The provisions of Section C201 of IECC-CE are not adopted. The following is adopted as Section C201:
"C201 GENERAL
C201.1 Definitions.
The definitions in Section C202 shall apply to italicized words throughout this code except where specifically limited to a particular chapter or section. Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions in Section C202 shall also apply to non-italicized words throughout this code.
C201.2 Interchangeability.
Words used in the present tense include the future; words in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter; the singular number includes the plural and the plural includes the singular.
C201.3 Words defined in other codes.
Where non-italicized words are not defined in this code and are defined in the Chicago Construction Codes Administrative Provisions, Chicago Building Code, Chicago Conveyance Device Code, Chicago Electrical Code, Chicago Fire Prevention Code, Chicago Fuel Gas Code, Chicago Mechanical Code, Chicago Energy Transformation Code – Residential Provisions, Chicago Plumbing Code, Chicago Building Rehabilitation Code, or Chicago Minimum Requirements for Existing Buildings, such words shall have the meanings ascribed to them in those codes unless the context requires otherwise.
C201.4 Words not defined.
Where italicized words are not defined in Section C202 or non-italicized words are not defined in Section C202 or any of the codes referenced in Section C201.3, such words shall have the meaning given in the latest edition of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary as the context implies."