Chapter 2 — DEFINITIONS

Section 202. General Definitions - Amend Section 202 as follows:

Add: ABANDONED shall mean tanks out of service and not being monitored in accordance with this Article and the provisions of the California Health and Safety Code shall be considered abandoned.

Add: CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE shall mean the International Building Code as amended and adopted by the State of California and is another name for the body of regulations known as the California Code of Regulations (C.C.R.), Title 24, Part 9; a portion of the "California Building Standards Code," as defined in the "California Building Standards Law" commencing with Section 18901 of the Health and Safety Code.

Add: CALIFORNIA ELECTRIC CODE shall mean the National Electric Code as amended and adopted by the State of California and is another name for the body of regulations known as the California Code of Regulations (C.C.R.), Title 24, Part 3; a portion of the "California Building Standards Code," as defined in the "California Building Standards Law" commencing with Section 18901 of the Health and Safety Code.

Add: CALIFORNIA MECHANICAL CODE shall mean the International Mechanical Code as amended and adopted by the State of California and is another name for the body of regulations known as the California

Code of Regulations (C.C.R.), Title 24, Part 4; a portion of the "California Building Standards Code," as defined in the "California Building Standards Law" commencing with Section 18901 of the Health and Safety Code.

Add: CALIFORNIA PLUMBING CODE shall mean the International Plumbing Code as amended and adopted by the State of California and is another name for the body of regulations known as the California Code of Regulations (C.C.R.), Title 24, Part 5; a portion of the "California Building Standards Code," as defined in the "California Building Standards Law" commencing with Section 18901 of the Health and Safety Code.

Add: COMBINATION PERMIT allows the performance of building electrical, plumbing, and mechanical work under a single permit and may be issued for certain types of work which the Building Official has identified as being appropriate for such consideration. Fees shall be assessed as established in the Master Fee Schedule.

Add: COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL is any material that, in the form in which it is used, stored, disposed and under the conditions anticipated, will ignite and burn or will add appreciable heat to an ambient fire.

Add: CONTINUOUS GAS DETECTION SYSTEM is an approved gas detection system where the analytical instrument is maintained in continuous operation and sampling is performed without interruption. Analysis is allowed to be performed on a cyclical basis at intervals not to exceed 5 minutes.

Add: CORROSIVE LIQUID is a liquid which, when in contact with living tissue, will cause destruction or irreversible alteration of such tissue by chemical action. Examples include acidic, alkaline or caustic materials. Such material will be considered prima facie corrosive when the pH is 2 or less or 12.5 or more, except for foodstuffs or medicine. This includes materials classified by DOT and Title 22 as corrosives.

Add: CURRENT CODE shall mean the edition of the California Building Code published by the International Code Council as adopted by the City of Oakland under California Health and Safety Code Section 18941.5. The edition to be applied shall be that edition in effect at the time damage occurs.

Add: DEPARTMENT HAVING JURISDICTION wherever reference is made in this Code to "Department Having Jurisdiction," it shall mean the Oakland Fire Department, and its successor in Title.

Add: ENGINEERING EVALUATION means an evaluation of a suspected damaged building or structure, performed under the direction of a fire protection engineer, structural engineer, civil engineer or architect retained by the owner of the building or structure. Engineering evaluations shall, at a minimum, contain recommendations for repair with an appropriate estimate of the construction cost for those repairs.

Add: ESSENTIAL SERVICE FACILITY shall mean that building or structure which has been designated by the City Council to house facilities that are necessary for emergency operations.

Amend: FALSE ALARM is the willful and knowing initiation or transmission of a signal, message or other notification of an event of fire when no such danger exists, or the activation of any fire alarm system due to malfunction, mechanical or electrical defect, improper operation or procedure by any person, or a false oral or written report to any department of the City of Oakland that an emergency exists requiring immediate or emergency response by the Oakland Fire Department

Amend: HIGHLY TOXIC.

Add: 4. A chemical that has a health hazard ranking of 4 in accordance with NFPA Standard 704.

Add: INDEX SHEET is a sheet located within the 1st or 2nd sheet of the plan set that lists all drawings and sheet numbers and a description of each drawing that is part of the plan set or other submittal document.

Amend: JURISDICTION means the City of Oakland.

Add: LOCAL FIRE ALARM shall mean a fire alarm system provided for notification and evacuation of occupants. It shall have more than one notification appliance on each and every floor. The system may notify a monitoring company at the discretion of the Fire Code Official.

Add: NON-PROFESSIONAL is a person that is not licensed or certified by the State of California but is not prohibited by state law from providing a certain service to others or performing certain work for oneself.

Add: OAKLAND BUILDING CONSTRUCTION CODE shall mean the compiled editions of the California Building Standards Codes, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Title 24, Part 2 (Building), Part 3 (Electrical), Part 4 (Mechanical), and Part 5 (Plumbing), and the Uniform Swimming Pool Spa and Hot Tub Code, with local amendments thereto as adopted by the Council of the City of Oakland.

Add: READILY ACCESSIBLE has the same definition as it is defined in the California Plumbing and Mechanical Codes.

Add: REMOVAL means the removal of tanks abandoned or permanently out of service from the ground which may require removal of all levels of containment, foundations, structures, or similar items which would obstruct soil sampling or cleanup of contaminated soil.

Add: REPLACEMENT VALUE is the dollar value, as determined by the building official based upon the square footage and the guidelines used in establishing the valuation of new construction, of replacing the damaged structure with a new structure of the same size, construction material and occupancy on the same site.

Add: SEALED (STAMPED) means the plan(s) is/are sealed, as required by California Business & Professions Code Sections 5536.1 and 5536.2, with originally applied ink applied to the print or copy of the plans or other submittal documents submitted with an application for permit. Information provided on the seal (stamp) shall be in accordance with California Business & Professions Code Section 5536.1 and Title 16, Section 136 of the California Code of Regulations.

Amend: SECONDARY CONTAINMENT is that level of containment that is external to and separate from primary containment and is capable of safely and securely containing the material, without discharge, for a period of time reasonably necessary to ensure detection and remedy of the primary containment failure.

Add: SEGREGATED is storage in the same room or area, but physically separated by distance and independent secondary containment from incompatible materials.

Add: SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATION FACILITY OR COMPARABLE MANUFACTURING, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AREAS is a building or portion of a building classified as a Group H Occupancy in which electrical circuits or similarly manufactured devices are created.

Add: SIGNED shall mean the copies of a plan(s) that were previously "wet" signed (and sealed), and the image of such signing is apparent on the copies of the originals submitted with an application for permit. Also refer to the definition of "wet" signed.

Add: SPECULATIVE WAREHOUSING is a building constructed without a specific use, occupancy hazard designation, or tenant. Buildings that do not have a designed fire sprinkler system for a specific use (occupancy) or storage commodity classification.

Add: STORAGE OR USE FACILITY is a building, portion of a building, or exterior area used for the storage, use, or handling of hazardous materials where the quantity of hazardous materials is equal to or greater than the permit amounts specified in Appendix Chapter 1, Section 105.

Add: STORAGE OR USE SYSTEM is any one or combination of tanks, sumps, waste treatment facilities, pipes, vaults or other portable or fixed containers, and their secondary containment systems which are used, or designed to be used, for the storage, use, or handling of hazardous materials at a storage or use facility. For purposes of this code, a workstation having limited quantities of hazardous materials shall not be treated as a storage system.

Add: TEMPORARY INSTALLATIONS shall mean those that do not exceed one year.

Amend: TOXIC shall mean a chemical that has a health hazard rating of 3 in accordance with NFPA Standard 704.

Add: VALUE OF REPAIR is the dollar value, as determined by the building official, of making the necessary repairs to a damaged structure.

Add: VOLATILE SOLVENT means volatile organic compounds, including: (1) explosive gases, such as Butane, Propane, Xylene, Styrene, Gasoline, Kerosene, 02 or H2; and (2) dangerous poisons, toxins, or carcinogens, such as Methanol, Iso-propyl Alcohol, Methylene Chloride, Acetone, Benzene, Toluene, and Tri-chlor-ethylene.

Add: WASTE OIL is a Class Ill-B waste liquid resulting from the use of Class Ill-B combustible liquids such as waste motor oil, hydraulic oil, lubricating oil, brake fluids and transmission fluids.

Add: "WET" SIGNED shall mean the original plan(s) signed (and sealed) with originally applied ink to the plan(s) or other submittal documents submitted with an application for permit. Also refer to the definition of "signed."

Add: WILDLAND - URBAN INTERFACE FIRE AREAS is all of that area within the City as defined by the Fire Code Official of the City of Oakland, including, but not limited to, the area north and east of the following boundaries:

BEGINNING at the MacArthur Freeway at the San Leandro border to Foothill Boulevard; west on Foothill Boulevard to Stanley; west on Stanley to 98th Avenue; south on 98th Avenue to Stearns Avenue; west on Stearns to Burr Street; west on Burr Street to Thermal; west on Thermal to 8500 Thermal; south at 8500 Thermal to MacArthur Boulevard; west on MacArthur Boulevard to 82nd Avenue; north on 82nd Avenue to Utah Street; west on Utah Street to Partridge Avenue; south on Partridge Avenue to Outlook Avenue; west on Outlook Avenue to Seminary Avenue; south on Seminary Avenue to MacArthur Boulevard; west on

MacArthur Boulevard to Buell Street; north on Buell Street to Tompkins Avenue; west on Tompkins Avenue to End; straight line from Tompkins Avenue to Wisconsin Street; west on Wisconsin Street to Carlsen Street; west on Carlsen Street to Maple Avenue; south on Maple Avenue to Morgan Avenue; west on Morgan Avenue to Barner; south on Barner to Morgan Avenue; west on Morgan Avenue to Coolidge Avenue; North on Coolidge Avenue to Alida Street; west on Alida Street to Lincoln Avenue; south on Lincoln Avenue to Tiffin Road; west on Tiffin Road to Whittle Avenue; west on Whittle Avenue to Fruitvale Avenue (Dimond Park); follow the southern and western boundary of Dimond Park to El Centro Road; west on El Centro Road to Dolores; west on Dolores to Park Boulevard; north on Park Boulevard to Piedmont boundary; Piedmont boundary to Mt. View Cemetery; northern boundary of Mt. View Cemetery to Clarewood Drive; west on Clarewood Drive to Broadway Terrace; south on Broadway Terrace to Margarido Drive; west on Margarido Drive to Lawton; west on Lawton to Broadway; north on Broadway to Keith Avenue; west on Keith Avenue to College Avenue; and north on College Avenue to the corporate limits of the City of Berkeley.

Amend: WORKSTATION is a defined space or independent principal piece of equipment using hazardous materials where a specific function, laboratory procedure or research activity occurs. Approved or listed hazardous materials storage cabinets, flammable liquid storage cabinets or gas cabinets serving a workstation are included as part of the workstation. A workstation is allowed to contain ventilation equipment, fire protection devices, electrical devices, and other processing and scientific equipment.