The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
ALTERATION. A change or rearrangement in structural parts or exit facilities; an enlargement, whether by extending on a side or by increasing in height; or the moving from one location or position to another. The term ALTER, in its various moods, and tenses and participal forms, refers to the making of an alteration.
APPROVED. As to material and types of construction, means approval by the Code Enforcement Officer as the result of investigation and tests conducted by him or her, or by reason of accepted principles or tests by recognized authorities, technical or scientific organizations.
ATTIC or ATTIC STORY. A story situated wholly or partly within the roof space, which does not have a usable floor area exceeding 50% of the space of the floor below, and which is used only as a portion of a dwelling situated on the floors of the same building. An ATTIC STORY shall be considered as a half story, but any story occupied separately as a dwelling or used for any other purpose, shall be rated as a full story.
BOARD OF APPEALS. An appointed board by the governing body established in order to hear and decide appeals of orders, decisions or determinations made by the Building Official relative to the application and interpretation of this code.
BUILDING. A combination of materials to form a structure that is safe and stable, and adapted to permanent or continuous occupancy for public, institutional residence, business or storage purposes. Unless the content clearly indicates otherwise, the term shall be construed as if followed by the phrase “or part thereof”. Each part of a building separated from other parts by a fire wall shall be considered to be a separate building.
BUILDING OFFICIAL. The officer or other designated authority charged with the administration and enforcement of city’s adopted building codes or the Building Official’s duly authorized representative.
CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. The Code Enforcement Officer I, being the same as the Building Inspector I, or the Code Enforcement Officer II, being the same as the Building Official.
CONTRACTOR. All persons engaged in the business of constructing, building, rebuilding, repairing, altering and those engaged in wrecking and salvaging.
DEAD LOAD. The weight of walls, partitions, floors, roofs and all other permanent construction of a building.
DIMENSIONS, LUMBER. The nominal thickness accepted as standard dimensions in the lumber industry.
DWELLING. A structure used as a residence.
FLOOR AREA. The area included within surrounding walls of a building, or part thereof, exclusive of vent shafts and courts.
FOOTING. The spreading course at the base or bottom of a foundation wall, column or pier, or other structural part of a building.
FOUNDATION. A wall or pier below the first floor serving as support for a wall, pier or column.
FRONT OF LOT. The boundary line between a lot and the street on which the lots in the block generally front.
GRADE, FINISHED. The surface of the ground abutting the outside walls of a building.
GRADED LUMBER. The division of sawn lumber into quality classes with respect to its physical and mechanical properties, as defined in more recently published Manufacturers’ Standard Grading Rules.
HOLLOW MASONRY UNIT. A masonry unit the net cross sectional area of which in any plane parallel to the bearing surface is less than 75% of its gross cross sectional area measured in the same plane.
LIVE LOADS. All imposed, fixed or transient loads other than dead loads.
MANUFACTURED HOMES.
(1) A factory-built structure which is to be used as a place for human habitation, which is not constructed or equipped with a permanent hitch or other device allowing it to be moved to other than a permanent site, which does not have permanently attached to its body or frame any wheels or axles, and which bears a label certifying that it was built in compliance with National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards, 24 C.F.R. §§ 3280 et seq., promulgated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; or
(2) A modular housing unit as defined in Neb. RS 71-1557 bearing the seal of the Department of Health.
MASONRY. That form of construction composed of stone, brick, concrete, gypsum, hollow clay tile, concrete block or tile, precast concrete or other similar building units or materials or a combination of these materials laid unit by unit and set in mortar.
OWNER. The duly authorized agent or attorney, as purchaser, devisee, fiduciary and a person having a vested or contingent interest in the property in question.
PILASTERS. All bearing walls having a horizontal cross section of 4 square feet or less and bonded at the sides into associated masonry.
PREFABRICATED. Any building component that cannot be visually inspected during or after erection at building site.
PUBLIC BUILDING. A building in which persons congregate for civic, political, educational, religious, social or recreational purposes, including, among others, courthouses, schools, colleges, libraries, museums, exhibition buildings, lecture halls, churches, assembly halls, lodge rooms, dance halls, theaters, bath houses, armories, recreation piers, stadiums, passenger stations, bowling alleys, skating rinks, gymnasiums, city halls, grandstands, motion picture theaters, auditoriums, clubs and restaurants. Office buildings, stores and similar buildings shall be considered as “semi-public” buildings.
REMODEL. See ALTERATION.
REPAIR. The replacement of existing work with the same kind of material used in the existing work, not including additional work that would affect the structural safety of the building, or that would affect or change required exit facilities, or that would effect a vital element of an elevator, plumbing, gas piping, wiring or heating installation, or that would be in violation of a provision of this chapter or any other law.
ROOF. The roof slab or deck with its supporting members.
ROOF STRUCTURE. A structure above the roof of any part of a building enclosing a stairway, tank, elevator machinery or ventilating apparatus, or such part of a shaft as extends above the roof and not containing living or recreational accommodations.
ROOFING. The covering applied to a roof for weather resistance, fire resistance or appearance.
SIDEWALK PERMIT. The permit which is required by this chapter for construction of a sidewalk on a street right-of-way.
SOLID MASONRY. Masonry consisting of solid masonry units laid contiguously with the joints between the units filled with mortar, or consisting of plain concrete.
STREET. Any public thoroughfare, street, avenue, boulevard, park, lane, terrace, concourse or space more than 20 feet in width which has been dedicated or deeded to the public for public use.
STREET LINE. The boundary line between a lot and a street.
STRUCTURE. Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires more or less permanent location on the soil, or attached to something having a permanent location on the soil.
VENEER. The outer facing of brick, stone, concrete, tile or similar material attached to an enclosing wall for the purpose of providing ornamentation, protection or insulation but not adding substantial strength to the wall.
WALL. The following:
(1) BEARING WALL. A wall which supports any load in addition to its own weight.
(2) CURTAIN WALL. A non-bearing wall between columns or piers.
(3) ENCLOSURE WALL. An exterior, non-bearing wall in skeleton construction, anchored to columns, piers or floors, but not necessarily built between columns or piers.
(4) EXTERIOR WALL. Any outer wall of a building other than a party wall.
(5) FACED WALL. A wall in which the masonry facing and backing are so bonded as to exert common action under load.
(6) FOUNDATION WALL. A wall below the adjacent ground level and serving as support for a wall, pier, column or other structural part of a building.
(7) INTERIOR WALL. A wall entirely surrounded by the exterior walls of the building.
(8) NON-BEARING WALL. A wall that supports no load other than its own weight.
(9) VENEERED WALL. A wall having a masonry facing that is attached to the backing but not so bonded as to exert common action under load.
WRITTEN NOTICE. That a written notice shall be considered to have been served if delivered in person to the person to be notified, or his, her or its agent, or if delivered at or sent by registered mail to that last business address known to the officer giving the notice.
(Prior Code, § 12-1) (Ord. 3035, § 1, 9-5-1995; Am. Ord. 3093, § 1, 12-17-1996; Am. Ord. 3420, § 1, 6-4-2002)