California Code of Regulations › Title 21 - Public Works › Division 1 - Department of General Services › Chapter 1 - Division of the State Architect › Subchapter 1 - Safety of Construction of Public Schools › Article 2 - Definitions › Section 14 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Act" shall mean the Field Act, Sections
						39140-39155 and
						81130-81145, inclusive, of the
						Education Code.
"Addition" as that term is used in the act shall mean an
						increase in floor area or volume of enclosed space which is physically attached
						to an existing building by connections which are required for transmitting
						vertical or horizontal loads between units. An "addition" which is not required
						to be physically attached either for its own support or for support of the
						existing building shall be separated as required by Title 24, CAC, Section
						2-2312(h), and
						shall be deemed to be the construction of a school building as that term is
						used in Sections
						39140 and
						81130 of the act.
"Alteration" is a change within an existing building. The
						relocation or moving of an existing school building may be considered to be an
						alteration for filing purposes.
"Approved Building" shall mean a building which was
						constructed or reconstructed in accordance with Article 3 or 7 commencing with
						Sections 39140 and
						81130, respectively, of the
						Education Code.
"Approved Plans and Specifications" as used in these
						rules and regulations shall mean plans, specifications, addenda and change
						orders which have been duly approved by the Office of the State Architect
						pursuant to Sections
						39143 and
						81133 of
						the Education Code and which are identified by a stamp bearing the name "Office
						of the State Architect," the application number, date, and signature of an
						officer of the office.
"Architect" shall mean a certified architect holding a
						valid license under Chapter 3, Division 3, of the California Business and
						Professions Code.
"Garrison Act (1939)," Sections
						39210-
						39227 and
						81160-
						81178 of
						the Education Code, as amended, prescribes the actions to be taken by school
						board members to preclude personal liability for the continued use of unsafe
						school buildings.
"Inspector" shall mean any inspector duly approved by the
						office for a particular project. The project inspector shall be responsible for
						inspecting all work included in a contract. A special inspector shall be
						responsible only for inspecting the work for which he was approved.
"Maintenance" shall mean and include ordinary upkeep or
						repair work such as replacements in kind, repainting, replastering and
						reroofing.
"New School Building" shall mean any newly erected school
						building or any existing owned or purchased building converted to school use
						subsequent to the effective date of the act. (See Section
						16.)
"Nonstructural Alterations" shall mean only such
						alterations as do not affect the safety of the school building and that do not
						change, in any manner, its structural elements.
"Office of the State Architect" or "office," or initials
						"OSA," shall mean the Structural Safety Section of the Office of the State
						Architect in the State Department of General Services. Approval, disapproval,
						orders and certificates of approval shall be issued directly by the Chief
						Structural Engineer who shall act for the Department of General Services in
						carrying out the provisions of the act.
"Offsite Location" is a building so designated by the
						governing board of any school district which is primarily used for other than
						public school purposes, and in which instruction in educational programs are
						conducted which require such an "offsite location" in order to fulfill the
						objective of the program. (See Education Code Sections
						39249 and
						81529.)
"Plans" as used in these regulations shall mean the
						drawings associated with the project such as but not limited to, vicinity maps,
						site plans, foundation plans, floor plans, ceiling plans, roof plans,
						cross-sections, interior elevations, exterior elevations and details.
"Professional Engineer" as used in these rules and
						regulations shall mean an engineer holding a valid certificate under Chapter 7,
						Division 3, of the California Business and Professions Code, in that branch of
						engineering which is applicable.
"Reconstruction" is the repair of damage to an existing
						approved school building or an alteration of an existing non-conforming
						building to bring it into full conformance with the safety standards
						established by these rules and regulations.
"Registered Engineer" as used in these rules and
						regulations shall mean a structural engineer or a professional engineer as
						defined in this section.
"Relocatable Structure" is any structure capable of being
						readily moved.
"School Board" shall mean and include district boards of
						trustees, city boards of education and other appropriate authorities for which
						any school building used or designed to be used for elementary or secondary
						school or community college purposes is to be constructed, reconstructed,
						altered, or added to by the state, or by any county, city, city and county, or
						other political subdivision, or by any school or community college district of
						any kind or character within the state, or by the United States government, or
						any agency thereof.
"School Building" as defined in Sections
						39141 and
						81131 of the act is interpreted to
						include all structures, including utility systems or facilities necessary to
						the complete functioning of the structures, used or designed to be used for
						instructional purposes, or intended to be entered by pupils or teachers, as
						such, or structures operated as school units, the collapse of which would
						endanger pupils or teachers on school grounds or in school buildings.
The following are not considered to be school buildings
						but may be included for review under the provisions of the act if desired by
						the school district: one story buildings not over 250 square feet in area when
						used exclusively as accessory facilities to athletic fields (equipment storage,
						toilets, snack bars, ticket booths, etc); lath houses and greenhouses not over
						400 square feet in area; lighting poles less than 35 feet above the grade,
						antenna towers less than 35 feet above grade or less than 25 feet above a
						building roof line, retaining walls less than 4 feet above the top of
						foundations and not supporting a surcharge, concrete or masonry fences or yard
						walls less than 6 feet above adjacent grade, signs, scoreboards or solid clad
						fences less than 8 feet above adjacent grade, bleachers and grandstands 5 rows
						of seats or less above grade; playground equipment; all flagpoles; open mesh
						fences and baseball backstops; and "temporary-use" buildings as defined
						below.
"Structural Engineer" as used in these rules and
						regulations shall mean a professional engineer holding a valid certificate to
						use the title structural engineer under the law regulating the practice of
						civil engineering comprising Chapter 7 of Division 3, of the Business and
						Professions Code, relating to professional engineers.
"Temporary-Use Building" is any building for which the
						intended use by the school district at the time of entering into a lease
						contract or agreement is not for more than three years from the date of first
						occupancy.
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  39152 and
						  81142,
						  Education Code. Reference: Sections
						  39140,
						  39141,
						  39249,
						  81130,
						  81131 and
						  81529,
						  Education Code.