675 Ind. Admin. Code 24-1-3

Current through September 4, 2024
Section 675 IAC 24-1-3 - Definitions

Authority: IC 12-17.2-2-9

Affected: IC 16-19-3-4; IC 22-13-2-2

Sec. 3.

For the purpose of this code ( 675 IAC 24-1), the following terms shall have the meaning indicated.

"Building systems" means the group of interacting, interrelated or interdependent elements forming the collective building.

"Commission" means the Indiana fire prevention and building safety commission.

"Egress" means a way out or exit.

"Exempted center" means a day nursery that:

(1) is operated under the federally funded Head Start Program ( 42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) and the Texas Migrant Council;

(2) provides services for children from migrant worker families;

(3) is operated during a single period of less than one hundred twenty (120) consecutive days during a calendar year.

"Exit" means a continuous and unobstructed means of egress to a public way and shall incude intervening aisles, doors, doorways, corridors, exterior exit balconies, ramps, stairways, smokeproof enclosures, horizontal exits, exit passageways, exit courts and yards.

"Grade" (adjacent ground elevation) means the lowest point of elevation of the finished surface of the ground, paving or sidewalk between the building and a line five (5) feet from the building.

675 IAC 24-1-3

Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission; 675 IAC 24-1-3; filed Oct 20, 1987, 12:45 pm: 11 IR 938; readopted filed Sep 11, 2001, 2:49 p.m.: 25 IR 530; readopted filed Sep 21, 2007, 9:20 a.m.: 20071010-IR-675070388RFA; readopted filed Oct 10, 2007, 9:16 a.m: 20071031-IR-675070388RFA; readopted filed Aug 7, 2013, 8:51 a.m.: 20130904-IR-675130181RFA; Readopted filed 7/2/2019, 2:21 p.m.: 20190731-IR-675190264RFA