Bridgeport, Conn., Mun. Code § 8.74 § 8.74.020

"Commercial building" means any building that is used or is intended to be used for commercial purposes including, but not limited to, a building where retail, wholesale, storage of manufacturing activities occur.
"Commissioner" means the commissioner of public health.
"Containment" means a physical system to protect workers, residents and the environment by controlling exposures to lead dust and debris that are created during a paint removal project.
"Department" means the State of Connecticut Department of Public Health.
"City director of health" means the city of Bridgeport designee as defined in chapters 368e and 368f of the Connecticut General Statutes.
"Entity" means any person, partnership, firm, association, corporation, sole proprietorships or any other business concern, state or local government agency or political subdivision of authority thereof, or any religious, social or union organization, whether operated for profit or otherwise.
"High efficiency particulate air (HEPA)" means a type of filtering system capable of removing and retaining particles of three-tenths (0.3) microns of larger diameter from a body of air at 99.9% efficiency of greater.
"Lead based paint" means paint that contains a toxic level of lead as defined.
"Toxic levels of lead in pain" means a level of lead in paint that when present in a dried paint on any interior or exterior surface of a residential, commercial, public building or structure that contains greater than 0.50 percent of lead by dry weight as measured by flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry (FAAS), graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry (GFAAS), inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrophotometry (ICP-AES) by a laboratory approved by the commissioner of health for lead in paint analysis, or (b) equal to or greater than 1.0 milligrams lead per square centimeter of surface as measured on site by an x-ray fluorescence analyzer or (c) another testing protocol deemed acceptable by the commissioner.
"Toxic level of lead in water" means a level of lead in water that when present in a flushed water sample that has been obtained by a designee of the city of Bridgeport department of health from a residence or a public drinking fountain which when analyzed at an accredited laboratory findings reveal that the sample contain lead particles in excess of fifteen (15) ppb.
"Toxic levels of lead in dust" means a level of lead in the dust on floors exceed or are equal to forty (40) ug/ft2, on interior window sills a level of lead in the dust that exceeds or are equal to two hundred fifty (250) ug/ft2, and on exteriors a level of lead in the dust that exceeds or is equal to four hundred (400) ug/ft2. Lead-based paint inspectors shall obtain all dust samples and a proper chain of custody must be adhered to as the samples are transported to an accredited laboratory to be analyzed.
"Toxic levels of lead in soil" means a level of lead in a soil sample that has been obtained by a designee of the health department and analyzed at an accredited laboratory and found to have levels of lead in excess of four hundred (400) ppm. This result will require remediation. Levels of lead in soil in excess of five thousand (5,000) ppm will require abatement.
"Owner" means any person, partnership, firm, association, corporation, sole proprietorships or any other business concern, state or local government agency or political subdivision of authority thereof, or any religious, social or union organization, whether operated for profit or otherwise who alone or jointly with others owns, holds, or controls the whole or any part of the deed or title to any property. No holder of an easement, mortgagee, bank or lender holding the mortgage shall be considered an owner except when the holder of an easement, mortgagee, bank or lender takes physical possession of the property.
"Paint" means any substance that has been or may be applied to a surface as a surface coating, including, but not necessarily limited to, paints, varnishes and stains.
"Paint removal project" means any project that will disrupt two square feet or more from a painted surface that was constructed prior to 1978.
"Power washing" means operations that utilize sufficient water pressure to remove more than two square feet of paint from the exterior surfaces of buildings and structures.
"Public building" means any building that is owned, leased, or occupied by the city or any other subdivision thereof in the city of Bridgeport the includes courthouses, city hall, other edifices of public transaction.
"Residential building" means any building or portion there of that is occupied or is intended to be occupied as a home or residence by one or more persons that includes but is not limited to, a dwelling and detached edifices within the same property including fences and play equipment and gardening structures.
"Structure" means any large metal edifice that includes, but is not limited to, a bridge, dam, framework or tank.
"Toxic level of lead" means (a) a level of lead that when present in a dried paint on any interior or exterior surface of a residential, commercial, public building or structure that contains greater than 0.50 percent of lead by dry weight as measured by flame atomic absorption spectroghotometry (FAAS), graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry (GFAAS), inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrophotometry (ICP-AES) by a laboratory approved by the commissioner of health for lead in paint analysis, or (b) equal to or greater than 1.0 milligrams lead per square centimeter of surface as measured on site by an x-ray fluorescence analyzer or (c) another testing protocol deemed acceptable by the commissioner.