For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(a) "Approved" means accepted by the Chief Inspector of the Bureau of Fire Prevention as a result of his investigation and experience, or by reason of test, listing or approval by Underwriter's Laboratories, Inc., the National Bureau of Standards, American Gas Association Laboratories or other nationally recognized testing authorities.
(b) "Automatic fire alarm system" means a system which automatically detects a fire condition and actuates a fire alarm signal device.
(c) "Dwelling" means a building occupied exclusively for resident's purposes and having not more than two apartments, or as a boarding or rooming house serving not more than fifteen persons with meals or sleeping accommodations or both.
(d) "I.C.C. container" means any container approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission for shipping any liquid, gaseous or solid material of a flammable, toxic or other hazardous nature.
(e) "Institutional building" means a building in which persons are harbored to receive medical, charitable or other care or treatment, or in which persons are held or detained for reasons of public or civic duty.
(f) "Multi-family house" means a building occupied as the home or residence of individuals, families or households living independently of each other, for which three or more are doing cooking within their apartments including tenement house, apartment house and flat.
(g) "Public building" means a building in which persons congregate for civic, political, educational, religious, social or recreational purposes.
(h) "Residence building" except when classified as an institutional building, means a building in which sleeping accommodations are provided.
(1978 Code Sec. 10-2)