NY Exec L § 372 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 18 - New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code Act 372 - Definitions.

§ 372. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall   have  the  meaning  ascribed  to  them,  unless  the  context  otherwise   requires:1. "Administrator" means  the  state  fire  administrator  established   pursuant to article six-C of this chapter.2.  "Areas  of  public  assembly"  means  all buildings or portions of   buildings  used  for  gathering  together  fifty  or  more  persons  for   amusement,   athletic,   civic,   dining,   educational,  entertainment,   patriotic,  political,  recreational,  religious,  social,  or   similar   purposes,  the  entire fire area of which they are a part, and the means   of egress therefrom.3. "Building" means a combination of any materials,  whether  portable   or  fixed,  having  a  roof,  to  form a structure affording shelter for   persons, animals or property. The word  "building"  shall  be  construed   when  used  herein  as  though  followed  by the words "or part or parts   thereof" unless the context clearly requires a  different  meaning.  The   term  "building" shall also mean "factory manufactured home" and "mobile   home". The term "building" shall not include a "temporary greenhouse".4. "Construction" means the construction, reconstruction,  alteration,   conversion,  repair,  installation of equipment or use of buildings, and   requirements or standards relating to or  affecting  materials  used  in   connection  therewith,  including  provisions  for  safety  and sanitary   conditions.5. "Council" means the state fire prevention and building code council   created by this article.6. "Department" means the department of state.7. "Equipment" means plumbing, heating, electrical,  ventilating,  air   conditioning,   refrigerating   equipment,   elevators,   dumb  waiters,   escalators and other mechanical additions or installations.8. "Factory manufactured home" means a  structure  designed  primarily   for   residential  occupancy  constructed  by  a  method  or  system  of   construction whereby the structure or its components are  wholly  or  in   substantial  part  manufactured in manufacturing facilities, intended or   designed  for  permanent  installation,  or   assembly   and   permanent   installation, on a building site.9.  "Fire  area"  means the floor area of a story of a building within   exterior walls, party walls, fire walls, or any combination thereof.10.  "Fire  protection  equipment  and   systems"   means   apparatus,   assemblies,  or  systems,  either  portable or fixed, for use to detect,   prevent, control, or extinguish fire.11. "Local government" means a village, town (outside the area of  any   incorporated village) or city.12. "Means of egress" means a continuous unobstructed way of exit from   any  point in a building or structure to a public way. A means of egress   comprises the vertical  and  horizontal  ways  of  travel  and  includes   intervening  room  spaces,  doorways,  hallways, corridors, passageways,   balconies, ramps, stairs, enclosures,  lobbies,  escalators,  horizontal   exits, courts, and yards.13.  "Mobile  home"  means  a  moveable  or portable unit designed and   constructed to be towed on its  own  chassis,  comprised  of  frame  and   wheels,  connected  to utilities, and designed and constructed without a   permanent foundation for year-round living. A  unit  may  contain  parts   that  may  be  folded,  collapsed  or  telescoped  when  being towed and   expanded later to provide additional cubic capacity as well  as  two  or   more  separately  towable  components  designed  to  be  joined into one   integral unit capable of being again separated into the  components  for   repeated  towing.  "Mobile  home"  shall  mean units designed to be used   exclusively for residential purposes, excluding travel trailers. 14. "Office" means the office of fire prevention and  control  created   pursuant to article six-C of this chapter.15. "Secretary" means the secretary of state.16.  "State  agency"  means any department, bureau, commission, board,   public authority or other agency of  the  state,  including  any  public   benefit  corporation  any  member  of  whose  board  is appointed by the   governor.17. "Temporary greenhouse" means  specialized  agricultural  equipment   having  a  framework  covered with demountable polyurethane materials or   materials of polyurethane nature and lacking a permanent and  continuous   foundation, which is specifically designed, constructed and used for the   culture  and  propagation  of  horticultural  commodities.  A "temporary   greenhouse" may include, but is not  limited  to,  the  use  of  heating   devices,  water  and electrical utilities, and supporting poles embedded   in non-continuous concrete. In no instance will a  temporary  greenhouse   be used for the retail sale of any farm or non-farm products.18.  "Uniform  code"  or  "code" means the New York state uniform fire   prevention and building  code  promulgated  pursuant  to  section  three   hundred seventy-seven of this article.19.  "Truss type construction" means a fabricated structure of wood or   steel, made up of a series of members connected at their ends to form  a   series  of  triangles  to span a distance greater than would be possible   with any of the individual members on their own.