S.C. Code Regs. § § 19-470.2

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 10, October 25, 2024

Section 19-470.2 - Definitions

For the purpose of these regulations, the following words or terms are defined as meaning:

(a) "Agency" means any division, department or section of state or federal government.

(b) "Amendment(s)" means the changing of any word, number, date, section or reference in either the text or appendix (if adopted) of any building code, regardless of whether the effect is more or less restrictive.

(c) "Applicable Governing Body" means a city, county, state, state agency or other political government subdivision or entity authorized to administer and enforce the provisions of this code, as adopted or amended.

(d) "Building Codes" means all construction codes, standards or documents presently listed by name in Chapter 9 of Title 6 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended.

(e) "Building Codes Act" means the Building, Housing, Electrical, Plumbing and Gas Codes Act, Chapter 9 of Title 6 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended.

(f) "Building Official" means the officer or other designated authority, or duly authorized representative, charged with the administration and enforcement of building codes and standards.

(g) "Climatological" means the susceptibility of specific unusual reoccurring weather or atmospheric conditions for a local jurisdiction, including hurricanes, tornados, damaging wind, lightning, or floods due to rainfall.

(h) "Council" means the South Carolina Building Codes Council as established by Chapter 9 of Title 6 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended.

(i) "Division" means the Office of General Services, State of South Carolina Budget and Control Board.

(j) "Energy Standards" means the Building Energy Efficiency Standard Act, Chapter 10 of Title 6 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended.

(k) "Flood(ing)" means temporary inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow of inland or tidal waters or from the unusual and rapid accumulation of runoff or surface waters by excessive rainfall, snowmelt, wind storms or any combination of such conditions.

(l) "Geographical" means the geographic or topographic characteristics of a specific area or region.

(m) "Geological" means the structure of a specific area or region of the earth's surface.

(n) "Local Enforcement Agency" means the agency of local government with authority to make inspections of buildings and to enforce the laws, ordinances, and regulations enacted by the State and local government, which establish standards and requirements applicable to the construction, alteration, repair and occupancy of buildings.

(o) "Local Government" means any county, city, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of this State and state agencies with authority to establish standards and requirements applicable to the construction, alteration, repair and occupancy of buildings.

(p) "Local Jurisdiction" means any county, city, town, village or other political subdivision of the State of South Carolina.

(q) "Modification(s)" means the changing of any word, number, date, section or reference in either the text or appendix (if adopted) of any building code, regardless of whether the effect is more or less restrictive.

(r) "Modular Act" means the Modular Buildings Construction Act, Chapter 43 of Title 23 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended.

(s) "Physical" means the natural stable and unstable characteristics and conditions of the land area within a local jurisdiction, including topography, geography, geology, water table and seismic activity.

(t) "Variation(s)" means the changing of the Energy Standards or any building code in either the text or appendix (if adopted), the nature of which, would accept an alternate building material or alternate method of compliance.

S.C. Code Regs. § 19-470.2