Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-21
No coo Al Published June 70, 1909.
cHAPTER 3aA. LAWS OF l9OSi

AppIpNc0 JuAS -
! No. coo, Al Published June s 15 ood 5sos.
CHAPTER 394, LAWS Or LOVE.
| AN AcT to create sections 1636-lso 20
1es6-20I inclusive, for the regulation
OF the construction of apartment hoSses'
| tenement houses, and boarding o, ane rue
ing houses in cities OF the nrst CLASS.
| The neopIe of the State of Wisconsin, rtpleI
sanpted in Senate and Assembly, do enact
! as follows: tba sta+
| nres TWENTY-FIVE new sections 70 De ~ nun IN
hered sections 1636--1S0 TO 1636-2ol IN
! elusive, to read ny, .ovisions of
| this act shall apply to and De IN iorce ~
| cities of the first class only, Dut all " any
of the provisions thereof sh fa saco1d or
| third class In which the common eou1 A.
| thereof shall by ordinance provide tnal Ire
| same or such designated part or proVisiotis rs
| thereof shall SO Apply anu NC -.
Section 163e-1S1. %. An apartmlenn, a
| 9c+ is any house or building, or portion
| thereof. which IS rented. leased, let or alreu
out to be occupied as nome 1ile;,, o. ,rdenend
| emily and doing their cooking or haV th
| facilities for doing their cooking upon t the
premises and having common risht IL ,o ,ne
sstairwsys wards and water closets or some
" ~. a lodging or boarding house is any
house or building or portion TO ba 5Ie re-
| ceived or lodged for hire, or any pullding
| or part thereof which is used for SIX OF
more persons not members On tne lamiS' -
| sleep In or occupy as lodging. -
(5). An apartment is room OF sun,e %
| rooms occupied or designed to be occupied
as "a Az a yard is an open, unoccupied space
ON the same lot with a tenement. lodging OF
boarding house, between the rear llne Oh the
! house and the rear line OF the lot
(5). A court is an open. unoccupled space
| other than yard on the same lot with
tenement, lodging OF 6oard h h6 banse or
building is an inner court. A court bounded
| on one side and both ends by a house OF
line is an inner lot-iine court. a court ex,
| tending to a street, alley or yard, Is an
outer court; court with . enc size Far On "a a
| LOT line and opening TO street or yaru OF
both bot is an outer lot line court:
(6) A shaft includes exterior ana IN
| terror shafts. whether for light, ar, eIe
| vator duInb-Waiter or any other purpose
| a vent shaft is one used solely TO ventilaIe
| or light watercloset compartment BATH
| room or passageWay.
| m. A public hall is hall, corridor, or
passageWay not within an apartment.
landings, those portions of the public halls
getting from the entrance floor to the root'
and the enclosing partitions.
(9) basement is g story partly, put
| not more than onehalf Its heIgnC, peioW
the level of the lot.
half its height below the level OF the lot
a
building above the top story and is not to
be construed or counted as a story.
OBJ The expressions nrepr9er be ana
In used, means construction OF Ills,
piers. partitions foorg, roof AID stars IN
which no n wSod or S oter the several strue
tural parts are made OF hard, incombustlble.
fire resisting materials. and in which an
oughly protected from Gre by an ample COW
ering of such fire resisting material nre-
proof tenement, lodging or Doarolng mouse el
IS one OF fre-proof construction But this
definition shall not be construed as pro-
hibiting, elsewhere than In stai- halls or en-
trance halls, the use OF wooden noorlng on
top of the fire proof floors or the use OF
hardwood rails to stairs.
f13) 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 cohsideNd the
grade of such street or lot.
90. 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 1e36--1S2 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 or
any cellar therefor is commenced, the owner
or lessee, OF agent or either, or the architect
or builder employed by such owner or lessee
In connection with the proposed erection or
spector for permit to do such work. The
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 es!i-
mated cost of the proposed building and the
probable time to be occupied In the compile
| ton The application shall be accompanied
by a detailed statement of the specihcatlons:
full and complete copy of the plans OF
such proposed work and such structural de-
tail drawings of such proposed building as
the ad o ee may be @ name es
| dence street and number. of the owner or
| each of the owners of such proposed build
| ing also the name and residence OF the
architect and contractor Said statement
and specifications and copy Of plans, shall.
| If approved. be kept on file in the office OF
the city building inspector. and the erection,
construction or alteration of such building
| shall not be commenced or proceeded with
| until such statement and plans shall have
| been 80 filed and permit issued by such
| building inspector. and when proceeded WITH
| 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
otherwise. If the detailed statement of
| that the building contemplated will not in
! all respects be in accordance with the re-
| quiremepts of this act. the building inspec-
| tor shall refuse to issue permit. until said
| specifications and plans shall have been
| made to conform in every respect with the
| requirements of this act.
| house tenement lodging or boarding house
| hereafter erected, FIVE stories or more above
cellar or basement, shall be of hre-proof
| construction.
| Section 1636-1e4. IN every non fire
| proof, as we'll as fre-proof tenement, lodg
! ing or boarding house hereafter erected,
| three stories or more in height. exclusive OF
! cellar, the floor of the first story above the
| cellar shs ii be of fire-proof construction.
Section 1636-1S5. The stair halls in
| all non -fre-proof as well as fireproot tene-
ment houses hereafter erected shall be con-
| structed as in this section specified. IN
| every apartment house, tenement house,
| boarding or lodging house hereafter s-ect@d,
| which either is occupied or Is arranged 10
| be occupied By more than two families on
| any floor or which is four stories and cellar
| in height. the stair halls shall be construct
| apartment tenement houses and boarding
| and lodging houses hereafter erected three
stories and cellar in height, and which also
| are not occupied or arranged to be occu-
pied by more than two families on any floor.
| the stair halls shall be made of fre-proof
or open mill construction. Enclosing par
tftions shall be either f1re-proof or filled
with incombustible materials
Section 1636-1S6 All shafts hereafter
constructed in apartment houses tenement,
lodging and boarding houses. shall be con
structed fre-proof throughout. No ele-
vator shall be built in the well-hole of the.
stairs but shall be enclosed in separate fire
proof shaft.
Section 1eS6-1S7 Every apartment
house. tenement, lodging or boarding house
height and every such building heretofore
arectad which ar fhe time of the paSSaQe