The following words and terms, when used in these sections, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
  (1) Approved--Approved by the Texas Department of Health, the local health authority, or the local building code enforcement officer, whichever shall maintain jurisdiction.
  (2) Chemical toilets--A toilet facility in which human waste is collected in a container charged with a chemical for the purpose of disinfecting and deodorizing prior to disposal.
  (3) Construction--The actual, physical initiation of the building process such as the clearing of land, moving of dirt or preparation of a building to begin work.
  (4) Exceeding 50% of the entire facility--Structural alterations, repairs, or improvements with a cost exceeding 50% of the worth of the facility, as determined by the taxing authority maintaining jurisdiction.
  (5) Facilities where the public congregates--Sports and entertainment arenas, stadiums, community and convention halls, specialty event centers, and amusement facilities. The term does not include hotels, churches, restaurants, bowling centers, public or private elementary or secondary schools, or historic buildings.
  (6) Historic buildings--Buildings listed as historic by the Texas Historical Commission.
  (7) May--Used to denote authorized alternatives to mandatory provisions of this regulation.
  (8) Restroom--Toilet, chemical toilet, or water closet.
  (9) Sanitary condition--That condition of good order and cleanliness which precludes the probability of disease transmission.
  (10) Shall (or must)--Used to denote mandatory provisions of these sections.
  (11) Should--Indicates provisions which are not mandatory, but which are recommended as good practice.
  (12) Standards--Methods, practices, processes or operations necessary or appropriate to establish healthful conditions as determined by the authority having jurisdiction.
  (13) Temporary toilet facilities--Mobile trailers or prefabricated, skid-mounted, or otherwise portable structures.
  (14) Toilet or toilet facility--A plumbing device for the purpose of defecation or urination, or both, including water closets and biological or chemical toilets, and urinals.
  (15) Toilet room--An enclosed area containing one or more toilet facilities and offering personal privacy. Toilet rooms may be either permanently located (fixed) or portable.
  (16) Urinal--A water-flushed fixture connected with a sewer, maintained within a toilet room for the sole purpose of urination.
  (17) Water closet--A toilet facility which is connected to a sewer and flushed with water.

Source Note: The provisions of this §265.122 adopted to be effective July 21, 1994, 19 TexReg 5355.