201 General — 2025 California Green Building Standards Code
California Green Building Standards Code (Title 24, Part 11) · 2025 edition · updated 2026-09-25 · California
Cite as: 2025 California Green Building Standards Code (Title 24, Part 11) § 201 · Effective January 1, 2026 · Official source: Building Standards Commission
201.1 Scope.¶
Unless otherwise stated, the following words and terms shall, for the purposes of this code, have the meanings shown in this chapter.
201.2 Interchangeability.¶
Words used in the present tense include the future; words stated in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter; the singular number includes the plural and the plural, the singular.
201.3 Terms defined in other documents.¶
Where terms are not defined in this code and are defined in the California Building Stan- dards Code or other referenced documents, such terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them as in those publications.
201.4 Terms not defined.¶
Where terms are not defined as specified in this section, such terms shall have ordinarily accepted meanings such as the context implies.
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