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SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES: Sec. C3-32. Definitions.

Copyrighted by SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE & Municipal Code Corporation, 1998.

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Sec. C3-32. Definitions.

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) Essential building: Any building housing a hospital or other medical facility having surgery or emergency treatment areas; fire or police stations; municipal government disaster operation and communication centers.

(b) High-risk building: Any building, not classified as an essential building, having an occupant load of 100 or more, but not including any building having exterior walls braced with masonry crosswalls or wood frame crosswalls spaced less than 40 feet apart in each story, and not including any building used for its intended purpose, as determined by the Building Official, for less than 20 hours per week. The crosswalls referred to herein shall be full story height with a minimum length of 1 1/2 times the story height.

(c) Medium-risk building: Any building, not classified as an essential building, having an occupant load of between 20 and 99.

(d) Low-risk building: Any building, not classified as an essential building, having an occupant load of no more than 19 occupants.

(e) Unreinforced masonry bearing wall: A masonry wall which provides the vertical support for a floor or roof, the total superimposed load of which is over 100 pounds per linear foot, and the area of reinforcing steel of which is less than 50 percent of that required under Section 2407(h)4B of the Uniform Building Code.

(f) UBC: The Uniform Building Code, 1985 Edition.

(g) All applicable definitions in Sections 2302 and 2312 of the UBC.

(Ord. No. NS-1100.78, § III, 12-12-89; Ord. No. NS-1100.88, § 2, 6-29-99)

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