Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-08-13
No. 900, Al Published June Is. lam
CHAPTER 394, LAWS CT I9no5 w.

CHAPTER 394, LAWS or 1905 'V'
| AN ACT to create sections 1G3G-l20 -,
| 1636-201 inclusive, for the regIliarta,Uo
! of the construction Of apartment hos
tenement houses and boarding and I@G
ing houses in cities CT the first class s
| The people of the State of Wisconsin ranr
| sented in Senate and Assembly, do ehaS
| as follows:
Section l. There are added to the sr,.
| utes twenty two pew sections TO be nn nm
| bered sections i636-1S0 to 1636-2Ol IN
| elusive. to read:
| this act shall apply to and be in force IN
| cities of the first class only, but all or anI
! of the provisions thereof shall apply "a
| third class in which the common conn&
| thereof shall by ordinance provide that tbo
| same or such designated part or provisGTS
| thereof shall so apply and be in force IN
Section 1e36-1S1. az. An apartman,
| or tenement house, in the meaning of this
| act, is any house or building, or portion
| thereof, which is rented, leased, let or hired
| out to be occupied as a home or residence
| of three or more families living iadepend
| emily and doing their cooking or HAVING
| facilities for doing their cooking upon ths
! premises and having a common right in thu
| stairways. yards and water closets or some
| Of them.
| house or building or portion thereof IN
| which six or more persons are harbored r.
| ceived or lodged for hire, or any BUILDING
! or part thereof which is used Tor six OF
| more persons not members Of the family, to
sleep in or occupy as a lodging
~. An apartment is room or suite Of
rooms occupied or, designed to be occupied
| as a family domicile.
az. A yard is an open, unoccupied space
| on the same lot with a tenement lodging or
! boarding house, between the rear line of the
| house and the rear line OF the lot
| other than yard on the same lot with A
! tenement, lodging or boarding house. A
| court entirely. surrounded by house or
| building is an inner court. court bounded
on one side and both ends by & house or
| building and on the remaining side by lot
| line is an inner lot-line court. A court ex,
| outer court. A court with one side on
lot line and opening to street or yard or
| both is an outer lot line court;
| (61 A shaft includes exterior and in.
| terror shafts, whether for light. air eie,
| vator dumb-waiter OF any other purpose
| A vent shaft is one used solely to Ventilae
! or light watercloset compartment, bath,
| room or passageWay.
(7). A public hall is hail. corridor, or
| passageway not within an apartment
(s). A stair hall includes the stairs stair
| landings, those portions of the public halls
| through which it is necessary to pass in
! getting from the entrance floor to the roof,
| and the enclosing partitions
(9). A basement Is story partly, bit
not more than One-half It's height, below
| the level of the lot
(1O). A cellar is story more than one.
half it's height below the level of the lot.
(11) An attic is an enclosed portion Of
| be construed or counted as {, story.
(12). The expressions "fire-proof and
| "fre-proof construction wherever here
in used, means q construction, Of els,
| piers, partitions, floors, ROOF ard stairs in
| which no wood or ottler infammable ma
| terial is used, in which the several struc,
| tural parts are made OF hard, incombustible,
| fire resisting materials, and in which all
| structural parts of steel and iron are thor.
| oughly protected from dre by an ample COW
| ering of such fire resisting material. fire.
| proof tenement, lodging or boarding house
| Is one Of FIRE proof construction But this
definition shall not be construed as pro-
hibiting, elsewhere than IN staG halls or en-,
trance halls. the use of wooden flooring on
top Of the fire proof floors or the use Of
hardwood rails to stairs.
(13). Where a grade in the street or lot
adjacent to q tenement, lodging or board'ng
house varies, the mean or average grade OF
such street or lot shall be considered che
grade of such street or lot.
(14). A lot line is the boundary line on
either side of the proposed building premises
to be indicated as such on the lot diagram,
and a lot is such building prem ses open
and unoccupied by any building
Section 1636-1S2 Before Il 'ectioD
construction or alteration, eXcept minor re-
repairs. of any apartment house, tenement
house, boarding or lodging house. or any
part of such building, or the excavation Of
any cellar therefor Is commenced, the owner
or lessee. or agent or either, or the archltect
or builder employed by such owner or lessee
in connection with the proposed erection or
spector for a permit to do such work The
application for such permit shall state the
exact site to be occupied and Indicate W
diagram the dimensions thereof and location
of the building thereon and state the ma
terials to be used. the dimensions and est
| mated cost Of the proposed building and the
probable time to be occupied IN the comps
ton. The application shall be accompanied
by q detailed statement of the specifications
a full and complete copy of the plans Of
such proposed work and such structural &c
tail drawings of such proposed building as
the said officer may require, anc written
statement giving the full name and resi-
dence street and number, of the owner or
each Of the owners of such proposed 6ul!o'
ing, also the name and residence of the
architect and contractor Said statement
and specifications and copy OF pans. shal,
the city building Inspector and the erection
construction or alteration OF such bulIding
shall not be commenced or proceeded win
until such statement and plans shall nave
been so filed and a permit issued by SuGn
building inspector, and when proceeded WIN;
the erection, construction or alteration OF
such building shall be carried on in accord.
ance with such approved detailed statement
Of specifications and copy of plans and not not
otherwise If the detailed statement Of
specifications and copy of plans indicate
that the building contemplated VII no not i'll i'll
all respects be IN accordance with the re-
quirements of this act. the building lnsptCi
tor shall refuse to issue a permit until sala
specifications and plans shall have Deea
made to conform in every respect with Inc
requirements of this act. .,+
Section 1636-1S3. Every apartment
house, tenement, lodging or boarding house
hereafter erected, five stories or more aDoHss
cellar or basement, shall be Of tire-pfOOl
construction
Section 1636-1s4 IN every non-fIr e
proof, as we'll as fre-proof tenement loos
ing or boarding house hereafter e erect a.
three stories or more IN height, exclusive ~ W
| cellar the floor of the first story above In0
cellar shall be of fire-proof construction -
Section 1636-1S5. The stair hans ,n IL
all non-fre-proof as well as fireprooI ten5
ment houses hereafter erected shall be con
structed as in this section specified. ~
every apartment house, tenemerE l ots55
I boarding or lodging house hereafter e-"Gt' ~
which either is occupied or is arranged "
be occupied by more than two families esl, or
any floor which is four stories ana ceihg I
in height, the stair halls shall be constr IN
ed of f1re-proof material Throughout. ,as
apartment, tenement houses and b0atqlnss
and lodging houses hereafter erected tni Io
stories and cellar in height, and when acT.
are not occupied or arranged to De 9 9or
pied by more than two families on any nOui
the stair halls shall be made of hre-pLo op
or open mill construction. Enclosing eR2 H.
titions shall be either fire-proof or nli'0
with incombustible materials. ..+or
Section 1636-1S6. All shafts here 5aant
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