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Article II. Amendments

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Chapter 2, Section 208.0, F, is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following provisions shall be substituted therefor:

FIRE CODE – The fire code adopted by this jurisdiction.

FIREPLACE, SOLID-FUEL BURNING – Is a listed and labeled factory-built or site-built hearth and fire chamber constructed of noncombustible material for use with solid fuels and provided with a chimney.

FIREPLACE STOVE – A chimney-connected, solid-fuel-burning stove (appliance) having part of its fire chamber open to the room.

FIRE-RESISTIVE CONSTRUCTION – Construction complying with the requirements of the Building Code for the time period specified.

FLOOD HAZARD AREA – The greater of the following two areas:

(1) The area within a floodplain subject to a 1 percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year.

(2) The area designated as a flood hazard area on a community’s flood hazard map, or otherwise legally designated.

FLOOD HAZARD AREA SUBJECT TO HIGH VELOCITY WAVE ACTION – Area within the flood hazard area that is subject to high-velocity wave action, and shown on a Flood Insurance Rate Map or other flood hazard map as Zone V, VO, VE or V1 – 30.

FLOOR FURNACE – A completely self-contained furnace suspended from the floor of the space being heated, taking air for combustion from outside such space and with means for observing flames and lighting the appliance from such space.

FORCED-AIR-TYPE CENTRAL FURNACE – A central furnace equipped with a fan or blower that provides the primary means for circulation of air.

Horizontal-Type Central Furnace – A furnace designed for low-headroom installations with airflow through the appliance in a horizontal path.

Upflow-Type Central Furnace – A furnace designed with airflow essentially in a vertical path, discharging air at or near the top of the furnace.

Downflow-Type Central Furnace – A furnace designed with airflow essentially in a vertical path, discharging air at or near the bottom of the furnace.

Enclosed Furnace – A specific heating or heating and ventilating furnace incorporating an integral total enclosure and using only outside air for combustion.

FRACTIONATION – A change in composition of a blend by preferential evaporation of the more volatile component or condensation of the less volatile component.

FUSIBLE PLUG – A device arranged to relieve pressure by operation of a fusible member at a predetermined temperature.

(Ord. 19216 § 2, 2-3-09. Code 1995 § 26-501.)