SECTION 1.00
DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS
AIR CURTAIN BURNING - A stationary or portable combustion device
that directs a plane of high velocity forced air into a pit with walls in such a manner as to maintain a curtain of air over the surface of the pit and a recirculating motion of air under the curtain.CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY - Approval granted by the Town for a new or renovated structure to be occupied.
CODE - The Town of Cary Code of Ordinances, including the Unified Development Ordinance.
CONTRACTOR - The entity performing the work indicated in the plans.
COUNCIL - The Town Council of the Town of Cary.
DETAILS - The drawings found within the Town of Cary Standard Specifications and Details Manual.
EASEMENT - An interest in land owned by another that entitles its holder to a specific use.
FIRE OFFICIAL - The Fire Chief, an assistant or other representative duly authorized by the Town.
INSPECTOR - The Construction Inspections Administrator, an assistant, or other representative duly authorized by the Town.
INVERT - The lowest point in the internal cross section of a pipe or culvert.
PLANS - The approved design drawings which show the work to be done.
RIGHT OF WAY - The area which encompasses public streets, sidewalks, and utility strips.
SPECIFICATIONS - The "Cary Standard Specifications and Details" manual.
SUBBASE - See SUBGRADE
SUBGRADE - That portion of the roadbed prepared as a foundation for the stone and asphalt or concrete pavement structure.
TOWN - The Town of Cary, North Carolina
TOWN ENGINEER - The Department of Development Services Director, the Engineering Director, an assistant, or other representative duly authorized by the Town.
| AASHTO | American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials |
| A.B.S. | Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene |
| A.F.F. | Above Finished Floor |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials |
| AWWA | American Water Works Association |
| oC | Degrees Centigrade |
| CO | Certificate of Occupancy |
| DDS | The Town of Cary’s Department of Development Services |
| DIP | Ductile Iron Pipe |
| DIPRA | Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association |
| ETJ | Extraterritorial Jurisdiction |
| oF | Degrees Fahrenheit |
| ft | foot |
| gpd | gallons per day |
| gpm | gallons per minute |
| ID | Inside Diameter |
| lbs | pounds |
| MSL | Mean Sea Level |
| MUTCD | Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices |
| NCDEH | North Carolina Division of Environmental Health |
| NCDENR | North Carolina Department of Environment, and Natural Resources |
| NCDEM | North Carolina Division of Environmental Management |
| NCDOT | North Carolina Department of Transportation |
| N.E.C. | National Electric Code |
| NCPE | North Carolina Registered Professional Engineer |
| NCPLS | North Carolina Professional Land Surveyor |
| NFPA | National Fire Protection Association |
| NRCS | Natural Resource Conservation Service (formerly SCS) |
| NYDOT | New York Department of Transportation |
| OD | Outside Diameter |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| P.C. | Point of Horizontal Curvature |
| ppm | parts per million |
| psi | pounds per square inch |
| P.T. | Point of Tangency |
| PVC | Polyvinyl Chloride |
| P.V.C. | Point of Vertical Curvature |
| P.V.T. | Point of Vertical Tangency |
| SU | Single Unit Truck (with 20 foot wheelbase and 30 foot overall length) |
| UL | Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. |
| V | Volts |
| VAC | Voltage - Alternating Current |