2005 Idaho Code - 39-4105 — DEFINITIONS

                                  TITLE  39
                              HEALTH AND SAFETY
                                  CHAPTER 41
                           IDAHO BUILDING CODE ACT
    39-4105.  DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter, the terms defined in this
section shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
indicates another meaning. Where terms are not defined in this chapter and are
defined in the currently adopted International Building Code published by the
International Code Council, such terms shall have the meanings ascribed to
them in that code:
    (1)  "Administrator" means the administrator of the division of building
safety for the state of Idaho.
    (2)  "Board" means the Idaho building code board, herein created.
    (3)  "Building inspector" means a person who inspects buildings or
structures for compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
    (4)  "Closed construction" means any manufactured building or building
component which may enclose factory installed structural, mechanical,
electrical or plumbing systems and is not open for visual inspection at the
building site.
    (5)  "Commercial coach" means a modular building equipped with the
necessary service connections and made so as to be readily movable as a unit
on its own running gear and originally designated to be used without a
permanent foundation.
    (6)  "Construction" means the erection, fabrication, reconstruction,
demolition, alteration, conversion, or repair of a building, or the
installation of equipment therein normally a part of the structure.
    (7)  "Division" means the state of Idaho division of building safety.
    (8)  "International Fire Code" means the International Fire Code as
published by the International Code Council.
    (9)  "Local government" means any city or county of this state.
    (10) "Manufactured home" means a structure, constructed after June 15,
1976, in accordance with the HUD manufactured home construction and safety
standards, and is transportable in one (1) or more sections, which, in the
traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or is forty (40) body
feet or more in length, or when erected on site, is three hundred twenty (320)
or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to
be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to
the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning,
and electrical systems contained therein, except that such term shall include
any structure which  meets all the requirements of this paragraph except the
size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files
a certification required by the secretary of housing and urban development and
complies with the standards established under 42 U.S.C. section 5401 et seq.
    (11) "Mobile home" means a factory-assembled structure or structures
generally constructed prior to June 15, 1976, and equipped with the necessary
service connections and made so as to be readily movable as a unit or units on
their own running gear and designed to be used as a dwelling unit or units
with or without a permanent foundation.
    (12) "Modular building" means any building or building component, other
than a manufactured or mobile home, which is of closed construction and is
either entirely or substantially prefabricated or assembled at a place other
than the building site.
    (13) "Telecommunications facilities" means all wires, cables, equipment,
apparatus or other installations necessary to furnish service, by which there
is accomplished or may be accomplished, the sending or receiving of
information, data, message writing signs, signals, pictures, and sounds of all
kinds, by aid of such wires, cables, equipment, apparatus or other
installations, but shall not include the habitable structure in which such
telecommunications facilities are housed.