Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 041 - Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0003 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1-3 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) "Addition"
				means an extension or increase in floor area, number of stories or height of a
				building or structure.
(b)
				"Building Code" means the International Building Code, as currently adopted by
				the Council. The provisions of this code shall apply to the construction,
				alteration, moving, demolition, repair, maintenance and use of any building or
				structure within this jurisdiction.
(c) "Design Professional" is an architect or
				engineer, registered or licensed to practice architecture or engineering, as
				defined by statutory requirements of the professional registration laws of the
				state of Wyoming.
(d) "Existing
				Building Code" means the International Existing Building Code, as currently
				adopted by the Council. The provisions of this code shall apply to the
				alteration, addition to, or change of occupancy group or use of existing
				buildings.
(e) "Factory built
				housing" means manufactured homes or mobile homes.
(f) "Fire Code" means the International Fire
				Code, as currently adopted by the Council. The provisions of this code
				prescribe regulations consistent with nationally recognized good practice for
				the safeguarding, to a reasonable degree, of life and property from hazards of
				fire, explosions and dangerous conditions arising from the storage and handling
				and use of hazardous materials and devices and from conditions hazardous to
				life or property in the use or occupancy of buildings or premises and
				provisions to assist emergency response personnel.
(g) "Plan Review Comment Letter" means a
				detailed report that lists the code deficiencies noted during the plan review
				process that may need to be corrected and resubmitted. This list is also
				referred to as "Review Comments".
(h) "HUD Code" means the National
				Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act,
				42 U.S.C. Sec.
				5401 et seq.
(i) "Mechanical Code" means the International
				Mechanical Code, as currently adopted by the Council. The provisions of this
				code shall apply to the erection, installation, alteration, repair, relocation,
				replacement, addition to, use or maintenance in the state of any heating,
				ventilating, cooling, refrigeration systems, incinerators or other
				miscellaneous heat-producing appliances.
(j) "Mobile home" means a transportable
				factory built housing unit built on or before June 15, 1976, in accordance with
				a state mobile home code which existed prior to the Federal Manufactured
				Housing and Safety Standards Act (HUD Code).
(k) "National Electrical Code (NEC)" is the
				current electrical code created by the National Fire Protection Association
				whose purpose is the practical safeguarding of persons and property from
				hazards arising from the use of electricity, and enforcement may be delayed
				until July of that year.
(l)
				"Nationally Recognized Standards" means standards that are generally accepted
				as reliable or authoritative.
(m)
				"Owner" means the person holding legal title to a building or real
				property.
(n) "Participant Sports
				Area" as referenced in the International Building Code shall include the
				playing area and the area surrounding the playing area, provided the occupants
				of the surrounding area are associated with the participant, and the total
				occupant load of the building is less than 50 and the building contains no
				other occupancies or uses.
(o)
				"Permanent Power" means an electrical service that has been installed to
				provide power in or on a building, mobile home and premises.
(p) "Plans" means drawings or diagrams,
				calculations, design professional's seal or letter of approval, cut sheets
				(material specifications), technical specifications and any other design
				documents as needed, showing the arrangement in horizontal section of a
				building or aboveground flammable or combustible storage tank, which may
				include details of foundations, structural components, framing, plumbing,
				mechanical, electrical systems and fire protection systems.
(q) "Plan Review Submittal" means the
				electronic files that contain detailed information from the plan submitter,
				including designs, specifications and other supporting documents providing
				specific required information related to the proposed project.
(r) "Preliminary Review" means a discussion
				or procedure leading to the final review of submitted plans.
(s) "Public Building" means a building
				intended for access by the general public.
(t) "Remodeling" includes repairing, altering
				or adding to a building or its electrical system.
(u) "Temporary Power" means an electrical
				service that has been installed to provide power during construction or
				remodeling and will be removed after permanent power is installed.
(v) "Valuation" of a building shall be the
				estimated cost to replace the building or structure in kind, based on the
				current International Code Council Building Valuation Data Table. Valuation may
				also refer to the estimated construction cost of a system of building
				components only, such as a "fire protection sprinkler system" or "fire alarm
				system" or "fire suppression system".