                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 56-245.2)

A. When used in this article, unless expressly stated otherwise:
			&#8220;Apartment house&#8221; means a building or buildings with the primary
purpose of residential occupancy containing more than two dwelling units all of
which are rented primarily for nontransient use, with rental paid at intervals
of one week or longer. Apartment house includes residential condominiums and
cooperatives, whether rented or owner occupied.
			&#8220;Campground&#8221; means the same as the term is defined in &#xA7;
35.1-1.
			&#8220;Campsite&#8221; means that same as that term is defined in &#xA7;
35.1-1.
			&#8220;Dwelling unit&#8221; means a room or rooms suitable for occupancy as a
residence containing kitchen and bathroom facilities.
			&#8220;Energy allocation equipment&#8221; means any device, other than
submetering equipment, used to determine approximate electric or natural gas
usage for any dwelling unit or nonresidential rental unit within an apartment
house, office building or shopping center, or campsite at a campground.
			&#8220;Nonresidential rental unit&#8221; means a room or rooms in which
retail or commercial services, clerical work or professional duties are carried
out.
			&#8220;Office building&#8221; means a building or buildings containing more
than two rental units which are rented primarily for retail, commercial or
professional use, with rental paid at intervals of one month or longer.
			&#8220;Owner-paid areas&#8221; means those areas for which the owner bears
financial responsibility for energy costs which include but are not limited to
areas outside individual residential or nonresidential units or campsites or in
owner-occupied or owner-shared areas such as maintenance shops, vacant units,
meeting units, meeting rooms, offices, swimming pools, laundry rooms, or model
apartments.
			&#8220;Shopping center&#8221; means a building or buildings containing more
than two stores which are rented primarily for commercial, retail or
professional use.
			&#8220;Submetering equipment&#8221; means equipment used to measure actual
electricity or natural gas usage in any dwelling unit or nonresidential rental
unit or campsite when such equipment is not owned or controlled by the electric
or natural gas utility serving the apartment house, office building, shopping
center, or campground in which the dwelling unit or nonresidential rental unit
or campsite is located.

B. Any building or buildings which qualify as an apartment house, office
building, or shopping center shall not be excluded from &#xA7; 56-245.3 because
the apartment house, office building or shopping center contains a mixture of
dwelling units and nonresidential rental units.

HISTORY: 1978, c. 392; 1979, c. 313; 1992, c. 766; 2012, c. 338.