Unless otherwise noted by this section, terms defined in the codes and standards adopted in section 292a, including the International Building Code, International Residential Code, International Fire Code, International Energy Conservation Code, International Mechanical Code, and Uniform Plumbing Code, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in those codes.
Building official—Commissioner of Planning and Natural Resources.
Rural area—Encompasses all population, housing, and land area not included within an urban area. Staged Construction - Residential construction that occurs either over a period of time longer than six months, or where construction is suspended temporarily for longer than six months, or where the building owner is living in one portion of the home while another portion, floor or level is under construction and exposed to the environment.
Urban area—Comprises a densely settled core of census tracts and/or census blocks that meet minimum population density requirements, along with adjacent land area containing non-residential urban land uses as well as land area with low population density included to link outlying densely settled land area with the densely settled core. To qualify as an urban area, the land area identified according to criteria must encompass at least 2,500 people, at least 1,500 of which reside outside institutional group quarters. The U.S. Census Bureau identifies two types of urban areas: Urbanized Areas (UAs) of 50,000 or more people; Urban Clusters (UCs) of at least 2,500 and less than 50,000 people. Refer to the U.S. Census for definitions and terms related to urban area.