(1) "Alter" in its various modes and tenses and its participial forms refers to an alteration.
(2) "Alterations," as applied to a building or structure, means any change, addition or modification in construction or occupancy.
(3) "Construction" means the making, building, alteration, erection, reconstruction, rebuilding or production of a building or addition or extension thereto, or enlargement thereof, in any manner not included in the term "repair."
(4) "Family" means an individual or two or more persons related by blood or marriage or a group of not more than five persons, excluding servants, who need not be related by blood or marriage, living together in a dwelling unit.
(5) "Hospital" means a building of any sort in which sick or injured persons are received or kept for medical, surgical or nursing purposes.
(6) "Occupancy" means the purpose for which a building or structure is used or intended to be used. Change of occupancy is not intended to include change of tenants or proprietors.
(7) "Owner" includes a duly authorized agent or attorney, a purchaser, a devisee, a fiduciary and a person having a vested or contingent interest in the property in question.
(8) "Private residence" means that part of a single, double or multiple dwelling house or building occupied as living or sleeping quarters by one or more family units, exclusive of any portion of such house or building devoted to commercial, processing or manufacturing use.
(9) "Public building" means a building in which persons congregate for civic, political, educational, religious, social or recreational purposes, including among others, state buildings, courthouses, schools, colleges, libraries, museums, exhibit buildings, lecture halls, churches, assembly halls, lodge rooms, dance halls, theaters, skating rinks, bath houses, armories, recreation piers, grandstands and bleachers in exhibition parks or fields, and jails.
(10) "Repair" means restoration of an existing thing to its former state, to refit, to mend, to make good. "Repair" does not include construction, reconstruction, alteration or rebuilding of a building or any part thereof. [Formerly 479.010; 2011 c.97 §7]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources
Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law
Section 479.015 - Smoking in public elevator prohibited; penalty.
Section 479.165 - Certification of fire officials; rules.
Section 479.168 - Definitions for ORS 479.168 to 479.190 and 479.990.
Section 479.170 - Ordering repair of, or removal of material from, buildings.
Section 479.180 - Appeal from order to comply with fire prevention statutes; fee.
Section 479.195 - Assembly occupancy limits; prohibition against exceeding limit; remedies.
Section 479.210 - "Institution" defined for ORS 479.215 to 479.220.
Section 479.250 - Definitions for ORS 479.250 to 479.305.
Section 479.257 - Design features required for certain smoke alarms; rules.
Section 479.297 - Ionization smoke alarms; required equipment; exemptions.
Section 479.305 - Smoking policy disclosure.
Section 479.530 - Definitions for ORS 479.510 to 479.945 and 479.995.
Section 479.540 - Exemptions; rules.
Section 479.545 - License required of state employee; letter of authority.
Section 479.565 - Master individual inspection permits; fee.
Section 479.570 - Energizing of electrical installations; rules.
Section 479.630 - Requirements for obtaining licenses; rules.
Section 479.710 - Electrical installations must meet minimum safety standards.
Section 479.730 - Adoption of rules by Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services.
Section 479.760 - Certification of electrical products; safety indicators.
Section 479.820 - Duties and powers in enforcing law.
Section 479.840 - Fees; rules; means to guarantee payment.
Section 479.850 - Disposition of receipts.
Section 479.853 - Appeal procedure; distribution of major code interpretation decisions.
Section 479.854 - Authority of municipality to require license; approval of ordinance.
Section 479.855 - City and county inspection and enforcement programs.
Section 479.860 - Persons authorized to design, plan and lay out electrical installations; rules.
Section 479.905 - Definitions for ORS 479.870 and 479.905 to 479.945.
Section 479.915 - Limited energy technician license requirements.
Section 479.943 - Activities not subject to licensure under ORS 479.905 to 479.945.
Section 479.945 - Restricted energy contractor’s license; rules; scope; employees.
Section 479.950 - Minimum safety standards; rules; criteria.