Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4101:3 - Board of Building Standards: Ohio Plumbing Code › Chapter 4101:3-2 - Definitions › Section 4101:3-2-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Chapter 2 of the International Plumbing
				Code, 2021 edition, as incorporated by reference and modified in Section
				101.1.1 of this code, is further modified as follows:
Modify section 202 to replace or
				add the following definitions:
ABOVE-GROUND STORAGE TANK
A vessel, intended for fixed installation
				above grade, at grade, or below grade without backfill, used for the purpose of
				bulk storage, dispensing, handling or processing of hazardous, flammable or
				combustible liquids or gases and not connected to and utilized for the
				operation of building service equipment.
ACCEPTED ENGINEERING
				PRACTICE.
That which conforms to accepted
				principles, tests or standards of nationally recognized technical or scientific
				authorities. Where a standard is referred to in Chapter 4101:3-15 of the
				Administrative Code relative to "accepted engineering practice," conformity to
				the applicable technical provisions, requirements, recommendations, and
				determinations in the standard or other publications is prima-fascia evidence
				of conformity with accepted engineering practice.
ALTERNATE ON-SITE NONPOTABLE
				WATER.
Nonpotable water from other than
				public utilities, on-site surface sources and subsurface natural freshwater
				sources. Examples of such water are graywater, on-site reclaimed water,
				collected rainwater, captured condensate and rejected water from reverse
				osmosis systems. Private water supplies and recycled water systems are
				regulated by the Ohio Department of Health rules found in Chapter 3701-28 of
				the Administrative Code.
ALTERNATIVE ENGINEERED
				DESIGN.
A plumbing system that performs in
				accordance with the intent of Chapters 3 through 12 and provides an equivalent
				level of performance for the protection of public health, safety, and welfare.
				See Section 106.5 of the building
				code.
APPROVED.
Determined to be in compliance by the authority having
				jurisdiction in accordance with the rules of the board.
APPROVED AGENCY.
An established and accredited testing laboratory,
				listing agency, inspection body, or field evaluation body recognized by the
				board of building standards providing services consistent with their
				accreditation and the code section requiring the approved agency
				service.
BACKFLOW PREVENTER.
A backflow prevention assembly, a backflow prevention
				device, or other means or method to prevent backflow into the potable water
				supply. A backflow preventer is classified as either a "CONTAINMENT BACKFLOW
				PREVENTION DEVICE" or an "ISOLATION BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE".
BUILDING.
Any structure utilized or intended for supporting or
				sheltering any occupancy, function, or activity. This includes, but is not
				limited to, structures built or used for the shelter, occupancy, enclosure or
				support of persons, animals, or chattels. For the purposes of this code, the
				term "building" is to be construed as followed by the words "or portion
				thereof."
BUILDING CODE.
The "Ohio Building Code".
BUILDING OFFICIAL.
The superintendent of the division of industrial
				compliance of the Ohio department of commerce or the person appointed by the
				superintendent to enforce this code in that division, or the designated
				authority charged with the administration and enforcement of this code,
				approved by the board in accordance with section 103 of this code, in a
				municipal corporation, township or county having a building department,
				certified by the board pursuant to section
				3781.10 of the Revised Code, or
				the health commissioner or his authorized representative in health districts,
				whichever one has jurisdiction.
BUILDING SERVICE
				EQUIPMENT.
Equipment, appliances,
				materials, devices, and systems integrated into a building that provide space
				heating, air conditioning, ventilation, fire protection, lighting, electricity,
				sanitation, water, water heating, cooking, medical gas, medical vacuum, and
				clothes drying. Building service equipment begins from the connected stored
				source of liquid or gas fuel or electrical power supplying the equipment or the
				utility service point/point of delivery and extends through the point of use
				but does not include process equipment that may also be connected to the same
				source.
BUILDING SERVICES PIPING.
All piping systems and their component
				parts that are part of a building system and that promote the safe, sanitary,
				and energy efficient occupancy of a building. Building services piping
				includes, but is not limited to, cold and hot potable water distribution for
				plumbing fixtures; sanitary lines from plumbing fixtures; nonflammable medical
				gas systems; medical oxygen systems; medical vacuum systems; fire protection
				piping systems and compressed air in dry systems; refrigeration, chilled water,
				condenser and cooling tower water, brine, and water/antifreeze systems; steam,
				steam condensate, and hot water piping systems; and fuel oil piping and fuel
				gas piping for heating, cooling, and cooking applications. See division (A) of
				section 4104.41 of the Revised
				Code.
CODE.
Those rules contained in Chapters 4101:3-1 to 4101:3-15
				of the Administrative Code.
CODE OFFICIAL.
See "BUILDING OFFICIAL".
COLLECTION PIPE.
Unpressurized pipe used within the collection system
				that drains on-site nonpotable water or rainwater to a storage tank by gravity.
				Private water supplies and recycled water systems are regulated by the Ohio
				Department of Health rules found in Chapter 3701-28 of the Administrative
				Code.
CONSTRUCTION
				DOCUMENTS.
The written, graphic and
				pictorial documents prepared or assembled for describing the design, location
				and physical characteristics of the elements of a project necessary for
				obtaining plan approval in accordance with section 106 of the building
				code.
CONTAINMENT BACKFLOW PREVENTION
				DEVICE.
A device for the prevention of the
				backflow of liquids, solids, or gases that is installed by the supplier of, or
				as a requirement of, any public water system as defined in division (A) of
				section 6109.01 of the Revised Code.
ENGINE-MOUNTED TANK.
A fuel tank furnished by the engine manufacturer or the
				emergency power system supplier and mounted on the engine, the engineframe, or
				under as a subbase.
EXISTING
				INSTALLATION.
Any plumbing system
				regulated by this code that has been installed and for which a certificate of
				occupancy has been or can be issued in accordance with section
				111.4 of the building
				code.
FIRE CODE.
The "Ohio Fire Code".
FUEL TANK.
A tank containing fuel for an engine(s) or
				appliance.
GRAYWATER.
Waste discharged from lavatories, bathtubs, showers,
				clothes washers and laundry trays. Private water supplies and recycled water
				systems are regulated by the Ohio Department of Health rules found in Chapter
				3701-28 of the Administrative Code.
HUB DRAIN.
A drain whose inlet terminates not less than one inch
				(25.4mm) above the finished floor.
INDIVIDUAL WATER
				SUPPLY.
A water supply that serves one or
				more families, and that is not an approved public water supply. Private water
				supplies and recycled water systems are regulated by the Ohio Department of
				Health rules found in Chapter 3701-28 of the Administrative Code.
ISOLATION BACKFLOW PREVENTION
				DEVICE.
A device for the prevention of the
				backflow of liquids, solids, or gases that is regulated by the plumbing code
				adopted pursuant to section 3781.10 of the Revised Code and rules adopted
				pursuant to this section. See "BACKFLOW PREVENTER".
JURISDICTION.
The authority to enforce this code by municipal
				corporations, townships or counties certified by the board in accordance with
				section 3781.10 of the Revised Code, or
				by general health districts, or by the division of industrial compliance in the
				department of commerce.
LABEL.
An identification applied on a product by the
				manufacturer that contains the name of the manufacturer, the function and
				performance characteristics of the product or material, and the name and
				identification of an approved agency and that indicates that the representative
				sample of the product or material has been tested and evaluated by an approved
				agency (see building code section
				1703.5 and building code
				definitions of "MANUFACTURER'S DESIGNATION" and "MARK").
LISTED.
Equipment, appliances, materials, products or services
				included in a directory published by an approved agency whose listing states
				either that the equipment, appliance, material, product or service meets
				identified standards listed in this code or have been tested and found suitable
				for use in a specified manner.
MECHANICAL CODE.
The "Ohio Mechanical Code".
NUISANCE.
See "Public Nuisance."
ON-SITE NONPOTABLE WATER REUSE
				SYSTEM.
A water system for the collection,
				treatment, storage, distribution and reuse of nonpotable water generated on
				site, including but not limited to a gray water system. This definition does
				not include a rainwater harvesting system. Private water supplies and recycled
				water systems are regulated by the Ohio Department of Health rules found in
				Chapter 3701-28 of the Administrative Code.
POWER PIPING.
Piping systems and their component parts that are not
				building services piping systems, and that may be installed within electric
				power generating stations, industrial and institutional plants, utility
				geothermal heating systems, and central and district heating and cooling
				systems. Power piping includes, but is not limited to, piping used in the
				distribution of plant and process steam at boiler pressures greater than
				fifteen pounds per square inch gauge, high temperature water piping from high
				pressure and high temperature boilers, power boiler steam condensate piping,
				high pressure and high temperature water condensate piping, and compressed air
				and hydraulic piping upstream of the first stop valve off a system distribution
				header. See division (B) of section
				4104.41 of the Revised
				Code.
PRIVATE.
In the classification of plumbing fixtures, "private"
				applies to fixtures that are intended only for a small group of persons and are
				not open to and available for use by all persons within the building. Examples
				of private fixtures include, but are not limited to, fixtures within dwelling
				units, sleeping units, guest rooms, patient sleeping rooms, and individual
				offices, and separate employee fixtures not intended for customers, patrons,
				and visitors.
PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL SWIMMING
				POOL.
Any indoor or outdoor structure,
				chamber, or tank containing a body of water for swimming, diving or bathing
				located at a dwelling containing not more than 3 dwelling units and used
				exclusively by the dwelling's residents, their nonpaying guests or paying
				guests of a resident for the purpose of participating in a certified swimming
				class where the resident is a certified swimming instructor and is conducting
				the certified swimming class on a one-on-one basis and not more than four
				individuals are in the pool at the same time during the class. Any swimming
				pool other than a private swimming pool is classified as a public swimming
				pool.
PROCESS PIPING.
Piping systems and their component parts that are not
				building services or power piping systems and that may be installed in
				petroleum refineries; chemical, pharmaceutical, textile, paper, semiconductor,
				and cryogenic plants; and related processing plants and terminals. See division
				(C) of section 4104.41 of the Revised
				Code.
PUBLIC OR PUBLIC UTILIZATION.
In the classification of plumbing
				fixtures, "public" applies to fixtures that are not defined as "private" and
				that are open to and available for use by all persons within the building,
				including customers, patrons, and visitors.
PUBLIC NUISANCE.
Any building, structure, or part thereof, constructed,
				erected, altered, manufactured, or repaired not in accordance with the Ohio
				Revised Code or the rules of the board, and any building, structure, or part
				thereof in which there is installed, altered, or repaired any fixture, device,
				and material, or plumbing, heating, or ventilating system, or electric wiring
				not in accordance with the Ohio Revised Code or the rules of the board. See
				division (C) of section
				3781.11 of the Revised
				Code.
PUBLIC SEWER.
That part of the drainage system of pipes, installed
				and maintained by a city, township, county, public utility company or other
				public entity, and located on public property, in the public way or in an
				approved dedicated easement of public or community use.
PUBLIC SWIMMING
				POOL.
Any indoor or outdoor structure,
				chamber, or tank containing a body of water for swimming, diving, or bathing
				that is intended to be used collectively for swimming, diving, or bathing and
				is operated by any person whether as the owner, lessee, operator, licensee, or
				concessionaire, regardless of whether or not a fee is charged for use, but does
				not mean any public bathing area or private residential swimming
				pool.
READY ACCESS.
That which enables a fixture, appliance or equipment to
				be directly reached without requiring the removal or movement of any panel,
				door or similar obstruction and without the use of a portable ladder, step
				stool or similar device. (See also "ACCESS (TO)").
RECLAIMED WATER.
Nonpotable water that has been derived from the
				treatment of waste water by a facility or system licensed or permitted to
				produce water meeting the jurisdiction's water requirements for its intended
				uses. Also known as "recycled water". Private water supplies and recycled water
				systems are regulated by the Ohio Department of Health rules found in Chapter
				3701-28 of the Administrative Code.
REGISTERED DESIGN
				PROFESSIONAL.
Any architect holding a
				certificate issued under section
				4703.10 of the Revised Code, any
				landscape architect holding a certificate issued under section
				4703.36 of the Revised Code, or
				any engineer holding a certificate issued under section
				4733.14 of the Revised
				Code.
RODENT PROOFING.
The installation of plumbing systems in a manner which
				will prevent the entry of rodents into a structure through openings created
				when any part of a plumbing system penetrates an exterior wall or floor
				assembly located near or on grade.
SINK, SERVICE
. Any designated sink so approved for liquid discharge,
				liquid filling, cleaning, and washing in a facility, and installed in a
				dedicated area or space.
SWIMMING POOL.
A permanent or temporary structure that is intended to
				be used for swimming, bathing or wading and that is designed and manufactured
				or built to be connected to a circulation system. A swimming pool can be open
				to the public regardless of whether a fee is charged for its use or can be
				accessory to a residential setting where the pool is available only to the
				household and guests of the household.
THIRD-PARTY CERTIFICATION
				AGENCY.
Deleted
THIRD-PARTY
				CERTIFIED.
Deleted
WASTE RECEPTOR.
A device for receiving the discharge of a waste pipe or
				pipes and discharges them by gravity into the sanitary drainage system. Waste
				receptors include, but are not limited to, floor drains, floor sinks, trench
				drains, hub drains, standpipes, mop basins, service sinks, and laundry
				trays.
WATER DISPENSER.
A plumbing fixture that is manually controlled by the
				user for the purpose of dispensing potable drinking water into a receptacle
				such as a cup, glass or bottle. Such fixture is connected to the potable water
				distribution system of the premises.
This definition also includes a
				free-standing apparatus for the same purpose that is not connected to the
				potable water distribution system and that is supplied with potable water from
				a container, bottle or reservoir.
WELL.
Private water supplies and recycled water systems are
				regulated by the Ohio Department of Health rules found in Chapter 3701-28 of
				the Administrative Code.
Bored.
Deleted.
Drilled.
Deleted.
Driven.
Deleted.
Dug.
Deleted.
Replaces: 4101:3-2-01