Section 661.301.2. Definitions.

The following definitions apply to 661—Chapters 300, 301, 302, 303, 310, 315, 322 and 350.

“Appropriated by the state of Iowa”  means funds which are included in a bill enacted by the Iowa general assembly and signed by the governor or which are appropriated in a provision of the Iowa Code.

“Board of appeals”  means the local board of appeals as created by local ordinance.

“Board of review”    or   “board”   means the state building code board of review created by Iowa Code section 103A.15. The three members of the board of review are appointed by the building code commissioner from among the membership of the building code advisory council.

“Building”  means a combination of materials, whether portable or fixed, to form a structure affording facilities or shelter for persons, animals or property. The word “building” includes any part of a building unless the context clearly requires a different meaning. This definition does not apply to 661—Chapter 302.

“Building code advisory council”    or   “council”   means the seven-member council appointed by the governor, pursuant to Iowa Code section 103A.14, to advise and confer with the commissioner on matters relating to the state building code and to approve provisions of the state building code adopted by the commissioner.

“Building component”  means any part, subsystem, subassembly, or other system designed for use in, or as a part of, a structure, including but not limited to: structural, electrical, mechanical, fire protection, or plumbing systems, and including such variations thereof as are specifically permitted by regulation, and which variations are submitted as part of the building system or amendment thereof.

“Building department”  means an agency of any governmental subdivision charged with the administration, supervision, or enforcement of building regulations, prescribed or required by state or local building regulations.

“Building system”  means plans, specifications and documentation for a system of manufactured factory-built structures or buildings or for a type or a system of building components, including but not limited to: structural, electrical, mechanical, fire protection, or plumbing systems, and including such variations thereof as are specifically permitted by regulation, and which variations are submitted as part of the building system or amendment thereof.

“Bureau”  means the building code bureau of the fire marshal division of the department of public safety.

“Commissioner”  means the state building code commissioner appointed by the commissioner of public safety pursuant to Iowa Code section 103A.4.

“Construction”  means the construction, erection, reconstruction, alteration, conversion, repair, equipping of buildings, structures or facilities, and requirements or standards relating to or affecting materials used in connection therewith, including provisions for safety and sanitary conditions.

“Construction cost”  means the total cost of the work to the owner of all elements of the project designed or specified by the design professional including the cost at current market rates of labor and materials furnished by the owner and equipment designed, specified or specifically provided by the design professional. Construction costs shall include the costs of management or supervision of construction or installation provided by a separate construction manager or contractor, plus a reasonable allowance for each construction manager’s or contractor’s overhead and profit.

“Division”  means the fire marshal division of the department of public safety.

“Enforcement authority”  means any state agency or political subdivision of the state that has the authority to enforce the state building code.

“Equipment”  means plumbing, heating, electrical, ventilating, conditioning, refrigeration equipment, and other mechanical facilities or installations.

“Governmental subdivision”  means any state, city, town, county or combination thereof.

“Label”  means an approved device affixed to a factory- built structure or building, or building component, by an approved agency, evidencing code compliance.

“Listing agency”  means an agency approved by the commissioner which is in the business of listing or labeling and which maintains a periodic inspection program on current production of listed models, and which makes available timely reports of such listing including specific information verifying that the product has been tested to approved standards and found acceptable for use in a specified manner.

“Responsible design professional”  means a registered architect or licensed professional engineer who stamps and signs the documents submitted, pursuant to Iowa Code chapters 542B and 544A.

“State fire code”  means administrative rules adopted by the state fire marshal, pursuant to Iowa Code section 100.1, subsection 5.

“State mechanical code”  means the state mechanical code adopted by the state plumbing and mechanical systems board, pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 105.

“State plumbing code”  means the state plumbing code adopted by the state plumbing and mechanical systems board, pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 105.

“Structure”  means that which is built or constructed, an edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner except transmission and distribution equipment of public utilities. “Structure” includes any part of a structure unless the context clearly requires a different meaning.

[ARC 8305B, IAB 11/18/09, effective 1/1/10; ARC 2492C, IAB 4/13/16, effective 5/18/16]