Defined Terms Flashcards
Food premises
A floor area where food or drink for human consumption, or an ingredient of food or drink for human consumption, is manufactured, processed, prepared, stored, displayed, handled, served, distributed, sold or offered for sale, but does not include,
(a) a private residence,
(b) a boarding house that provides meals for fewer than 10 boarders,
(c) a building to which Ontario Regulation 502/17 (Camps in Unorganized Territory) or Ontario Regulation 503/17 (Recreational Camps) made under the Health Protection and Promotion Act applies,
(d) a plant, as defined in the Milk Act, that is required to be operated under the authority of a licence issued under that Act,
(e) premises where a licensed activity, as defined in the Food Safety and Quality Act, 2001, is carried on by a person who is required to hold a licence issued under that Act,
(f) an egg-grading station or an egg-processing station, as defined in subsection 1 (1) of Ontario Regulation 171/10 (Eggs and Processed Egg), made under the Food Safety and Quality Act, 2001,
(g) a floor area occupied by a church, service club or fraternal organization for the purpose of,
(i) preparing meals for special events for its members and personally invited guests, or
(ii) conducting bake sales, or
(h) a farm building.
Plumbing system
A system of connected piping, fittings, valves, equipment, fixtures and appurtenances contained in plumbing.
Sanitary unit
water closet, urinal, bidet or bedpan washer.
Suite
A single room or series of rooms of complementary use, operated under a single tenancy, and includes,
(a) dwelling units,
(b) individual guest rooms in motels, hotels, boarding houses, rooming houses and dormitories, and
(c) individual stores and individual or complementary rooms for business and personal services occupancies.
Means of egress
Includes exits and access to exits and means a continuous path of travel provided for the escape of persons from any point in a building or in a contained open space to,
(a) a separate building,
(b) an open public thoroughfare, or
(c) an exterior open space that is protected from fire exposure from the building and that has access to an open public thoroughfare.
Noncombustible construction
A type of construction in which a degree of fire safety is attained by the use of noncombustible materials for structural members and other building assemblies.
Building area
The greatest horizontal area of a building above grade,
(a) within the outside surface of exterior walls, or
(b) within the outside surface of exterior walls and the centre line of firewalls.
Business and personal services occupancy
The occupancy or use of a building or part of a building for the transaction of business or the provision of professional or personal services.
Combustible construction
A type of construction that does not meet the requirements for noncombustible construction.
Exit
That part of a means of egress, including doorways, that leads from the floor area it serves to a separate building, an open public thoroughfare or an exterior open space protected from fire exposure from the building and having access to an open public thoroughfare.
Farm building
All or part of a building,
(a) that does not contain any area used for residential occupancy,
(b) that is associated with and located on land devoted to the practice of farming, and
(c) that is used essentially for the housing of equipment or livestock or the production, storage or processing of agricultural and horticultural produce or feeds.
Firewall
A type of fire separation of noncombustible construction that subdivides a building or separates adjoining buildings to resist the spread of fire and that has a fire-resistance rating as prescribed in this Code and the structural stability to remain intact under fire conditions for the required fire-rated time.
Fire separation
A construction assembly that acts as a barrier against the spread of fire.
Fixture
A receptacle, plumbing appliance, apparatus or other device that discharges sewage or clear water waste, and includes a floor drain.
Hotel
A floor area or part of a floor area that contains four or more suites and that provides sleeping accommodation for the travelling public or for recreational purposes.
