S.C. Code Regs. § § 8-215

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 10, October 25, 2024

Section 8-215 - Additional Definitions

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.

S.C. Code Regs. § 8-215

Added by State Register Volume 22, Issue No. 6, Part 3, eff June 26, 1998. Amended by State Register Volume 29, Issue No. 2, eff February 25, 2005; State Register Volume 48, Issue No. 05, eff. 5/24/2024.