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In applying these regulations, the meanings listed below will be attributed to the signal. The switch that begins the automatic cycle may be a photoelectric device,
words and phrases listed beside them, unless the context specifies a different floor mat, or manual switch.
meaning:
Bathroom: A room containing a toilet bowl, washbasin and bathtub or bathtub/
Accessible Route: The unobstructed path continuously connecting to all shower combination. A toilet and washbasin (no bathtub or shower) equals a half
accessible elements and space of the building or facility. Interior accessible bathroom and a toilet, washbasin and shower, equals a three-quarter bathroom.
routes may include corridors, floors, ramps, elevators, and clear floor space at
fixtures while exterior accessible routes may include parking access aisles, curb Building: Any structure intended for use in supporting, sheltering or occupancy.
ramps, walkways, ramps, and crosswalks at vehicular ways.
Building Permit: The license that the Authority issues to allow construction
Addition: An expansion, extension, or increase in the gross floor area or height work to proceed on a specific piece of land, in accordance with approved plans,
of buildings or facilities. specifications and conditions.

Additional Ventilation: This is installed in rooms whose depth is more than three Building Permit Committee: The committee set up by the Authority to study
times their width, to provide natural ventilation and lighting for the internal building permit applications and to take suitable decisions in this regard.
spaces through an opening or a shaft with a minimum area of 5% of the space Building Specifications: A statement of building requirements describing the
area and minimum width of 1.2 meter.
loading conditions, design practices, materials, finishes and their quality.
Affection Plan (Lease Drawing): Plan of the plot or site issued by the Authority, Circulation Path: An exterior or interior way of passage from one place to another
Planning and Survey Department or Business Units, showing but not limited to the for pedestrians including, but not limited to corridors, hallways, courtyards,
plot boundaries, dimensions, areas and surroundings as well as the land uses.
stairways and stair landings.
Alleyway (Sikka): The area of a public or private path, which can be used by Clear: Unobstructed.
pedestrians or as a secondary way to any plot. It does not appear as a public road
or street in the Emirate’s outline plan. Commercial Building: A Building in which commercial business activities are
permitted in accordance with statutory classification of lands.
Annex: A building or installation attached to or independent from the main
building, whose use is secondary or complementary to the function of the main Comprehensive Development: A development containing any number of
building. buildings or uses on a site or a combination of sites, planned or developed in
an integrated.
Arcade: A series of arches supported on columns or piers. A flat or blind arcade
is applied to a wall to articulate the surface. Component: An element or space in a building or facility.
Atrium: A large volume of space created by series of floors or floors openings Consultant: A registered consultant holding a valid consulting engineer’s license
connecting two or more stories, covered at the top, and are used for purposes from Dubai Economic Department.
other than a closed stairway, an elevator hoist way, an escalator opening, or as a
utility shaft used for Services. Contractor: A registered contractor holding a valid contracting engineer’s license
from Dubai Economic Department.
Authority: Shall mean Civil Engineering Division- Trakhees- Ports, Customs and
Free Zone Corporation. Court Yard: An open, uncovered, unoccupied space, unobstructed to the sky,
bounded on three or more sides by exterior building walls and has rooms of one
Automatic Door: A door equipped with a power-operated mechanism and controls or more residential or office units overlooking it. (figure -1)
that open and close the door automatically upon receipt of a momentary actuating

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