Windsor : Règlement no 148-2025, art. 2.1(a) — Building and Property Standards By-law

accepted by the Chief Building Official of the Corporation with respect to matters under the Building Code; or

• (b) accepted by the Property Standards Officer with respect to the standards set out in this by-law. ACCESSORY BUILDING means a completely detached building used for an accessory use of the lot. ACT means the Building Code Act, S.O. 1992, c. 23, as amended or any successor thereof. APPLIANCE means a device to convert fuel to energy and includes all components, controls, wiring and piping required as part of the device by the applicable standard referred to in the Building Code. BARRIER-FREE means that a building and its facilities can be approached, entered and used by persons with physical or sensory disabilities. BASEMENT means one or more storeys of a building located below the first storey. BUILDING means a structure as defined in the Act. BUILDING CODE means the Regulations made under the section 34 of the Act. CELLAR means any part of a building where the vertical distance from the grade to the floor is greater than the vertical distance from the grade to the ceiling above. CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL means the Chief Building Official or his/her designate duly appointed by the Council and having jurisdiction for the enforcement of the Act. CITY means The Corporation of the City of Windsor. COUNCIL means the Council of the City. CITY CLERK means the person duly appointed as Clerk for the City. CRAWLSPACE means an enclosed space between the underside of a floor assembly and the ground cover directly below, with a clearance of less than 1.8 metres in height. DERELICT BUILDING shall mean:
• (a) a building which has been left vacant and/or neglected by the

owner for a period of 182 days or more; or

• (b) a building damaged by fire, storm or other catastrophic event where, in the opinion of the Officer the building is beyond practical repair. DUCT TYPE SMOKE DETECTOR means a device used to detect the presence of smoke in the airstream of ductwork sections of the HVAC air handling systems. DWELLING means a building or structure that is occupied for the purpose of human habitation. A correction institution, hotel, motel home, recreational vehicle, tent trailer or travel trailer is not a dwelling. DWELLING UNIT means a room or suite of rooms used by or designed to be used by one (1) or more individuals as an independent and separate housekeeping unit. EXIT means that part of a means of egress, including doorways, that leads from the floor area it serves to a separate building, an open public thoroughfare or an exterior open space protected from fire exposure from the building and having access to an open public thoroughfare. FLOOR AREA means the maximum area contained within the outside walls of a building or within the walls of a room, as the case may be. GRADE means:
• (a) The average elevation of the crown of that part of the street abutting the front lot line.

Where the elevation of a point on a building located on the lot is equal to the grade elevation, that point is deemed to be “at grade”; and

• (b) Grade for an accessory building means the average elevation of the finished surface of the ground adjacent to the accessory building. GUARD means a protective barrier installed around openings in floor areas or on the open sides of a stairway, a landing, a balcony, a mezzanine, a gallery, a raised walkway, and other locations as required to prevent accidental falls from one level to another. Such barriers may or may not have openings through them. HABITABLE ROOM a room within a dwelling that is designed, legally used, or able to be legally used for living, sleeping, cooking, or dining. A washroom/bathroom within a dwelling unit is a habitable room. HERITAGE ATTRIBUTES means;
• (a) The attributes or features of property, buildings or structures that contribute to the property’s cultural heritage value or interest that are defined or described or that can be reasonably inferred
• i. In a by-law designating a property passed under section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act and identified as heritage attributes, values, reasons for designation, or otherwise; and
• ii. In a Minister’s order made under section 34.5 of the Ontario Heritage Act and identified as heritage attributes, values, reasons for designation or otherwise.
• (b) The elements, features or building components including, roofs, walls, floors, retaining walls, foundations and independent interior structures and structural systems that hold up, support or protect the heritage values and attributes and without which the heritage values and attributes may be at risk. HERITAGE PROPERTY means real property, and includes all buildings and structures thereon, in the City that:
• (a) Has been designated by the City under section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act or by the appropriate Minister under