Upgrade to remove ads
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account.
Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.
        Help!  

Term
Definition
Accessible   Signifies access that requires the removal of an access panel or similar removable obstruction  
🗑
Readily accessible   Signifies access without the necessity of removing a panel or similar obstruction  
🗑
Accessory structure   A structure that is accessory to and incidental to that of the dwelling(s) and that is located on the same lot  
🗑
  An extension or increase in floor area or height of a building or structure  
🗑
  Stone or masonry veneer secured and supported through the adhesion of an approved bonding material applied to approved backing.  
🗑
Admittance valve    
🗑
  An arrangement where a discharge pipe from a fixture, appliance or device drains indirectly into a receptor below the flood-level rim of the receptor and above the trap seal  
🗑
Forced air circulation   A means of providing space conditioning utilizing movement of air through ducts or plenums by mechanical means  
🗑
Air-conditioning system   A system that consists of heat exchangers, blowers, filters, supply, exhaust and return-air systems, and shall include any apparatus installed in connection therewith.  
🗑
Anchored   Secured in a manner that provides positive connection.  
🗑
Approved   Acceptable to the code official  
🗑
Basement   That portion of a building which is partly or completely below grade  
🗑
  A room containing plumbing fixtures including a bathtub or shower.  
🗑
Bedroom   Any room or space used or intended to be used for sleeping purposes in either a dwelling or sleeping unit.  
🗑
  The official who is charged with the administration and enforcement of this code, or any duly authorized representative.  
🗑
Condemn   To adjudge unfit for occupancy.  
🗑
Detached   When a structural element is physically disconnected from another and that connection is necessary to provide a positive connection.  
🗑
Deterioration   To weaken, disintegrate, corrode, rust or decay and lose effectiveness.  
🗑
Dwelling unit   A single unit providing complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.  
🗑
Easement   That portion of land or property reserved for present or future use by a person or agency other than the legal fee owner(s) of the property. The easement shall be permitted to be for use under, on or above a said lot or lots.  
🗑
Equipment support   Those structural members or assemblies of members or manufactured elements, including braces, frames, lugs, snuggers hangers or saddles, that transmit gravity load, lateral load and operating load between the equipment and the structure.  
🗑
Exterior property   The open space on the premises and on adjoining property under the control of owners or operators of such premises.  
🗑
Garbage   The animal or vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.  
🗑
Guard   A building component or a system of building components located at or near the open sides of elevated walking surfaces that minimizes the possibility of a fall from the walking surface to a lower level.  
🗑
Habitable space   Space in a structure for living, sleeping, eating or cooking. (Bathrooms, toilet rooms, closets, halls, storage or utility spaces, and similar are not considered habitable spaces.)  
🗑
Housekeeping unit   A room or group of rooms forming a single habitable space equipped and intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating which does not contain, within such a unit, a toilet, lavatory and bathtub or shower.  
🗑
Imminent danger   A condition which could cause serious or life-threatening injury or death at any time.  
🗑
Infestation   The presence, within or contiguous to, a structure or premises of insects, rodents, vermin or other pests.  
🗑
Inoperable motor vehicle   A vehicle which cannot be driven upon the public streets for reasons including but not limited to being unlicensed, wrecked, abandoned, in a state of disrepair, or incapable of being moved under its own power.  
🗑
Neglect   The lack of proper maintenance for a building or structure.  
🗑
Occupancy   The purpose for which a building or portion thereof is utilized or occupied.  
🗑
Occupant   Any individual living or sleeping in a building, or having possession of a space within a building.  
🗑
Openable area   That part of a window, skylight or door which is available for unobstructed ventilation and which opens directly to the outdoors.  
🗑
Operator   Any person who has charge, care or control of a structure or premises which is let or offered for occupancy.  
🗑
Person   An individual, corporation, partnership or any other group acting as a unit.  
🗑
Workmanlike   Executed in skilled manner; e.g., generally plumb, level, square, in line, undamaged and without marring adjacent work.  
🗑
Pest elimination   The control and elimination of insects, rodents or other pests by eliminating their harborage places; by removing or making inaccessible materials that serve as their food or water; by other approved pest elimination methods.  
🗑
Premises   A lot, plot or parcel of land, easement or public way, including any structures thereon.  
🗑
Public way   Any street, alley or similar parcel of land essentially unobstructed from the ground to the sky, which is deeded, dedicated or otherwise appropriated to the public for public use.  
🗑
  A building arranged or occupied for lodging, with or without meals, for compensation and not occupied as one- or two-family dwelling.  
🗑
Rooming unit   Any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit occupied or intended to be occupied for sleeping or living, but not for cooking purposes.  
🗑
Sleeping unit   A room or space in which people sleep, which can also include permanent provisions for living, eating and either sanitation or kitchen facilities, but not both. (Such rooms and spaces that are also part of a dwelling unit are not sleeping units.)  
🗑
Strict liability offense   An offense in which the prosecution in a legal proceeding is not required to prove criminal intent as a part of its case.  
🗑
Structure   That which is built or constructed or a portion thereof.  
🗑
Tenant   A person, corporation, partnership or group, whether or not the legal owner of record, occupying a building or portion thereof as a unit.  
🗑
Toilet room   A room containing a water closet or urinal but not a bathtub or shower.  
🗑
Ultimate deformation   The deformation at which failure occurs and which shall be deemed to occur if the sustainable load reduces to 80 percent or less of the maximum stregth.  
🗑
Ventilation   The natural or mechanical process of supplying conditioned or unconditioned air to, or removing such air from, any space.  
🗑
Yard    
🗑
Rubbish    
🗑
Owner    
🗑
Let for occupancy or let    
🗑
Labeled    
🗑
Historic building    
🗑
Cost of such demolition or emergency repairs    
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: LadyJInspires
Popular Real Estate sets