South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 19 - STATE BUDGET AND CONTROL BOARD › Article 4 - OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES › Section 19-470.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
For the purpose of these regulations, the following words
				or terms are defined as meaning:
(a) "Agency" means any division, department
			 or section of state or federal government.
(b) "Amendment(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.
(c) "Applicable
			 Governing Body" means a city, county, state, state agency or other political
			 government subdivision or entity authorized to administer and enforce the
			 provisions of this code, as adopted or amended.
(d) "Building Codes" means all construction
			 codes, standards or documents presently listed by name in Chapter 9 of Title 6
			 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended.
(e) "Building Codes Act" means the Building,
			 Housing, Electrical, Plumbing and Gas Codes Act, Chapter 9 of Title 6 of the
			 Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended.
(f) "Building Official" means the officer or
			 other designated authority, or duly authorized representative, charged with the
			 administration and enforcement of building codes and standards.
(g) "Climatological" means the susceptibility
			 of specific unusual reoccurring weather or atmospheric conditions for a local
			 jurisdiction, including hurricanes, tornados, damaging wind, lightning, or
			 floods due to rainfall.
(h)
			 "Council" means the South Carolina Building Codes Council as established by
			 Chapter 9 of Title 6 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as
			 amended.
(i) "Division" means the
			 Office of General Services, State of South Carolina Budget and Control
			 Board.
(j) "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.
(k) "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, snowmelt, wind storms or any combination of such
			 conditions.
(l) "Geographical"
			 means the geographic or topographic characteristics of a specific area or
			 region.
(m) "Geological" means the
			 structure of a specific area or region of the earth's surface.
(n) "Local Enforcement Agency" means the
			 agency of local government with authority to make inspections of buildings and
			 to enforce the laws, ordinances, and regulations enacted by the State and local
			 government, which establish standards and requirements applicable to the
			 construction, alteration, repair and occupancy of buildings.
(o) "Local Government" means any county,
			 city, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of this State and
			 state agencies with authority to establish standards and requirements
			 applicable to the construction, alteration, repair and occupancy of
			 buildings.
(p) "Local Jurisdiction"
			 means any county, city, town, village or other political subdivision of the
			 State of South Carolina.
(q)
			 "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.
(r) "Modular Act" means the Modular Buildings
			 Construction Act, Chapter 43 of Title 23 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina,
			 1976, as amended.
(s) "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.
(t) "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.