Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-07-14

OF lnt CONSTRUCTION OF apartment houses,
tenement houses and boarding and iodg-
ing houses In cities Of the first class.
The people Of the State Of Wisconsin, repre-
scented in Senate and Assembly, do enact
Section / There are added to the stat
! utes twenty-five new sections to be num-
| bered sections 1636-1S0 TO 1636-201 in
| elusive, TO read
| Section 1636-1sO 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
and be In force in any city OF the second or
third class in which the common council
| thereof shall by ordinance provide chat the
| same or such designated part or provisions
thereof shall so apply and be in force in
Section 1886 Isl. az. An apartment
or tenement house In the meaning of this
act. ls any house or building, or portion
thereof, which is rented leased let or hired
| out TO be occupied as home or residence
OF three or more families living independ-
entity and doing their cooking or having
facilities for doing their cooking upon the
| premises, and having common right in the
stairways. yarus and water closets or some
(2). A lodging or boarding house is any
| house or building or portion thereof In
| which six or more persons are harbored. re-
ceived or lodged for hire, or any building
| or part thereof which is used for six OF
more persons not members of the family, to
sleep In or occupy as a lodging.
(3l~ An apartment is a room suite of
rooms occupied or. designed to be occupied
as 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
.(6). A court is an open, unoccul-ied space
| other than a yard, on the same lot with
| tenement, lodging or boarding house. A
court entirely, surrounded by house or
| building is an inner court. A 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. court ex-
tending TO a rect. alley or yard is an
| outer COnrt 4 pOurt with side n
! lot line and opening to street or yard or
both is an outer lot line court:
| (0). A shaft includes exterior and in
| terror shafts. whether for light, air. Gle
1 vator, dumb-waiter or any other purpose.
| A vent shaft is one used solely to ventilate
! or light watercloset compartment, bath
| room or pGssagewaE
| 90. A public haH is a hail. corridor or
i passageway not within an apartment.
4 49,, A stair hall includes the stairs stair
through which it is necessary to pass in
l getting from the entrance floor to the roof,
4 and the enclosing partitions
| (9). A basement is a story partly. but
4 not more than onehalf its height, below
Il the level Of the lot
| (10). A cellar is a story more than one
1 half its height below the level of the lot.
I'D. An attic Is an enclosed portion OF
| a building above the top story and is not to
| be construed or counted as a story.
(12) The expressions ''fre-proof" and
"fre-proof construction" wherever here
in used, means q CONSTRUCTION, OF walls.
I
which no wood or other inflammable 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 fire by an ample COW
| ering Of such fire resisting material. A fire.
proof tenement. lodging or boarding house
Is one Of 1reproof construction. But this
definition shall not be construed as pro-
i hibiting, 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.
| (13). Where grade In the street or lot
| adjacent to a tenement, lodging or boarding
| house ries, the mean or average grade of
such sL.sst or lot shall be considered the
! (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 lot Is such building premises open
| and unoccupied by any building. =
| Section 1636-1S2. Before the erection,
| construction or alteration. except minor re-
house, boarding or lodging house. or any
| part Of such building, or the excavation OF
| any cellar therefor is commenced, the owner
or builder employed by such owner or lessee
! in connection with the proposed erection or
| operation, shall apply to the building IN
| application for such permit shall state the
exact site to be occupied and indicate by
| diagram the dimensions thereof and location
| of the building thereon. and state the ma
| terIals to be used, the dimensions and esti-
| mated cost of the proposed building and the
| probable time to be occupied In the compile,
| ton The application shall be accompanied
| by detailed statement q the specifications,
| q full and complete copy of the plans OF
such proposed work and such structural De
tail drawings of such proposed building as
| the said officer may require, and written
/ statement giving the full name and resi-
dence street and number. of the owner or
each of the owners of such proposed build
| Ing also the name and residence OF tne
architect and contractor. Said statement
| and specifications and copy of plans, shall:
| IN approved be kept on file in the office or
the city building inspector, and the erection,
construction or alteration OF such building
shall not be commenced or proceeded WIN
! until such statement and plans shall have
been so filed and permit issued by such
building inspector, and when proceededi Will !
| the\ erection construction or alteration OF
such building shall be carried on In accord.
u nnce with such approved detailed statement
an and S sSRS 81 psans Of
specifcations and copy of plans indicate
that the building contemplated Will not in
o,,trements of this act. the building inspec-
| for shall refuse to issue a permit until SAID
Specifications and plans shall have been
made to conform In every respect WIN the
requirements of this act
Section 1636-1S3. Every apartment
house. tenement. lodging or boarding house
hereafter erected, five stories or more ABOVE
CELLAR or basement, shall be Of hre-proof
construction.
section 1e36-1s4. IN every non.fre'
| OrOOf. well as 0fe-pTOOI teueueAt' ioNc
| Ing or boarding house hereafter erected:
| three stories or more in height exclusive OF
cellar the floor of the first story above the
| cellar shall be of fre-proof construction.
| Section I636-1S5. The stair halls IN
| MI non-flre-proof as well as freproof tene-
| Tent houses hereafter erected shall De con
structed as in this section specified. IN
| every apartment house, tenement mousse
| boarding or lodging house hereafter erecteu.
which either is occupied or IS arrant9gE Me- ~
| be occupied by more than two families on
| any floor or which is four stories ana eeliar
| in height the stair halls shall be CONSTRUCT
| Cd Of fre-proof material throughout IN
| onartment tenement houses and boarding
| and lodging houses hereafter erected three
stories and cellar In heiGDt, ana Whien also
| are not occupied arranged TO De oecn-
| nied bv more than two families on any moor;
| he stair halls shall be made OF hre-prooI
| ar omen mill construction. Enclosing n
| ti+ions shall be either fre-proof or hlieo
| with incombustible materials.
Il Section 1636-1S6. All shafts hereafter
| constructed in apartment houses. tenement.
I fSdsinS and boarding houses. shall be con-
| str1cted 6re-proof throughout No eie-
| 1otor shall he built in the well-hole OF the
| stairs but shall be enclosed in separate IRE
piSSS ection i63G-1s7 Every apartment
| house tenement. lodging or boarding house
F., | hereafter erected. exceeding two stores IN
! beight and every such building heretofore
! nrsetai which at the time of the passage
| and notification of this act is not provided
! Itch sufficient iron fire escapes shall have
| ~, ths outside thereof one or more open
! fron Are escapes consisting of stairways
| and balconies Such fire escapes In tene-
| mant' houses shall open directly from Mt
least one room other than a bathroom or
| u-nter-c!oset compartment In each apart
| ,aab Story ehnvp the ground floor.