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!'l. ).). 2-18 BUILDING DRAIN is that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of any building and conveys the same to the building sewer. 2-19 BUILDING LIlTS means the line, beyond which property owners or others have no legal or vested right to extend a building or any part thereof 'Without special permission and approval of the proper authorities. 2-20 BUILDING HL3PECTCR means the oi'ficer or other designated authority charged vJi th the responsibility of enforcement of this code under the authority of the governing body. 2-21 BUILDnTG SElVER is that part of the horizontal pJ_plng of a building-drain- age systenl extending from the building drain to its connection 'With the main sewer and conveying the water, liquid, and vlater-carried waste of but one bu'lding. 2-22 CIRCUIT VENT Al\Jl) LOOP VENT is a pipe 'l'Thich vents a series of fixture traps on the same soil or waste branch and which is continued through the roof or reconnected into a vent stack above all fixture-t~ap branches. 2-23 CURB LEVEL is the level of the established curb in front of a building measured at the center of such front. ~fuere no curb has been established, the governing body n~y establish such curb level or its equivalent for the purposes of this code. 2-21+ DEAD LOAD l;1eanS the v1l9ight of wEllls, partitions, floors, roofs, and all other peTI~anent construction of a building. 2-25 DISPLAY SIGN means a structure that is arranged, intended, designed or used as an advertisement, announcment or direction; and includes a. sign, sign screen bill board and advertising devices of any kind. 2-26 IJIiJELLING means a building occupied exclusively for residence purposes and having not more than two apartments, or as a boarding or rooming house serving not more than fifteen (15) persons iuth meals or sleeping accommo- dations or both. 2-2') FIRE DOOR means a door and its assembly so constructed and assembled in place as to give the specified protection against the passage of fire. 2-28 FIRE PARTITION means a partition which subdivides a building to restrict the spread of fire or to prmiide areas of refuge, but is not necessarily dontinuous through all stories nor extended through the roof and has~:.a fire-resistance rating of at least ti'fO hours. 2-29 FIRE RESISTANT RATING means the time in hours that the material or construction will withstand the standard fire exposure as determined by a fire test made in conformity with the "Standard :Hethods of Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials", A.S.T.M., E 119-50. 2-30 FIRE RETARDAJ.LT G'EILING means a ceiling construction which has been proved by test as satisfactory for use as ceiling protection for a floor or roof construet1on vn1ich has, a fire resistant rating of not less than one hour. -8-