For the purpose of this code of building regulations, certain terms used herein or in the adopted codes, shall have the meanings given in this section, except as expressly provided otherwise in this code of building regulations.
ADOPTED CODE: | A "code", as defined by subdivision (a) of California Government Code section 50022.1, including, for example, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, title 24 of the California Administrative Code (also known as the California Building Standards Code) or any of the so called "international and/or uniform codes", or other standards as adopted by reference by this title. |
BOARD OF APPEALS: | The Board of Building Appeals as established by the Taft City Council upon the filing of an appeal. |
BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND DEPARTMENT: | The Building Department of the City of Taft. |
BUILDING OFFICIAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY, PLUMBING OFFICIAL, AND CHIEF ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR: | The officer or other designated authority charged with the administration and enforcement of this code, or the building official's duly authorized representative of the City of Taft. |
CITY, CITY CLERK, AND CITY COUNCIL: | The City of Taft, the City Clerk of the City of Taft, and the City Council of the City of Taft, respectively. |
CONSTRUCTION: | The act of building, making, erecting, remodeling, repairing, renovating, or improving a "structure," as that term is defined in the California Building Code and includes any project for which the city requires a building permit. |
DEMOLITION: | The act of removing, razing, or tearing down a structure or any portion of a structure. |
FIRE CHIEF: | The Chief of the Kern County Fire Department. |
ORDINANCE: | The Municipal Code of the City of Taft. |
RECYCLABLE AND REUSABLE MATERIAL: | Shall mean and include any material which is any of the following: |
1. Masonry building materials and similar products generally used in construction including, but not limited to, asphalt, concrete, rock, stone and brick. 2. Wood materials including all dimensional lumber, fencing, or construction wood that has not been chemically treated, creosoted, Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA)-pressure treated, contaminated or painted. 3. Plant and land clearing debris including trees, tree parts, shrubs, stumps, logs, brush, soil or any other type of plant or green waste that is cleared from a site for construction or other purpose. 4. Metals, including all metal scrap such as, but not limited to, pipes, siding, window frames, doorframes, and fences. 5. Roofing materials, including wood shingles, asphalt, stone, tile and slate-based roofing materials. 6. Other salvageable materials including, but not limited to, wallboard, doors, windows, fixtures, toilets, sinks, bath tubs, and appliances. 7. Any other construction or demolition debris that is non-hazardous and available for recycling or reuse, as identified on the approved building plans issued by the City. | |
SELF-HAULER: | A person or company who hauls construction or demolition debris from a site under the following conditions: 1. The construction or demolition debris was generated at the site from which it is being collected, and; 2. The construction or demolition debris is hauled by the owner of the property at which the construction and demolition debris was generated, or by the company that generated the construction and demolition debris. |
WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN (WMP): | Documentation and forms submitted with a building or demolition permit application identifying the anticipated and actual construction or demolition waste was hauled to and diverted from local landfills, and as further defined in section 5-1-10. |
UNIVERSAL WASTE: | Electronic devices, electronic lamps, batteries, mercury containing equipment, cathode-ray tubes (CRTs - glass picture tubes removed from items such as televisions and computer monitors), CRT glass and non-empty aerosol cans. (Ord. 696-02, 10-1-2002; amd. Ord. 742-07, 12-18-2007; amd. Ord. 840-21, 5-4-2021) |