New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 14 - HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 7 - BUILDING CODES GENERAL
Part 2 - 2021 NEW MEXICO COMMERCIAL BUILDING CODE
Section 14.7.2.10 - CHAPTER 2 - DEFINITIONS

(1) Section 201.1 - Scope. See this section of the IBC except add the following: If the same term is defined in the New Mexico construction codes and the IBC, it shall have the meaning given it in the New Mexico construction codes.

(2) Section 201.3 - Terms defined in other codes. Delete this section of the IBC and substitute: If a term is not defined in this code and is defined in a New Mexico construction code, the term shall have the meaning given it in the New Mexico construction code.

(1) Positive roof drainage. Delete the definition in the IBC and substitute with the following: The drainage condition in which consideration has been made for all loading deflections of the roof deck, and the additional slope has been provided to ensure drainage of the roof within 48 hours of precipitation. Drainage has occurred when no more than one-half inch of standing water remains after 48 hours of precipitation in normal drying conditions.

(2) Primary entrance. Add this definition to this section of the IBC: The entrance through which most people enter the building or facility. A building or facility may have more than one primary entrance.

(3) Roof replacement. Delete this definition in the IBC and substitute with the following: The process of removing the existing roof covering to the structural roof deck, repairing any substrate, and installing a new roof covering.

(4) Standpipe System, Classes of: See this section of the IBC and add the following: Exception: 1.5-inch hoses and hose cabinets shall not be provided, unless required by the New Mexico laws applicable to fire protection for class II and class III standpipe systems.

(5) Unbalanced backfill height. Add this definition to this section of the IBC: The difference in height between the exterior finish ground level and the lower of the top of the concrete footing that supports the foundation wall or the interior finish ground level. Where an interior concrete slab on grade is provided and is in contact with the interior surface of the foundation wall, the unbalanced backfill height is permitted to be measured from the exterior finish ground level to the top of the interior concrete slab.