South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 8 - BUILDING CODES COUNCIL › Article 2 - ADMINISTRATION, PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS AND VARIATIONS, STATE ENERGY STANDARDS › Section 8-215 - Additional Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
In addition to the terms and words defined in Regulation
				8-105, the following terms and
				words shall apply to these Regulations:
(1) "Accessibility Act" means the
			 Construction of Public Buildings for Access by Persons With Disabilities Act,
			 Chapter 5 of Title 10 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as
			 amended.
(2) "Accessibility
			 Committee" means the standing committee for the Council, as created by Chapter
			 5 of Title 10 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as
			 amended.
(3) "Agency" means any
			 division, department or section of state or federal government.
(4) "Building Codes Act" means the Building
			 Codes Act, Chapter 9 of Title 6 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as
			 amended.
(5) "Building Code Cycle"
			 means the time period between the implementation dates of the Codes as adopted
			 by the Council, but no greater than every four years.
(6) "Climatological" means the susceptibility
			 of specific unusual reoccurring weather or atmospheric conditions for a local
			 jurisdiction, including hurricanes, tornadoes, damaging wind, lightning, or
			 floods due to rainfall.
(7) "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.
(8) "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, snow melt, wind storms or any combination of such
			 conditions.
(9) "Geographical"
			 means the geographic or topographic characteristics of a specific area or
			 region.
(10) "Geological" means the
			 structure of a specific area or region of the earth's surface.
(11) "Implementation Date" means the date, as
			 established by Council, that one or more adopted building codes must be placed
			 into effect for administration and enforcement by local
			 jurisdictions.
(12) "Local
			 Enforcement Agency" means an agency of a local jurisdiction with authority to
			 make inspections of buildings and to enforce the laws and regulations enacted
			 by the State, which establish standards and requirements applicable to the
			 construction, alteration, repair and occupancy of buildings.
(13) "Local Jurisdiction" means any county,
			 city, town, village or other political subdivision of the State of South
			 Carolina.
(14) "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.
(15) "Modular Act" means the Modular
			 Buildings Construction Act, Chapter 43 of Title 23 of the Code of Laws of South
			 Carolina, 1976, as amended.
(16)
			 "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.
(17) "Professional Association" means an
			 entity (1) with membership consisting of individuals directly involved in the
			 use, application or enforcement of building codes; (2) that manufactures, tests
			 or provides technical representation for materials, components or methods used
			 in the construction industry; or (3) has a vested interest in any subject
			 matter regulated by any of the Codes.
(18) "Study Committee" means the standing
			 committee for the Council as created by Chapter 9 of Title 6 of the Code of
			 Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended.
(19) "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.