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e e '. ,-- ....... . .e -8- e HUNICIPALITY means the governmental unit which has adopted this CiI'dinance under due legisla"ti.. ve authority. PLACE OF ASSEMBLY means a room or space in which provision is made for the seating of one hundred or more persons for religious, recreational, E!duca"ti..onaJ., political, social or amusement purposes or for the consumption of food or drink. Such room or space shall include any occupied connecting room ()I' space in the same story, or in a story or stories above or belOW', where en- 1~ance is common to the rooms or spaces. PREFAIRICATED means composed of sections or panels fabricated prior to erection on the building foundation. SHAFT means a vertical opening or passage through two or more floors of a building or through floors and roof. SOLID MASONRY means masonry consisting of solid masonry units laid f::ontiguous~ with the joints between the :wuts filled with mortar, or consist- :i.ng of plain concrete. ' SOLID MASONRY UNIT means a masonry unit whose net cross-sectional ,area in every plane parallel to the bearing surface is 15 per cent or more of :its gross cross-sectional area measured in the same plane. SPRJlUcr.JmED means equipped with an approved automatic sprinlder system properly maintained. S'IREET mears any public thoroughfare, street" avenue, boulevard, park, lane, terrace, concourse or space 20 feet or more in width which has been ded- icated or deeded to the public for public use. WALtS: BEARING WALL means a w~l which supports any 1ertical load in addition to its awn weight; CAVITY VIALL means a wall built of masonry units or of plain con- crete, or a combination of these materials, so arranged as to provide an air space within the wall, and in ,which the inner and outer parts of the wall are tied together with metal ties; FACED WALL means a wall in which the masonry facing and bacldng are so bonded as to exert common action under load; FIRE PARTITICii means "a partition constructed in accordance with section 31, for the purpose of restricting the spread of fire or to provide an area of refuge" but not necessarily continuous through all stories nor extended through the roof. FIRE ViALL means a wall constructed in accordance with section 29, for the purpose of subdividing a building or separating buildings to restrict the