Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 320-325 - Uniform Dwelling Code › Chapter SPS 320 - Administration And Enforcement › Subchapter I - Purpose and Scope › Section SPS 320.02 - Scope

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) GENERAL. The provisions of this code
					 apply to all of the following:
(a) All one-
					 and 2-family dwellings built on or after the effective dates under s.
					 SPS 320.03.
Note:
This includes site-built dwellings,
						manufactured buildings used as dwellings, modular homes and dwellings that may
						be designated as cabins, seasonal homes, temporary residences, etc., (except
						for manufactured or HUD homes, which are covered separately under this
						section).
(b) Adult family
					 homes providing care, treatment and services for 3 or 4 unrelated adults built
					 on or after the effective dates under s.
					 SPS
					 320.03.
(c) Community-based residential facilities
					 providing care, treatment and services for 5 to 8 unrelated adults built on or
					 after the effective dates under s.
					 SPS 320.03.
(ce) A one- or 2-family dwelling
					 built on or after the effective dates under s.
					 SPS 320.03 that is
					 used as a foster home or group home, or as a residential care center for
					 children and youth that has a capacity for 8 or fewer children, all as defined
					 in s.
					 48.02, Stats. Where
					 such a home or center is operated in each dwelling unit of a 2-family dwelling,
					 the capacity limit for each unit is independent of the other unit only if the
					 two operations are independent of each other.
Note:
Note: The definitions in s.
						48.02, Stats., limit
						foster homes to no more than 4 children unless the children are siblings, and
						limit group homes to no more than 8 children. Where permitted by the Department
						of Children and Families, a group home or a residential care center for
						children and youth that has a capacity for 8 or fewer children may be located
						in a one- or 2-family dwelling as a community living arrangement, as defined in
						s.
						46.03(22),
						Stats.
(cm) A one- or
					 2-family dwelling built on or after the effective dates under s.
					 SPS 320.03, in
					 which a public or private day care center for 8 or fewer children is located.
					 Where such a day care center is operated in each dwelling unit of a 2-family
					 dwelling, the capacity limit for each unit is independent of the other unit
					 only if the two operations are independent of each other.
Note:
Chapter
						DCF
						250, as administered by the Department of Children and
						Families, defines a "family child care center" as being "a facility where a
						person provides care and supervision for less than 24 hours a day for at least
						4 and not more than 8 children who are not related to the provider." Chapter
						DCF
						250 applies various licensing and other requirements
						to these centers, including for fire protection and other aspects of the
						physical plant.
(cs)
1. Any portion of or space within a one- or
					 2-family dwelling built on or after the effective dates under s.
					 SPS 320.03, in
					 which a home occupation is located.
2. In this paragraph, "home occupation" means
					 any business, profession, trade, or employment conducted in a person's dwelling
					 unit, that may involve the person's immediate family or household and a maximum
					 of one other unrelated person, but does not involve any of the following:
a. Explosives, fireworks, or repair of motor
					 vehicles.
b. More than 25% of the
					 habitable floor area of the dwelling unit.
Note:
See chs.
						SPS
						361 to
						366 for buildings that are beyond
						the scope of this code.
(d) The onsite installation of a mobile home
					 or manufactured home on piers, regardless of the date of production of the
					 home.
Note:
The design and construction of a
						manufactured home is regulated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
						Development and is not subject to UDC requirements. Prior to regulation by HUD
						in 1976, manufactured homes were known as mobile homes and their design and
						construction were not uniformly regulated. See s.
						SPS
						320.07(52m) for the statutory
						definition.
(e) The onsite
					 installation of a manufactured home, regardless of the type of foundation,
					 where the manufactured home has a production date on or after April 1,
					 2007.
(f) The design and
					 construction of a crawl space, basement or foundation, other than piers, under
					 a manufactured home where the manufactured home has a production date on or
					 after the effective dates under s.
					 SPS
					 320.03.
(g) All garages, carports, porches, stoops,
					 decks, balconies, stairways and similar structures that are attached to any
					 building covered under this section that was constructed or had a production
					 date on or after the effective dates under s.
					 SPS 320.03.
(h) Adjacent, unattached
					 structures listed under par. (g) that serve an exit from a
					 dwelling.