• B

  • basements
    means one or more storeys of a building located below the first storey.
  • building
    means, (a) a structure occupying an area greater than ten square metres consisting of a wall, roof and floor or any of them or a structural system serving the function thereof including all plumbing, works, fixtures and service systems appurtenant thereto, (b) a structure occupying an area of ten square metres or less that contains plumbing, including the plumbing appurtenant thereto, (c) plumbing not located in a structure, (c.1) a sewage system, or (d) structures designated in the building code.

  • C

  • construction
    means to do anything in the erection, installation, extension or material alteration or repair of a building and includes the installation of a building unit fabricated or moved from elsewhere and “construction” has a corresponding meaning; (“construire”, “construction”, “travaux de construction”)

  • F

  • farm building
    means 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.
  • foundation
    means a system or arrangement of foundation units through which the loads from a building are transferred to supporting soil or rock.

  • M

  • major occupancy
    means the principal occupancy for which a building or part of a building is used or intended to be used, and is deemed to include the subsidiary occupancies that are an integral part of the principal occupancy.

  • O

  • occupancy
    means the use or intended use of a building or part of a building for the shelter or support of persons, animals or property.

  • P

  • performance level
    means the level of performance under which all or part of an existing building functions with respect to its building systems.

  • R

  • residential occupancy
    means the occupancy or use of a building or part of a building by persons for whom sleeping accommodation is provided but who are not harboured or detained there to receive medical care or treatment or who are not involuntarily detained there.