7-62-101 - Types of buildings defined.

7-62-101. Types of buildings defined.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

     (1)  “Assembly building” means a building where a number of persons congregate for amusement, civic, educational, recreational, religious or social purposes;

     (2)  “Commercial building” means a building used for the conduct of a business, having financial profit as the primary aim; and

     (3)  “Residential building” means a house or building used or designed to be used as the abode or home of a person, family or household exclusively as a residence.

[Acts 1963, ch. 317, § 2; T.C.A., § 6-735.]