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Section 202 of the IFC is amended to read as follows:

The following definitions and abbreviations are added to those found in Chapter 2 of the International Fire Code:

1. “AWWA” means the American Water Works Association.

2. “Dead-end main” means a water main over 50 feet long and not being fed from both ends at the time of installation.

3. “Expanding water system” means an approved, expanding water system which is undertaking new construction (definition follows) to provide water service to additional service connections. Any expanding water system shall install facilities sized to meet the necessary minimum design criteria for area being served. The expanding system shall show by plans submitted by a registered professional engineer how fire flow, if required, is to be provided and the plan shall be approved by the City of Gig Harbor.

4. Fire Code Official. The Building Official/Fire Marshal of the City of Gig Harbor or other designated authority charged with the administration and enforcement of the code or a duly authorized representative.

5. Fire Department is Pierce Co. Fire District No. 5.

6. Primary Fire Department Access Road. Means any road required to provide access to the front or main entry side of a property or structure.

7. “Private hydrant” means a fire hydrant situated and maintained to provide water for firefighting purposes with restrictions as to use. The location may be such that it is not readily accessible for immediate use by the fire department for other than certain private property.

8. “Public hydrant” means a fire hydrant so situated and maintained as to provide water for firefighting purposes without restriction as to use for the purpose. The location is such that it is accessible for immediate use of the fire department for all nearby property.

9. Secondary Fire Department Access Road. Means any on-site access road required to provide access to remote areas of a property or structure.

10. “Water authority” and “purveyor” means the city public works department, a water district, or other body legally supplying water in the area and approved by the city.

11. “Yard system” means any extension from a transmission main and/or water main onto a development site.

12. COVERED BOAT MOORAGE is a pier or system of floating or fixed access ways to which vessels on water may be secured and any portion of which are covered by a roof.

13. DRAFT CURTAIN is a structure arranged to limit the spread of smoke and heat along the underside of the ceiling or roof.

14. FLOAT is a floating structure normally used as a point of transfer for passengers and goods, or both, for mooring purposes.

15. GRAVITY-OPERATED DROP OUT VENTS are automatic smoke and heat vents containing heat-sensitive glazing designed to shrink and drop out of the vent openings when exposed to fire.

16. MARINA is any portion of the ocean or inland water, either naturally or artificially protected, for the mooring, servicing or safety of vessels and shall include artificially protected works, the public or private lands ashore, and structures or facilities provided within the enclosed body of water and ashore for the mooring or servicing of vessels or the servicing of their crews or passengers.

17. PIER is a structure built over the water, supported by pillars or piles, and used as a landing place, pleasure pavilion or similar purpose.

18. VESSEL is watercraft of any type, other than seaplanes on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation. Included in this definition are non-transportation vessels such as houseboats and boathouses.

19. WHARF is a structure or bulkhead constructed of wood, stone, concrete or similar material built at the shore of a harbor, lake or river for vessels to lie alongside of, and piers or floats to be anchored to.

(Ord. 1451 § 6, 2021; Ord. 1263 § 3, 2013; Ord. 983 § 16, 2005).