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ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1673 PAGE TWO 1. Any building used for its intended purpose, as determined by the department, for less than twenty (20) hours per week. 2. Any building having exterior walls braced with masonry cross walls or wood frame cross walls spaced less than forty (40) feet apart in each story. Cross walls shall be full story height with a minimum length of one and one-half (1 1/2) times the story height. (g) LOT: A parcel of real property shown on an approved final subdivision map or record of survey subdivision map or a recorded parcel described by metes and bounds. (h) LOW RISK BUILDING: Any building, other than an essential building, having an occupant load of less than twenty (20) occupants, as determined pursuant to Table No. 33-A of Chapter 33 of the Uniform Building Code. (i) MEDIUM RISK BUILDING: Any building, other than a high risk building or an essential building, having an occupant load of twenty (20) occupants or more, as determined pursuant to Table No. 33-A of Chapter 33 of the Uniform Building Code. (j) OWNER: Any individual, individuals, partnership, firm or corporation who is the owner of record of the building as shown on the equalized assessment role of the Office of the County Assessor of the County of Orange. (k) UNREINFORCED MASONRY WALL: A masonry wall containing less than one-half (1/2) the reinforcing steel required for reinforced masonry walls in accordance with Chapter 24 of the Uniform Building Code. SECTION 2: That Section 8-2003 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 8-2003. Rating classification. (a) CLASSIFICATION. Except as provided in Section 8-2003.1, the rating classifications as exhibited in Table A are hereby established and each building within the scope of this articile shall be placed in one such rating classification by the director.