Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-07-08

tenement houses, and boarding aud lodg.,
Ing houses in cities of the first class.
| The people of the State Of Wisconsin, repre-
| scented in Senate and Assembly, 20 enact
as follows:
! Section !. There are added to the stat
! utes twenty-five new sections 10 be mum
| oerea sections 1636-1so to 1636-2o1 in
! elusive to read:
| Section 16S6--1S0. The provisions OF
| this act shall apply to and be in force In
| cities Of the first class only, but all or any
| of the provisions thereof shall apply to
| third class In which the common council
| thereof shall by ordinance provide that the
| same or such designated part provisions
| thereof shall so apply and be In force in
| such city.
Section 16s8-1s1. Q). An apartment
| or tenement house In the meaning OF this
! thereof, which is rented leased, let or hired
| out TO be occupied as home or residence
! OF three or more families living iudepepd.
entity and doing their cooking or having
! facilities for doing their cooking upon the
premises, and having n common right in the
! stairways. yards and water closets or some
! (aJ. A lodging or boarding house is any
house or building or portion thereof in
| Ceived or lodged for hire, or any building
! or part thereof which is used for six or
| more persons not members OF the family to
| sleep IN or occupy as lodging
| (8l. An apartment is room or suite Of
| rooms occupied or designed 10 be occupied
| as q family domictle.
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| on the same lot with tenement, lodging or
! boarding house, between the rear line Of the
| house and the rear line of the lot
co.. A court Is an open, unoccuAcd space
! other than a yard, on the same lot with
tenement, lodging or boarding house. A
| court entirely surrounded by a house or
| building Is an inner court. A court bounded
! on one side and both ends by a house or
| building and on the Remaining side by lot
tending to street, alley or yard. Is an
! outer court A court with one side on
lot line and opening to street or yard or
| both Is an outer lot line court
(6). A shaft Includes exterior and In
| terror shafts. whether Tor light air, Gle
| vator, dumD-waitcr or any other purpose
| vent shaft Is used solely 10 vCutilute
! or light a watercoset compartment, bath
| room or passageway.
(7l. A public hail is a hall. corridor. or
| passagewRy 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.
co.. A basement Is story partly hut nut
! the level OF the lot
(1O). A cellar Is a story more than one
half It's height below the level Of the lot.
11l, An attic is On enclosed portion Of
n building above the top story and Is not 10
be construed or counted as Il story.
| tl2D. The expressions 'hre-proor' and
"freproof construction" wherever here
In used means a construction Of walls.
| piers. partitions, floors, roof and stairs In
| which no wood OF other ntammable ma
terial is used, in which the several struc-
| turaI parts are made of hard, incOmbustible,
| fire resisting materials and in which all
| structural parts of steel and Iron are thor
| Oughly protected from fire by ample Gov
erlng Of such fire resisting material. fire.
| proof tenement, lodging or boarding house
Is one OF freproot construction. But this
| definition shall not be construed pro-
| hibItInp. elsewhere than in stair 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
| (I9). Where a grade in the street or lot
| adjacent to tenement, lodging or boarding
house varies, the mean or average grade OF
| such street or lot shall be considered the
grade of such street or lot.
(14). 4 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 premises open
and unoccupied by any building.
Section 1636---182. Before the erection.
| 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. OF agent or either, or the architect
| or builder employed by such owner or lessee
| i'll connection with the proposed erection or
| operation, shall apply TO the building In
| specror for q permit to do such work. The
| application for such permit shall state tho
| exact site to be occupied and indicate by
| diagram the dimensions thereof and Location
| of fhe building thereon, and state the ma
terlals to be used, the dimensions and est.
! mated cost Of the proposed building ana the
probable time to be occupied In the compile
ton The application shall be accompanied
| by q detailed statement of the specifications,
| full ard complete copy Of the plans or
| such proposed work anu such structural de
| tail drawings Of such proposed building as
| the said officer may require, and a written
| statement giving the full name and resi-
! tcuce street and number, of the owner or
| each Of the owners Of such proposed build
| ing, also the name and residence on the
| architect and contractor Said statement
! and specifications and copy of plans shall
| II approved. be kept on file in the Office OF
| the city building Inspector anu the erection,
| construction or alteration Of such Ouudlh2
| shall not be commenced or proceeded with
| until such statement and plans shall have
been 30 fled and permit issued by suCh
| building inspector, and when proceeded Wlthl
| the erection, construction or alteration OF
| such building shall be carried on In accord
once with such approved detailed statement
! OF specifications and copy Of plans and not
| otherwise. II the detailed statement or
specifications and copy of plans indicate
| that the building contemplated Will not In
| ali respects be In accordance with the re-
| cuirements OF this act, the building inspec-
tor shall refuse to issue permit until said
| Specifications and plans shall have been
| r6nde to conform IN every respect with tho
| requirements OF this act
| Section 1636--183 Every apartment
! house tenement lodging or boarding house
| hereafter erected, Ave stories or more above
cellar or basement, shall be OF hre-proof
construction.
Section 168e-194. In every non-1Fe-
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! Ing or boarding house hereafter erected.
! three stories or more In height, exclusive or
cellar, the floor Of the first. story above the
| cellar shall be OF ffre-prOof construction.
| Section 1S36-1s5 The stair halls IN
| all non-fre.proof as well hrepToof tene-
ment houses hereafter erected shall be con
| structed az In this section specified. IN
every apartment house. tenement house
| boarding or lodging house hereafter erected
| which either IL occupied or ID arranged 70
be occupied by more than two famlile5 On
any floor or which III four stories and cellar
| In he,aht the stair halls shall be construct
ed OF fra.proof material throughout. In
| hpartment tenement houses ana DQaFdIhh
and lodging houses hereafter eFecteo 'n aTso
| ara not occupied or arranged 70 De S ccu-
pied by more than two families on any LOOT
The stair halls shall De MADE OF IRE pr aoT
OF open mill construction. Enclosing par par,
tftfons shall DO either fre-proof or mica
with incornbustibie materials ,-...-
Section 1aSe-1s6. All snafts nereaaLsr
lodging and boarding houses, shall be con
stractSd hre-proof throughout. NO ae-
Vutor ahat1 be built In the %eii-hole or the
stairs but shall be enclosed In separate nre-
"s Section 1ese--1sT. Every apartment
| house, tenement lodging or boarding house
hereafter erected, exceeding two stories N
height and every such building heretofore
| erected which at the time OF the passage
| anc publication Of this act is not provided
| with sufficient iron fire escapes shan nave
| on the outside thereof one or more open
! iron fire escapes, consisting OF stairways
| and balconies Such fire escapes In tene-
| msnt houses shall open directly from az
| least one room other than n bathroom or
| watsr-closet compartment In each apart
| nent at each story above the ground moor.
| In NIL lodging and boarding houses WIN
| separate rooms for occupants, such Hre
! escapes must be directly accessible from aii
| the public halls In each story commuHi,,
| eating with the several sleeping rooms. al
| fire escape stairways shall be placed at nm
| an1Ia NOT staeper than fOFty-GVe degrees