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11B-106 Definitions.

11B-106.1 General.

For the purpose of this chapter, the terms listed in Section 11B-106.5 and defined in Chapter 2 have the indicated meaning.

11B-106.2 Terms defined in referenced standards.

Terms not listed in Section 11B-106.5 and not defined in Chapter 2, Section 202, but specifically defined in a referenced standard, shall have the specified meaning from the referenced standard unless otherwise stated.

11B-106.3 Undefined terms.

The meaning of terms not specifically listed in Section 11B-106.5, and not defined in Chapter 2, Section 202, or in referenced standards shall be as defined by collegiate dictionaries in the sense that the context implies.

11B-106.4 Interchangeability.

See Chapter 2, Section 201.2.

11B-106.5 Defined terms.

The following terms are defined in Chapter 2, Section 202.

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 Advisory 11B-106.5 Defined terms.  Terms defined in Chapter 2, Section 202 and adopted by DSA-AC for access are listed below. Non-italicized terms indicate 2010 Americans with Disabilities Act Standards model code definitions. Italicized terms indicate definitions carried forward from the 2010 California Building Code.◼

ETA Editor's Note

Since hyperlinks are provided throughout this Pocket Guide where certain defined terms are used, the list of defined terms in CBC Chapter 11B is omitted. The definitions of those terms, as well as terms defined in ADA, are located in Section 202.

For simplicity, the following terms defined in Section 202 do not have hyperlinks, unless the Editor has judged that the particular context may benefit from the added clarity of the definition:

                  Accessible

                  Accessible Space

                  Addition

                  ANSI

                  Approved

                  Building

                  Building Official

                  CCR

                  Clear

                  Comply with

                  Disability

                  Element

                  Enforcing Agency

                  Exit

                  Facility

                  Health Care Provider

                  Handrail

                  Historic Buildings

                  If, If ... Then

                  Kitchen or Kitchenette

                  May

                  NFPA

                  Nosing

                  Pedestrian

                  Permanent

                  Permit

                  Private Building or Facility

                  Recommend

                  Remodeling

                  Repair

                  Riser

                  Shall

                  Should

                  Sign

                  Site

                  Space

                  Stair

                  Story

                  Structural Frame

                  Structure

                  Tactile

                  Temporary

                  Tread

                  Walk

                  Wheelchair

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