Cal. Code Regs. tit. 21 § 14
"Act" shall mean the Field Act, Sections 39140-39155 and 81130-81145, inclusive, of the Education Code.
"Addition" as that term is used in the act shall mean an increase in floor area or volume of enclosed space which is physically attached to an existing building by connections which are required for transmitting vertical or horizontal loads between units. An "addition" which is not required to be physically attached either for its own support or for support of the existing building shall be separated as required by Title 24, CAC, Section 2-2312(h), and shall be deemed to be the construction of a school building as that term is used in Sections 39140 and 81130 of the act.
"Alteration" is a change within an existing building. The relocation or moving of an existing school building may be considered to be an alteration for filing purposes.
"Approved Building" shall mean a building which was constructed or reconstructed in accordance with Article 3 or 7 commencing with Sections 39140 and 81130, respectively, of the Education Code.
"Approved Plans and Specifications" as used in these rules and regulations shall mean plans, specifications, addenda and change orders which have been duly approved by the Office of the State Architect pursuant to Sections 39143 and 81133 of the Education Code and which are identified by a stamp bearing the name "Office of the State Architect," the application number, date, and signature of an officer of the office.
"Architect" shall mean a certified architect holding a valid license under Chapter 3, Division 3, of the California Business and Professions Code.
"Garrison Act (1939)," Sections 39210- 39227 and 81160- 81178 of the Education Code, as amended, prescribes the actions to be taken by school board members to preclude personal liability for the continued use of unsafe school buildings.
"Inspector" shall mean any inspector duly approved by the office for a particular project. The project inspector shall be responsible for inspecting all work included in a contract. A special inspector shall be responsible only for inspecting the work for which he was approved.
"Maintenance" shall mean and include ordinary upkeep or repair work such as replacements in kind, repainting, replastering and reroofing.
"New School Building" shall mean any newly erected school building or any existing owned or purchased building converted to school use subsequent to the effective date of the act. (See Section 16.)
"Nonstructural Alterations" shall mean only such alterations as do not affect the safety of the school building and that do not change, in any manner, its structural elements.
"Office of the State Architect" or "office," or initials "OSA," shall mean the Structural Safety Section of the Office of the State Architect in the State Department of General Services. Approval, disapproval, orders and certificates of approval shall be issued directly by the Chief Structural Engineer who shall act for the Department of General Services in carrying out the provisions of the act.
"Offsite Location" is a building so designated by the governing board of any school district which is primarily used for other than public school purposes, and in which instruction in educational programs are conducted which require such an "offsite location" in order to fulfill the objective of the program. (See Education Code Sections 39249 and 81529.)
"Plans" as used in these regulations shall mean the drawings associated with the project such as but not limited to, vicinity maps, site plans, foundation plans, floor plans, ceiling plans, roof plans, cross-sections, interior elevations, exterior elevations and details.
"Professional Engineer" as used in these rules and regulations shall mean an engineer holding a valid certificate under Chapter 7, Division 3, of the California Business and Professions Code, in that branch of engineering which is applicable.
"Reconstruction" is the repair of damage to an existing approved school building or an alteration of an existing non-conforming building to bring it into full conformance with the safety standards established by these rules and regulations.
"Registered Engineer" as used in these rules and regulations shall mean a structural engineer or a professional engineer as defined in this section.
"Relocatable Structure" is any structure capable of being readily moved.
"School Board" shall mean and include district boards of trustees, city boards of education and other appropriate authorities for which any school building used or designed to be used for elementary or secondary school or community college purposes is to be constructed, reconstructed, altered, or added to by the state, or by any county, city, city and county, or other political subdivision, or by any school or community college district of any kind or character within the state, or by the United States government, or any agency thereof.
"School Building" as defined in Sections 39141 and 81131 of the act is interpreted to include all structures, including utility systems or facilities necessary to the complete functioning of the structures, used or designed to be used for instructional purposes, or intended to be entered by pupils or teachers, as such, or structures operated as school units, the collapse of which would endanger pupils or teachers on school grounds or in school buildings.
The following are not considered to be school buildings but may be included for review under the provisions of the act if desired by the school district: one story buildings not over 250 square feet in area when used exclusively as accessory facilities to athletic fields (equipment storage, toilets, snack bars, ticket booths, etc); lath houses and greenhouses not over 400 square feet in area; lighting poles less than 35 feet above the grade, antenna towers less than 35 feet above grade or less than 25 feet above a building roof line, retaining walls less than 4 feet above the top of foundations and not supporting a surcharge, concrete or masonry fences or yard walls less than 6 feet above adjacent grade, signs, scoreboards or solid clad fences less than 8 feet above adjacent grade, bleachers and grandstands 5 rows of seats or less above grade; playground equipment; all flagpoles; open mesh fences and baseball backstops; and "temporary-use" buildings as defined below.
"Structural Engineer" as used in these rules and regulations shall mean a professional engineer holding a valid certificate to use the title structural engineer under the law regulating the practice of civil engineering comprising Chapter 7 of Division 3, of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professional engineers.
"Temporary-Use Building" is any building for which the intended use by the school district at the time of entering into a lease contract or agreement is not for more than three years from the date of first occupancy.
Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 21, § 14
Note: Authority cited: Sections 39152 and 81142, Education Code. Reference: Sections 39140, 39141, 39249, 81130, 81131 and 81529, Education Code.