building code
noun1
A mandatory set of rules on building design, construction, testing, inspection, and maintenance to protect public health, safety, and welfare.
- Malcolm the super glimpses Luisa and calls out, “Hey, Luisa! An uninvited guest ran up to your apartment twenty minutes ago!” But the noise of a drill drowns him out, he has a man from city all on the phone about building codes, and anyway, Luisa has already stepped into the elevator.2004, David Mitchell, “Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, page 120: