Article 134Supplement v1, p. 134

COMMERCIAL LAWS SUPPLEMENT

FACING — Any masonry, forming an integral part of a wall

used as a finished surface. (as contrasted to veneer, see

definition).

FIREBRICK — A refractory brick.

FIRECLAY — A finely ground clay used as a plasticizer for

masonry mortars; varies widely in physical properties.

FIREPLACE — A hearth and fire chamber or similarly

prepared place in which a fire may be made and which is

built in conjunction with a chimney.

FIRE

RETARDANT

TREATED

WOOD

—

Lumber

of

plywood impregnated with chemicals and when tested in

accordance with accepted fire standards for a period of

30 minutes shall have a flame-spread of not over 25 and

show

no

evidence

of

progressive

combustion.

The

Fire-retardant

properties

shall

not

be

considered

permanent when exposed to the weather.

FIRST STOREY — The floor of which is at or above the level

of the sidewalk or adjoining ground, the remaining

storeys being numbered in regular succession upward.

FLOOR

AREA

—

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.

FOOTING — That portion of the foundation of a structure

which spreads and transmits loads directly to the soil or

the pile.

FOUNDATION — All the portions of the building or

structure below the footing, the earth upon which the

structure rests.

GARAGE — A building or portion thereof in which a motor

vehicle containing gasoline, distillate, or other volative,

flammable liquid in its tank, is stored, repaired, or kept.

GARAGE COMMERCIAL— A garage where automobiles

and other motor vehicle are housed, cared for, equipped,

repaired or kept for remuneration, hire, or sale.

GARAGE, OPEN PARKING — A structure of one or more

tiers in height which is at least 50 percent open on two or

more sides and is used exclusively for the parking or

storage of passenger motor vehicles having a capacity of

not more than nine persons per vehicle. Open parking

garages are further classified as either ramp-access or

mechanical-access. Ramp-access, open parking garages

are those employing a series of continuously rising floors

permitting the movement of vehicles under their own

power from and to the street level. Mechanical access

parking garages are those employing parking machines,

lifts, elevators, or other mechanical services for vehicles

moving from and to street level and in which public

occupancy is prohibited above the street level.

GARAGE PRIVATE — A building or portion of a building in

which only motor vehicles used by the tenants of the

building or buildings on the premises are stored or kept.

GIRDER — A horizontal structural piece which supports in

end of the floor beams or joists or walls over opening.

GRADE (ADJACENT GROUND ELEVATION) — The lowest

point of elevation of the finished surface of the ground

between the exterior wall of a building and a point 1.50

meters distant from said wall, or the lowest point of

elevation of the finished surface of the ground between

the exterior wall of a building and a property line if it is

less than 1.50 meters distant from sidewall. In case walls

are parallel to and within 1.50 meters of a public sidewalk,

alley, or other public way, the grade shall be the elevation

of the sidewalk, alley, or public way.

GROUND FLOOR — The storey at or near the level of the

grade, the other storeys, beginning with second for the

first next above, shall be designated by the successive

floor numbers counting upward.

GUEST ROOM — Any room or rooms used, or intended to

be used by a guest for sleeping purposes. Every 9.30

square meters of superficial floor area in a dormitory shall

be considered to be a guest room.

HABITABLE

ROOM

—

Any

room

meeting

the

requirements of this Code for sleeping, living, cooking, or

dining purposes, excluding such enclosed spaces as

closets, pantries, bath or toilet room, service rooms,

connecting corridors, laundries, unfinished attics, storage,

space cellars, utility rooms, and similar spaces.

HALL, COMMON — A corridor or passageway used in

common by all the occupants within a building.

HALL, STAIRS — A hall which includes the stair, stair

landings,

and

those

portions

of

the

common

halls

through which it is necessary to pass in going between

the entrance floor and the room.

HELIPORT — An area of land or water or a structural

surface which is used, or intended for use, the landing

and take off helicopters and any appurtenant areas which

are used, or intended for use, for heliport buildings and

other heliport facilities.

HELISTOP

—

The

same

as

heliport except that no

refueling, maintenance repairs, or storage of helicopters is

permitted.

HOTEL — A building or a part thereof with rooms

occupied

or

intended

to

be

occupied

for

hire

as

temporary aboding place of individuals with a general

kitchen and public dining room service, but no provision

for cooking in any individual suite or room.

HOTEL APARTMENT — An apartment house which may

furnish dining room service and other services for the

exclusive use of its tenants.

INCOMBUSTIBLE — As applied to building construction

material, as material which, in the form it is used, is either

one of the following:

(a) Material having an structural base of incombustible

material as defined in Item (2), above, with a surfacing

material not over 3.2 millimeters thick which has a

flame-spread rating of 50 or less.

(b) "Incombustible" does not apply to surface finish

materials.

Material

required

to be incombustible for

reduced clearance to flues, heating appliances, or other

materials

shall

refer

to

material

conforming

to

the

provisions of this Code. No material shall be classed as

incombustible

which

is

subject

to

increase

in

combustibility or flame-spread rating beyond the limits

herein established, through the effects of age, moisture,

or other atmospheric condition.

INCOMBUSTIBLE

MATERIAL

—

When

referred

to as

structural

material,

means

brick,

stone,

terracotta,

concrete, iron, steel, sheet, metal, or tiles, used either

singly or in combination.

INCOMBUSTIBLE ROOFING— A covering of not less than

two thickness of roofing felt and a good coat of tar and

gravel

or

tin,

corrugated

iron

or

other

approved

fire-resisting material with standing seam of lap joint.

INCOMBUSTIBLE

STUD

PARTITION

—

A

partition

plastered on both sides upon metal lath or wire cloth for

the full height, and fire-topped between the studs with

incombustible material 20 centimeters above the floor

and at the ceiling.

LINE, BUILDING — The line formed by the intersection of

the outer surface of the enclosing wall of the building and

the surface of the ground.

LINTEL — The beam or girder placed over an opening in a

wall, which supports the wall construction above.

LOAD, DEAD — The weight of the permanent portions of

a building or structure; it includes the weight of the walls

permanent partitions, framing floors, roofs, and all other

permanent and stationary fixtures mechanism, and other

construction entering into and becoming a part of a

building or structure.

LOAD,

LATERAL

—

That

load

cased

by

winds,

earthquakes, or other dynamic forces.

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