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Chapter 2 — DEFINITIONS

Section 201 — GENERAL

2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code (Title 24, Part 7.5) · 2025 edition · updated 2026-07-27 · California

201.1 Scope.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following words and terms shall, for the purposes of this code, have the meanings shown in this chapter.

201.2 Interchangeability.

Words stated in the present tense include the future; words stated in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter; and the singular number includes the plural and the plural the singular.

201.3 Terms defined in other codes.

Where terms are not defined in this code and are defined in the California Building Code, Cali- fornia Existing Building Code, California Fire Code, California Electrical Code, California Mechanical Code or California Plumbing Code, such terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them as in those codes.

201.4 Terms not defined.

Where terms are not defined through the methods authorized by this section, such terms shall have their ordinarily accepted meanings such as the context implies.

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▸ Contents — 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code (Title 24, Part 7.5)
2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code (Title 24, Part 7.5)
  1. Chapter 1 — ADMINISTRATION
  2. ▸ Chapter 2 — DEFINITIONS
    Overview
    1. Section 201 — GENERAL
    2. Section 202 — DEFINITIONS
  3. Chapter 3 — WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE AREAS
  4. Chapter 4 — WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE AREA REQUIREMENTS
  5. Chapter 5 — SPECIAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION REGULATIONS
  6. Chapter 6 — FIRE PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS
  7. Chapter 7 — REFERENCED STANDARDS
  8. Appendix A — GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
  9. Appendix B — VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLAN
  10. Appendix C — COMMUNITY WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE (WUI) FIRE HAZ…
  11. Appendix D — MODEL ORDINANCE FOR FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE ADO…
  12. Appendix E — RESERVED
  13. Appendix F — CHARACTERISTICS OF FIRE-SMART VEGETATION
  14. Appendix G — VOLUNTARY HOME-HARDENING RECOMMENDATIONS
  15. Appendix H — REFERENCED CALIFORNIA DOCUMENTS
  16. Appendix I — BOARD OF APPEALS

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