New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Chapter XXXIII - State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council › Subchapter A - Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code › Part 1219 - Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code › Section 1219.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
General.
In this Part and in Parts 1220, 1221, 1222, 1223, 1224,
					 1225, 1226, and 1227 of this Title, the following terms shall have the
					 following meanings:
(1) 2020 BCNYS.
				  The publication entitled
2020 Building Code of New York State
(publication date: November 2019), published by the International Code Council,
				  Inc. The 2020 BCNYS is incorporated by reference in Part 1221 of this
				  Title.
(2) 2020 EBCNYS. The
				  publication entitled
2020 Existing Building Code of New York
				  State
(publication date: November 2019), published by the
				  International Code Council, Inc. The 2020 EBCNYS is incorporated by reference
				  in Part 1227 of this Title.
(3)
				  2020 FCNYS. The publication entitled
2020 Fire Code of New York
				  State
(publication date: November 2019), published by the
				  International Code Council, Inc. The 2020 FCNYS is incorporated by reference in
				  Part 1225 of this Title.
(4) 2020
				  FGCNYS. The publication entitled
2020 Fuel Gas Code of New York
				  State
(publication date: November 2019), published by the
				  International Code Council, Inc. The 2020 FGCNYS is incorporated by reference
				  in Part 1224 of this Title.
(5)
				  2020 MCNYS. The publication entitled
2020 Mechanical Code of New York
				  State
(publication date: November 2019), published by the
				  International Code Council, Inc. The 2020 MCNYS is incorporated by reference in
				  Part 1223 of this Title.
(6) 2020
				  PCNYS. The publication entitled
2020 Plumbing Code of New York
				  State
(publication date: November 2019), published by the
				  International Code Council, Inc. The 2020 PCNYS is incorporated by reference in
				  Part 1222 of this Title.
(7) 2020
				  PMCNYS. The publication entitled
2020 Property Maintenance Code of New
				  York State
(publication date: November 2019), published by the
				  International Code Council, Inc. The 2020 PMCNYS is incorporated by reference
				  in Part 1226 of this Title.
(8)
				  2020 RCNYS. The publication entitled
2020 Residential Code of New York
				  State
(publication date: November 2019), published by the
				  International Code Council, Inc. The 2020 RCNYS is incorporated by reference in
				  Part 1220 of this Title.
(9)
				  Accessory structure. A structure that is accessory to and incidental to that of
				  a dwelling and that is located on the same lot as the dwelling.
(10) Agricultural building. A structure
				  designed and constructed to house farm equipment, farm implements, poultry,
				  livestock, hay, grain, or other horticultural products. This structure shall
				  not be a place of human habitation or a place of employment where agricultural
				  products are processed, treated or packaged, nor shall it be a place used by
				  the public.
(11) Bed and breakfast
				  dwelling. An owner-occupied residence resulting from a conversion of a
				  one-family dwelling, used for providing overnight accommodations and a morning
				  meal to not more than ten transient lodgers, and containing not more than five
				  bedrooms for such lodgers.
(12)
				  Dwelling. A building that contains one or two dwelling units used, intended, or
				  designed to be used, rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied for living
				  purposes.
(13) Dwelling unit. A
				  single unit providing complete independent living facilities for one or more
				  persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking
				  and sanitation.
(14) Existing
				  building. A building or structure that is legally occupied and/or for which a
				  certificate of occupancy authorizing its use(s) has been issued, without regard
				  to the date on which such legal occupancy began or the date on which such
				  certificate of occupancy was issued. For avoidance of doubt, the term includes
				  a building or structure that was legally occupied and/or for which such a
				  certificate of occupancy was issued prior to the adoption of the rule adding
				  this definition, and a building or structure that was legally occupied and/or
				  for which such a certificate of occupancy was issued at any time after the
				  adoption of said rule.
(15)
				  Guestroom. Any room or rooms used or intended to be used by one or more guests
				  for living or sleeping purposes.
(16) Live/work unit. A dwelling unit or
				  sleeping unit in which a significant portion of the space includes a
				  nonresidential use that is operated by the tenant.
(17) Lodging house. A one-family dwelling
				  where one or more occupants are primarily permanent in nature, and rent is paid
				  for guestrooms.
(18) Story above
				  grade plane. Any story having its finished floor surface entirely above grade
				  plane, or in which the finished surface of the floor next above is any of the
				  following:
(i) more than 6 feet (1829 mm)
				  above grade plane;
(ii) more than 6
				  feet (1829 mm) above the finished ground level for more than 50 percent of the
				  total building perimeter; or
(iii)
				  more than 12 feet (3658 mm) above the finished ground level at any
				  point.
(19) Townhouse. A
				  single-family dwelling unit constructed in a group of three or more attached
				  units in which each unit:
(i) extends from the
				  foundation to the roof;
(ii) has
				  open space on at least two sides; and
(iii) has a separate means of
				  egress.