Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 110-2-2-.02
ACT. "Industrialized Buildings Act," Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 2, Article 2, Part 1.
AGENCY:
APPROVED. Conforming to the requirements of these rules.
ASTM. American Society for Testing and Materials.
BUILDING SYSTEM. Plans, specifications and documentation for a system of industrialized buildings or for a type or a system of building components, which may include structural, electrical, mechanical and fire protection systems and other building systems affecting health and safety.
CLOSED CONSTRUCTION. That condition when any building, component, assembly, subassembly or system is manufactured in such a manner that all portions cannot be readily inspected at the installation site without disassembly, damage to or destruction thereof.
COMMISSIONER. The "Commissioner of Community Affairs."
COMPONENT. Any assembly, subassembly, or combination of parts for use as an element of a building, which may include structural, electrical, mechanical, and fire protection systems and other systems affecting health and safety.
CONSTRUCTION SITE OFFICE BUILDING. An industrialized building designed and used for a construction site office structure having a maximum gross floor area of 400 square feet.
CONTAINER. A single rigid, sealed, reusable, metal (corrugated) box in which cargo or freight is shipped by sea vessel, air, truck or rail, that is generally 10, 20, 30 or 40 feet in length by 8 feet wide by 8, 8.5, or 9.5 feet high and is designed and constructed in conformance with International Standards Organization (ISO) standards and International Convention for Safe Containers (ICSC) regulations to withstand normal stresses applied during regular transport.
DAMAGE. Damage or breakage occurring to a unit of an industrialized building or any part thereof causing it to not comply with the Quality Control Manuals and these rules.
DEALER. Any person, firm or corporation that sells, offers for sale, leases, or distributes industrialized buildings to a person, firm or corporation, or government.
DEPARTMENT. The Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA).
ELECTRONIC MEANS. Without limitation, analog, digital, electronic, magnetic, mechanical, optical, chemical, electromagnetic, electromechanical, electrochemical, or other similar means. See O.C.G.A. Title 10 Chapter 12.
ELECTRONIC RECORDS. Information created, transmitted, received, or stored by electronic means and retrievable in human perceivable form.
ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE. A signature created, transmitted, received, or stored by electronic means and includes but is not limited to a secure electronic signature.
EQUIPMENT. All materials, appliances, devices, fixtures, fittings or accessories installed in or used in the manufacture and assembly of an industrialized building.
FIELD TECHNICAL SERVICE. Clarification in the field by the Commissioner or his/her designee of technical data relating to the application of these rules.
INDUSTRIALIZED BUILDING. Any structure or component thereof which is designed and constructed in compliance with the state minimum standards codes and is wholly or in substantial part made, fabricated, formed, or assembled in manufacturing facilities for installation or assembly and installation on a building site and has been manufactured in such a manner that all parts or processes cannot be inspected at the installation site without disassembly, damage to, or destruction thereof. See Rule 110-2-1-.01.
INSIGNIA. An approved device or seal issued by the Commissioner to indicate compliance with the standards and rules established herein.
INSTALLATION. The assembly of an industrialized building, component or system on site and the process of affixing an industrialized building, component, or system to land, a foundation, footings or an existing building.
INSTALLER. Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the activity of installation of industrialized buildings or components.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT. A county or municipality of Georgia.
MANUFACTURE. The process of making, fabricating, constructing, forming or assembling a product from raw, unfinished or semi-finished materials.
MANUFACTURED FOR EXPORT FROM GEORGIA. An industrialized building which has not been inspected for compliance with the standards, codes and laws required by these Rules and cannot be installed in the state of Georgia.
MANUFACTURED (MOBILE) HOME. A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems contained herein. (Reference 42 USC 5402[6] [24CFR 3280.2(a)(16)] and the Official Code of Georgia Annotated 8-2-131[2].)
MODEL. A specific design of an industrialized building, which is based on size, room arrangement, method of construction, location, arrangement or size of plumbing, mechanical, or electrical equipment and systems therein in accordance with plans submitted to the Commissioner.
OPEN CONSTRUCTION. Any building, building component, assembly or system manufactured in such a manner that all parts or processes of manufacture can be readily inspected at the installation site without disassembly, damage to, or destruction thereof.
ORGANIZATION. A corporation, association, partnership, political subdivision or private person(s).
RE-MANUFACTURE. The manufacture of an industrialized building into a rehabilitated building, causing the building to come into substantial compliance with the current construction codes and laws.
RESIDENTIAL INDUSTRIALIZED BUILDING. An industrialized building that is a dwelling unit designed and constructed in compliance with the Georgia State Minimum Standard One and Two Family Dwelling Code which is wholly or in substantial part, made, fabricated, formed, or assembled in a manufacturing facility and cannot be inspected at the installation site without disassembly, damage to, or destruction thereof. Any such structure shall not contain a permanent metal chassis and shall be affixed to permanent load-bearing foundation. The term shall not include manufactured homes as defined by the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. Section 5401, et seq.
SHIPPING CONTAINER BUILDING MODULE. A new or used container which has been inspected, tested and certified by an approved third party agency in accordance with approved quality control and inspection protocols.
SITE. The entire tract, subdivision, or parcel of land on which the industrialized building is installed.
STANDARD DESIGN. Any building, system, model, series, or component intended for duplication or repetitive manufacture.
SYSTEM. An entity of materials or components interrelated or joined together to form all or part of a structural, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, thermal efficiency, or fire safety element of an industrialized building.
SYSTEM RECOGNITION. System approved by the Commissioner.
TINY HOUSE. A residential industrialized building dwelling unit that is 400 square feet or less in floor area, excluding lofts.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 110-2-2-.02
O.C.G.A. § 8-2-113.