed to be built, used, rented, leased, let or hired out

to be occupied, or which are occupied for living purposes.

DWELLING, INDIGENOUS FAMILY — A dwelling intended

for the use and occupancy by the family of the owner

only. It is one constructed of native materials such as

bamboo, nipa, logs, or lumber, the total cost of which

does not exceed fifteen thousand pesos.

DWELLING, MULTIPLE — A building used as a home or

residence of three or more families living independently

from one another, each occupying one or more rooms as

a single housekeeping unit.

DWELLING,

ONE-FAMILY

—

A

detached

building

designated for, or occupied exclusively by one family.

DWELLING UNIT — One or more habitable rooms which

are occupied or which are intended or designated to be

occupied by one family with facilities for living, sleeping,

cooking, and eating.

EXIT — A continuous and unobstructed means of egress

to a public way, and shall include intervening doors,

doorways,

corridors,

exterior

exit

balconies,

ramps,

stairways, smokeproof, enclosures, horizontal exits, exit

passageways, exit courts, and yards. An exit shall be

deemed to be that point which open directly into a safe

dispersal area or public way. All measurement are to be

made to that point when determining the permissible

distance of the travel.

EXIT COURTS — A yard or court providing egress to a

public way for one or more required exits.

EXIT HORIZONTAL — A means of passage from one

building into another building occupied by the same

tenant through a separation wall having a minimum fire

resistance of one-hour.

EXIT

PASSAGEWAY—

An

enclosed

means

of

egress

connecting a required exit or exit court with a public way.

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