For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates, or requires, a different meaning.
BUILDING COMMISSIONER. As used in this subchapter, includes individuals employed by the Building Department that are authorized to represent the Building Commissioner.
CLASS 1 STRUCTURE. Pursuant to I.C. 22-12-1-4, has the following meaning:
(1) Any part of the following:
(a) A building, or structure, that is intended to be, or is, occupied or otherwise used in any part, by any of the following:
1. The public;
2. Three or more tenants; or
3. One or more persons who act as the employees of another.
(b) A site improvement affecting access by persons with physical disabilities to a building or structure described in division (1)(a) above.
(c) Any class of buildings, or structures, that the Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission determines by rules to affect a building, or structure, described in subdivision (1)(a) above, except buildings or structures described in divisions (3) through (6) below.
(2) Division (1)(a) above includes a structure that contains three or more condominium units (as defined in I.C. 32-25-2-9), or other units that:
(a) Are intended to be, or are, used or leased by the owner of the unit; and
(b) Are not completely separated from each other by an unimproved space.
(3) Division (1)(a) above does not include a building, or structure, that:
(a) Is intended to be, or is, used only for an agricultural purpose on the land where it is located; and
(b) Is not used for retail trade, or is a stand used for retail sales of farm produce for eight or less consecutive months in a calendar year.
(4) Division (1)(a) above does not include a Class 2 structure.
(5) Division (1)(a) above does not include a vehicular bridge.
(6) Division (1)(a) above does not include a structure that is intended to be, or is occupied solely to provide, periodic maintenance or repair of:
(a) The structure; or
(b) Mechanical or electrical equipment located within, and affixed to, the structure.
(7) Pursuant to I.C. 22-12-1-24, STRUCTURE includes swimming pool.
CLASS 2 STRUCTURE. Pursuant to I.C. 22-12-1-5, has the following meaning:
(1) Any part of the following:
(a) A building, or structure, that is intended to contain, or contains, only one dwelling unit or two dwelling units, unless any part of the building, or structure, is regularly used as a Class 1 structure; or
(b) An outbuilding for a structure described in division (1)(a) above, such as a garage, barn, or family swimming pool, unless any part of the outbuilding is regularly used as a Class 1 structure.
(2) Division (1)(a) above does not include a vehicular bridge.
(3) Pursuant to I.C. 22-12-1-24, STRUCTURE includes swimming pools.
CONSTRUCTION. Pursuant to I.C. 22-12-1-7, means any of the following:
(1) Fabrication of any part of an industrialized building system, or mobile structure, for use at another site;
(2) Erection, or assembly, of any part of a Class 1 or Class 2 structure at the site where it will be used;
(3) Installation of any part of the permanent heating, ventilating, air conditioning, electrical, plumbing, sanitary, emergency detection, emergency communication, or fire or explosion suppression systems for a Class 1 or Class 2 structure at the site where it will be used;
(4) Work undertaken to alter, remodel, rehabilitate, or add to any part of a Class 1 or Class 2 structure; or
(5) Work undertaken to relocate any part of a Class 1 or Class 2 structure, except a mobile structure.
INDUSTRIALIZED BUILDING SYSTEM. Pursuant to I.C. 22-12-1-14, means any part of a building, or other structure, that is in whole, or in substantial part, fabricated in an off-site manufacturing facility for installation or assembly at the building site of a Class 1 structure, a Class 2 structure, or another building or structure. However, the term does not include a mobile structure, or a system that is capable of inspection at the building site.
MANUFACTURED HOME. Pursuant to I.C. 22-12-1-16, has the meaning set forth in 42 U.S.C. 5402 as it existed on January 1, 2003. The meaning is as follows: A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more, in width, or 40 body feet or more, in length, or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with, or without, a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein; except, that such term shall include any structure which meets all the requirements of this subchapter except the size requirements, and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and complies with the standards established under 42 U.S.C. 5042; and except, that such term shall not include any self-propelled recreational vehicle.
MOBILE STRUCTURE. Pursuant to I.C. 22-12-1-17, has the following meaning:
(1) Any part of a fabricated unit that is designed to be:
(a) Towed on its own chassis; and
(b) Connected to utilities for year-round occupancy, or use, as a Class 1 structure or a Class 2 structure, or another structure.
(2) The term includes the following:
(a) Two or more components that can be retracted for towing purposes, and subsequently expanded for additional capacity; and
(b) Two or more units that are separately towable, but designed to be joined into one integral unit.
PERSON. Pursuant to I.C. 22-12-1-18, an individual, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, unincorporated association, or governmental entity.
STRUCTURE. Both Class 1 and Class 2 structures, unless specifically stated otherwise.
VEHICULAR BRIDGE. Pursuant to I.C. 22-12-1-26, means any bridge that is neither:
(1) A pedestrian walkway; or
(2) A passage way for light vehicles suspended between two, or more, parts of a building, or between two or more buildings.
(Ord. 2006-2, passed 5-1-2006)