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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 377 - Theaters and assembly halls › Section SPS 377.02 - Capacity

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The capacity of a theater or assembly
				  hall shall be established by the actual number of permanently fixed seats.
				  Where permanently fixed seats are not provided, the capacity shall be
				  established by allowing 10 square feet of floor space per person in areas used
				  as dining rooms and dance halls, 15 square feet per person in gymnasiums,
				  skating rinks and lodge halls, and 7 square feet per person in all places used
				  for seated assembly. For bleachers and grandstands, one person per 18 inches of
				  seat board will be allowed.
(2) No
				  greater number of persons than the number thus established shall be permitted
				  in any theater or place of assembly.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 377 - Theaters and assembly halls › Section SPS 377.03 - Exits

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)
				  NUMBER. Every theater or assembly hall shall have 2 or more exits, places as
				  far apart as practicable, and so located that if any exit is blocked, some
				  other exit will still be accessible from every part of the theater or assembly
				  hall. This order shall apply separately to the main floor and to each balcony
				  or gallery which accommodates more than 50 persons, and also to the stage,
				  dressing room section and other employees' rooms.
(2) TYPE. Each exit shall be either a
				  stairway, or a fire escape, or a horizontal exit (s.
				  SPS 375.12 ), or
				  for the first floor only an outside stairway with steps or incline to
				  grade.
(3) LOCATION. If a theater
				  or assembly hall is located above the second story, all interior stairways
				  shall be enclosed with not less than one-hour fire-resistive partitions and
				  fire-resistive doors (ss.
				  SPS
				  375.08 to
				  375.09 ), each leading to a separate
				  exit door.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 377 - Theaters and assembly halls › Section SPS 377.04 - Fire escapes

Current through June 24, 2024
Fire escapes hereafter constructed shall be stairway fire
					 escapes as described in ss.
					 SPS 375.13
					 to
					 375.23. If the theater or assembly
					 hall accommodates more than 125 persons, such fire escape shall be a "B" type
					 fire escape. Existing stairway fire escapes complying with these requirements
					 will be accepted if strongly and properly built and in good condition. Ladders
					 are not accepted as exits under any conditions.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 377 - Theaters and assembly halls › Section SPS 377.05 - Stairways

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Inside stairways at a steeper angle than
				  45º with the horizontal are not accepted as exits. No stairway will be
				  accepted as an exit if it is necessary to go up stairs in order to reach the
				  head of the stairway.
(2) Outside
				  stairways heretofore constructed on buildings not more than 2 stories in height
				  will be accepted if properly constructed and in good condition.
(3) Stairways and steps which have more than
				  3 risers shall have handrails on both sides. Rails shall be not less than 2
				  feet 6 inches vertically above nose of treads, or 3 feet above a
				  platform.
(4) If a closet is
				  located under any non-fire-resistive stairway which serves as an exit from a
				  theater or assembly hall, such closet shall not be used, but shall be kept
				  empty and locked.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 377 - Theaters and assembly halls › Section SPS 377.06 - Exit doors

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Exit doors shall be as required by s.
				  SPS 375.24,
				  but no rolling, sliding or revolving door shall be used as an exit from any
				  theater or assembly hall.
(2) For
				  exit lights and signs, see ss.
				  SPS 377.14,
				  377.15.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 377 - Theaters and assembly halls › Section SPS 377.07 - Width of exits

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The total width of exits from every
				  theater and assembly hall, and from every part thereof, shall not be less than
				  the following:
(a) Buildings of fire-resistive
				  construction, 36 inches per 100 persons.
(b) Buildings of ordinary construction, 40
				  inches per 100 persons.
(c)
				  Buildings of frame construction, 44 inches per 100 persons.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 377 - Theaters and assembly halls › Section SPS 377.08 - Seats

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)
				  Where fixed seats are not used, the chairs or seats shall be fastened together
				  in groups of 4 or more. There shall be not more than 12 seats in a row between
				  aisles, nor more than 6 seats in a row which has an aisle on one side
				  only.
(2) All seats, chairs and
				  benches shall be placed not less than 32 inches back to back measured
				  horizontally, except that this requirement does not apply where fixed seats
				  have already been installed.
(3)
				  Loose chairs or seats shall not be used unless a special permit is secured from
				  the department.
(4) The
				  requirements of this order do not apply to restaurants, dining rooms or dance
				  halls.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 377 - Theaters and assembly halls › Section SPS 377.09 - Aisles

Current through June 24, 2024
No wall aisle shall be less than 3 feet wide and no other
					 straight aisle shall be less than 3 feet 6 inches wide except that where fixed
					 seats were originally installed, the above dimensions may be reduced 6
					 inches.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 377 - Theaters and assembly halls › Section SPS 377.10 - Obstructions

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) All lobbies, aisles, passageways and
				  doorways shall be kept free from furniture, drapes, display equipment,
				  merchandise and other obstructions, and no person except an employee shall be
				  allowed to stand in or occupy any of the aisles, foyers or passageways during
				  any performance or public gathering.
(2) No vending equipment, booths or counters
				  shall be placed in any lobby, foyer or other public space except as provided
				  for in the state building code.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 377 - Theaters and assembly halls › Section SPS 377.12 - Automatic smoke outlet

Current through June 24, 2024
Where a proscenium curtain is required or provided, the
					 stage shall be provided with one or more automatic smoke outlets, constructed
					 of metal or other incombustible material, placed near the center and above the
					 highest part of the stage, and having a combined area equal to not less than 8%
					 of the area of the stage floor. Vertical louver openings shall be placed not
					 less than 3 feet above the roof and shall be not less than twice the area of
					 the shaft. The smoke outlet shall be designed and constructed so as to open by
					 gravity, and so as to effectively overcome the effects of neglect, rust, dirt,
					 frost, snow, heat, twisting, or warping of the framework. The louvers or
					 dampers, in the openings shall be held closed by cotton or hemp cords running
					 to the stage floor close to each stage door. Fusible links, or other approved
					 heat release devices, shall be inserted in each cord near the
					 outlets.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 377 - Theaters and assembly halls › Section SPS 377.13 - Lights, oil and gas

Current through June 24, 2024
No oil lamp or gas lighting of any kind shall be used on or
					 about any stage containing scenery.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 377 - Theaters and assembly halls › Section SPS 377.14 - Exit lights and signs

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) In every theater and assembly hall,
				  except church auditoriums, exit lights shall be provided immediately over all
				  exit doorways, and in such other places as may be necessary to direct the
				  occupants to exit doorways and to a street, alley or exit court. The
				  installation of such exit lights shall comply in all respects with the
				  provisions of the Wisconsin state electrical code.
(2) Every light over an exit doorway shall be
				  a red illuminated sign bearing the word EXIT or OUT in plain letters not less
				  than 5 inches in height.
(3) All
				  exit lights shall remain lighted during each occupancy and until the occupants
				  have left the building.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 377 - Theaters and assembly halls › Section SPS 377.15 - Ventilation

Current through June 24, 2024
In all theaters and assembly halls a heating and
					 ventilating system complying with the requirements of the heating, ventilation
					 and air conditioning code shall be provided, maintained and
					 operated.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 377 - Theaters and assembly halls › Section SPS 377.16 - Fire extinguishers

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Standard fire extinguishers (s.
				  SPS 377.27 )
				  shall be provided as follows:
(a)
Theaters:
1. Two on stage
				  (if more than 1500 square feet of scenery is used).
2. One on stage (if not more than 1500 square
				  feet of scenery is used).
3. One in
				  motion picture booth, or in ticket office if there is no booth.
4. One in dressing room section.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 377 - Theaters and assembly halls › Section SPS 377.17 - False openings

Current through June 24, 2024
No false openings giving the appearance of a door or
					 window, where none exists, shall be permitted in any part of a theater or
					 assembly hall used by the public.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 377 - Theaters and assembly halls › Section SPS 377.18 - Motion picture machine booths, general

Current through June 24, 2024
Every motion picture machine using nitro-cellulose film,
					 together with all auxiliary and associated equipment, shall be enclosed in a
					 booth so arranged as to permit the operator to walk freely on either side and
					 in back of the machine. At least 48 square feet in area shall be provided for
					 one machine, and 24 square feet additional for each machine over one. The
					 ceiling height shall be not less than 7 feet.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 377 - Theaters and assembly halls › Section SPS 377.19 - Construction of booth

Current through June 24, 2024
The floor of each motion picture booth shall be constructed
					 of masonry or reinforced concrete, or shall be covered with not less than 2
					 inches of fire-resistive material. The walls and ceiling shall be not less than
					 2-hour fire-resistive construction as specified in s. Ind 51.05,
					 1956.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 377 - Theaters and assembly halls › Section SPS 377.20 - Doors

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)
				  The door to the booth shall be not larger than necessary for the safe and
				  proper use and maintenance of the booth and equipment, but in no case shall its
				  dimensions be smaller than 2 feet by 5 feet or larger than 3 feet by 7 feet.
				  The top of the door shall be not less than 12 inches below the ceiling of the
				  booth.
(2) The door shall be a
				  tight-fitting self-closing fire door, shall open outwardly, and shall not be
				  equipped with any latch.
See s. Ind 51.09, 1956.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 377 - Theaters and assembly halls › Section SPS 377.21 - Openings

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Two openings for each motion picture
				  machine may be provided. The one for the operator's view shall not be larger
				  than 200 square inches and the one for projection not larger than 120 square
				  inches. Where separate stereopticon, spot, or floodlight machines are
				  installed, not more than one opening shall be provided for each such machine
				  for both the operator's view and the projection of light. All such openings
				  shall be as small as practicable.
(2) Each opening shall be provided with an
				  approved gravity shutter set into guides not less than one inch at sides and
				  bottom, and overlapping the top of the opening by at least one inch when
				  closed. Shutters shall be not less than No. 10 U. S. standard gauge iron or
				  equivalent, arranged to move freely in guides of like material and thickness
				  bolted to the wall. Each shutter shall be suspended by a cord, and shall be so
				  arranged that closing is by gravity action. A fusible link shall be provided in
				  the cord over each shutter. A link shall also be provided over each magazine,
				  which on operating will close all shutters. A manual release shall be provided
				  near each exit door by which all shutters can be closed simultaneously.
				  Shutters shall not be blocked open nor held open in any manner except by the
				  harness of cords and links as herein described.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 377 - Theaters and assembly halls › Section SPS 377.22 - Ventilation of booths

Current through June 24, 2024
Every booth or room housing projection, sound or any other
					 equipment which vitiates good air conditions or requires the attention of an
					 attendant shall be ventilated as required by ch. Ind 64 issued by the
					 department. Fresh air intakes in booth walls, except for outside air, shall not
					 exceed 72 square inches in area, nor be more than 3 inches above the floor.
					 They shall be equipped with automatic shutters as described for projection
					 openings.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 377 - Theaters and assembly halls › Section SPS 377.23 - Relief outlets

Current through June 24, 2024
Every booth or room housing projection, sound or other
					 equipment which constitutes a fire, smoke, explosion or fuming hazard shall be
					 equipped with one or more gravity outlets extending upward from the ceiling
					 through the roof. The net area of such gravity relief outlets shall be equal to
					 one percent of the room or booth floor area, but not less than 12 inches in
					 diameter. Such outlets shall be constructed as sheet metal ducts having double
					 walls with 1/2 inch air spaces between, or better construction. Where a relief
					 outlet passes through, or is within 18 inches of any combustible construction,
					 or passes through any other occupancy, approved masonry flues as specified for
					 chimneys, shall be used. The relief outlets shall be equipped, at the booth or
					 room outlets, with a gravity shutter which will open automatically under
					 excessive heat conditions. The automatic shutter shall normally be tightly
					 closed where mechanical exhaust ventilation is required in the same
					 room.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 377 - Theaters and assembly halls › Section SPS 377.24 - Electrical wiring

Current through June 24, 2024
All lights and electrical wiring, also motors, arc lamps,
					 rheostats, and associated electrical equipment shall conform in type and
					 arrangement to the requirements of the Wisconsin state electrical
					 code.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 377 - Theaters and assembly halls › Section SPS 377.25 - Motion picture machine

Current through June 24, 2024
Every projection machine shall be securely fastened to the
					 floor, and together with sound head and other associated equipment, shall be of
					 safe design. No part of the film shall be outside of a tight metal enclosure
					 during projection, and the feed and take-up reels shall have riveted, flanged,
					 or welded joints. A shutter shall be placed in front of the condenser, arranged
					 so as to be closed except when held open by the operator, or by some mechanical
					 device which will assure immediate closure when operation of the machine is
					 stopped.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 377 - Theaters and assembly halls › Section SPS 377.26 - Fire protection in booth; care and use of film

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) All shelves,
				  furniture and fixtures shall be incombustible. No combustible material shall be
				  permitted to be within such booth, except films and film cement not exceeding
				  one pint. Smoking is prohibited. Heating equipment in booths shall be limited
				  to steam, warm air, hot water or electric convection heaters with low surface
				  temperature elements. Radiators shall be protected by 1/4 inch mesh screen with
				  the top sloped at least 45º to the horizontal.
(2) Films not in process of rewinding,
				  examination or projection shall be kept in metal containers. Up to 40 pounds of
				  film may be kept in the projection booth in interstate commerce commission
				  shipping containers. Excess over 40 pounds shall be kept in an approved film
				  cabinet, but the total quantity of film in any booth shall not exceed 125
				  pounds.
(3) Rewinding in the
				  projection booth is prohibited unless done in an approved enclosed type rewind
				  machine. An approved can with self-closing hinged cover shall be provided for
				  scrap film.
(4) Up to 125 pounds of
				  film in addition to that permitted in a projection booth, may be kept in
				  containers as specified above, providing this excess is in a rewind room of not
				  less than 80 square feet area, and of the construction specified in ss.
				  SPS 377.19
				  and
				  377.20.
				  Such room shall have a vent of at least 50 square inches area extending upward
				  to the outside of the building, with a clearance to combustible material
				  conforming to s.
				  SPS 377.23.
				  Furniture and heating shall be as for the projection booth, and smoking is
				  prohibited.
In the foregoing order the weight of a 1000 foot roll of
						35 millimeter film is assumed as 5 pounds.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 377 - Theaters and assembly halls › Section SPS 377.27 - Portable booths

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Every portable booth used to confine the
				  fire hazards of a motion picture machine shall be of approved design conforming
				  to the requirements for permanent booths.
(2) Every booth used for more than 3
				  consecutive performances in one location will be considered a permanent
				  booth.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 377 - Theaters and assembly halls › Section SPS 377.28 - Strength of floors

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) No building or part thereof shall be used
				  as a theater or public assembly hall unless the floors of the auditorium,
				  balconies, galleries, lobbies, passageways and stairways are capable of
				  sustaining the following live loads (pounds per square foot) in addition to the
				  dead load, without exceeding the unit stresses permitted by the state building
				  code (ss. Ind 53.06, 53.22, 53.24, 53.28, 1956).
(2) Auditorium with fixed seats 50
(3) Lobbies, passageways, stairways,
				  auditorium or places of assemblage without fixed seats100
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 377 - Theaters and assembly halls › Section SPS 377.29 - Maintenance

Current through June 24, 2024
All theaters and assembly halls and all parts thereof shall
					 be kept clean, sanitary and in good repair.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 377 - Theaters and assembly halls › Section SPS 377.30 - Toilet rooms

Current through June 24, 2024
Toilet facilities shall be provided in connection with
					 theaters and assembly halls, where, in the judgment of the department, they are
					 necessary. All toilet rooms shall be maintained in a sanitary
					 condition.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 377 - Theaters and assembly halls › Section SPS 377.31 - Heating plants

Current through June 24, 2024
Every boiler or furnace room including the breeching and
					 fuel room shall be provided with a 2-hour fire-resistive floor and shall be
					 enclosed with not less than one-hour fire-resistive walls and ceiling. All
					 openings shall be protected with fire-resistive doors.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 378 - Schools and other places of instruction › Section SPS 378.001 - Scope

Current through June 24, 2024
Under this classification are included all public,
					 parochial and private schools, colleges, universities, academies, seminaries,
					 libraries, museums and art galleries; including all buildings or parts of
					 buildings used for the purpose of acquiring knowledge.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 378 - Schools and other places of instruction › Section SPS 378.01 - Exits

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)
				  Every building more than one story in height shall have at least 2 exits from
				  each floor. If there are more than 2 classrooms between the end of the building
				  and the nearest exit, an additional exit shall be provided at the end of the
				  building.
(2) The exits herein
				  required shall be either stairways, or fire escapes, or horizontal exits (s.
				  SPS 375.14
				  ). But in every non-fire-resistive building more than 2 stories in height, at
				  least one exit shall be a fire escape or an outside covered incombustible
				  stairway or horizontal exit, unless the inside stairways are enclosed with
				  fire-resistive partitions and doors (ss.
				  SPS
				  375.08 to
				  375.11 ).
(3) In buildings 2 or more stories in height,
				  all basement stairways shall be enclosed with one-hour fire-resistive
				  partitions and fire-resistive doors as specified in s.
				  SPS
				  375.08.
(4) The storage of material below stairways
				  or stair landings is prohibited.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 378 - Schools and other places of instruction › Section SPS 378.02 - Fire escapes

Current through June 24, 2024
Fire escapes hereafter constructed shall be stairway fire
					 escapes as described in ss.
					 SPS 375.14
					 to
					 375.23; on buildings which
					 accommodate more than 100 persons above the first floor, such fire escapes
					 shall be "B" type fire escapes. Existing stairway fire escapes will be accepted
					 if strongly and properly built and in good condition. Ladders are not accepted
					 as exits under any condition.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 378 - Schools and other places of instruction › Section SPS 378.03 - Stairways

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Inside stairways at a steeper angle than
				  45º with the horizontal are not accepted as exits.
(2) Every stairway which serves as an exit,
				  shall lead to a separate exit door.
(3) All stairways and steps of more than 3
				  risers shall have at least one handrail. Stairways and steps which are 5 feet
				  or more in width, or which are open on both sides, shall have a handrail on
				  each side. Rails shall be not less than 2 feet 6 inches vertically above nose
				  of treads or 3 feet above platform.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 378 - Schools and other places of instruction › Section SPS 378.04 - Exit doors

Current through June 24, 2024
Exit doors shall be as required in s.
					 SPS 375.24
					 but no revolving door shall be considered as an exit from a building in this
					 classification.
Single doors are better than double doors for school
						buildings.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 378 - Schools and other places of instruction › Section SPS 378.05 - Classrooms; floor space

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The minimum
				  floor space for recitation or classrooms shall be 18 square feet per
				  person.
(2) Rooms used only for
				  study purposes shall have a minimum floor space of 15 square feet per
				  person.
(3) In colleges or
				  universities, classrooms seated with tablet arm chairs or seats without desks
				  shall have a minimum floor space of 10 square feet per person.
(4) No greater number of persons than the
				  number thus established shall be permitted in any classroom.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 378 - Schools and other places of instruction › Section SPS 378.06 - Seats and desks

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Seats, chairs and desks (except those
				  used by teachers) in class, recitation, or study rooms seating more than 50
				  persons shall be securely fastened to the floor, or not less than 4 seats (or 2
				  seats and 2 desks) shall be fastened together.
(2) Assembly hall seats and aisles shall
				  conform to the requirements for assembly halls (ss.
				  SPS 377.08 to
				  377.10 ).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 378 - Schools and other places of instruction › Section SPS 378.07 - Fire extinguishers

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) In all buildings not provided with
				  interior standpipes, standard chemical fire extinguishers (s.
				  SPS 375.27 )
				  shall be provided in the proportion of one extinguisher to each 2500 square
				  feet of floor area or fraction; but there shall be at least one fire
				  extinguisher on each floor. All fire extinguishers shall be prominently exposed
				  to view and always accessible.
(2)
				  In addition to the fire extinguishers required for general protection, there
				  shall be at least one extinguisher of appropriate size and type in each
				  laboratory, kitchen, shop, or other vocational room.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 378 - Schools and other places of instruction › Section SPS 378.08 - Fire alarms

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Every building 2 stories or more in
				  height shall be provided with a proper alarm system complying with s.
				  SPS
				  375.29.
(2) A hand-operated alarm if permanently
				  installed and so arranged that it can be operated from any story, including the
				  basement, may be used in school buildings not more than 2 stories in height and
				  having not more than 2 standard size classrooms on the second floor.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 378 - Schools and other places of instruction › Section SPS 378.09 - Heating plants

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) In every building, all heating plants
				  including the breeching and fuel rooms, shall be enclosed in a separate room
				  having a 2-hour fire-resistive floor. The walls and ceiling shall be of
				  one-hour fire-resistive construction, or better.
(2) All openings shall be protected with
				  self-closing fire-resistive doors.
(3) This requirement shall not apply to
				  buildings where jacketed stoves or school room heaters are permitted.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 378 - Schools and other places of instruction › Section SPS 378.10 - Sanitary equipment

Current through June 24, 2024
Separate toilets shall be provided for each sex in
					 connection with all schools, as required by ss. Ind 52.62 and 56.16,
					 1956.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 379 - Apartment houses, hotels and places of detention › Section SPS 379.001 - Scope; apartment houses

Current through June 24, 2024
Under this classification is included every building or
					 part of a building occupied as the residence of 3 or more families living
					 independently, or occupied by 2 such families and also used for business
					 purposes.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 379 - Apartment houses, hotels and places of detention › Section SPS 379.01 - Hotels and places of detention

Current through June 24, 2024
Under this classification are included all hotels, lodging
					 and boarding houses, club houses, dormitories, convents, monasteries,
					 hospitals, homes for the aged and infirm, nursing homes, convalescent homes,
					 convalescent hospitals, asylums, jails and other places of detention, including
					 every building or part of a building used for sleeping or lodging purposes by 3
					 or more persons not members of a family.
Where the following requirements refer to "families" or
						"apartments," the requirements apply to apartment houses; where they refer
						to"persons" or "rooms," the requirements apply to hotels and other places as
						listed in s. SPS 379.01.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 379 - Apartment houses, hotels and places of detention › Section SPS 379.02 - Exits; number and location

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) In every
				  apartment house there shall be at least 2 exits accessible from each apartment
				  without passing through another apartment.
(2) In every hotel, place of detention or
				  other occupancy listed in s.
				  SPS
				  379.01, there shall be at least 2 exits from each
				  floor. The number and location of such exits shall be such that in case if any
				  exit or passageway is blocked at any point, some other exit will still be
				  accessible through public passageways from every room, except that in
				  fire-resistive buildings a total area of not more than 1200 square feet may be
				  placed between an exit and the end of the building.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 379 - Apartment houses, hotels and places of detention › Section SPS 379.03 - Type of exits

Current through June 24, 2024
The exits herein required shall be either stairways, or
					 fire escapes, or horizontal exits as described in s.
					 SPS
					 375.12.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 379 - Apartment houses, hotels and places of detention › Section SPS 379.04 - Fire escapes

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Fire escapes hereafter constructed shall
				  be stairway fire escapes as described in ss.
				  SPS 375.15
				  to
				  375.25. Existing stairway fire
				  escapes will be accepted if strongly and properly built and in good condition.
				  Fire escapes constructed on hospitals and sanitariums, and on hotels or rooming
				  houses over 2 stories in height, shall be "B" type fire escapes. Access to such
				  fire escapes shall be by standard exit doors.
(2) Every fire escape shall be placed against
				  a blank wall if possible.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 379 - Apartment houses, hotels and places of detention › Section SPS 379.05 - Stairways

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Inside stairways at a steeper angle than
				  45º with the horizontal are not accepted as exits. Every new stairway
				  shall comply with the requirements of s. Ind 51.16, 1956.
(2) Every stairway which serves as an exit
				  shall lead to a separate exit door.
(3) Outside stairways heretofore constructed
				  on 2-story buildings will be accepted if in good condition.
(4) All stairways and shaftways within
				  buildings in the classification described in ss.
				  SPS
				  379.001 and which are 379.013 or more stories in
				  height shall be enclosed with partitions, including doors, of not less than
				  one-hour fire-resistive construction.
(5) Except that one stairway may be
				  unenclosed in the first story provided it does not lead to the
				  basement.
(6) All stairways and
				  steps of more than 3 risers shall have at least one handrail. Stairways and
				  steps which are 5 feet or more in width, or which are open on both sides, shall
				  have a handrail on each side. Rails shall be not less than 2 feet 6 inches
				  vertically above nose of treads or 3 feet 6 inches above platform.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 379 - Apartment houses, hotels and places of detention › Section SPS 379.06 - Basement stairway enclosure

Current through June 24, 2024
In every building as listed in s.
					 SPS
					 379.01 more than 2 stories high, every stairway which
					 extends from the basement to the second floor or above, shall be enclosed in
					 the basement with not less than one-hour fire-resistive partitions and
					 doors.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 379 - Apartment houses, hotels and places of detention › Section SPS 379.07 - Exit doors

Current through June 24, 2024
All exit doors shall be as required in s.
					 SPS 375.24
					 except that a door which accommodates not more than 4 families or 20 persons
					 will not be required to swing outward.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 379 - Apartment houses, hotels and places of detention › Section SPS 379.08 - Exit lights and signs

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) In every building which accommodates more
				  than 4 families or 20 persons, and in every building which accommodates
				  transients, the public passageways, stairways, and exit doors shall be
				  illuminated from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise. This
				  illumination shall include lights at all intersections of passageways, at all
				  exits, and at the head and foot of every stairway.
(2) The lights at all exit doors shall be red
				  lights and shall be accompanied by a sign bearing the word EXIT or OUT, in
				  plain letters not less than 5 inches in height. Exit lights shall be installed
				  in accordance with the requirements of the Wisconsin state electrical code and
				  s.
				  SPS
				  375.24.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 379 - Apartment houses, hotels and places of detention › Section SPS 379.09 - Size of rooms

Current through June 24, 2024
Every sleeping room shall be of sufficient size to afford
					 at least 400 cubic feet of air space for each occupant over 12 years of age,
					 and 200 cubic feet for each occupant under 12 years. No greater number of
					 occupants than the number thus established shall be permitted in any such
					 room.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 379 - Apartment houses, hotels and places of detention › Section SPS 379.10 - Windows

Current through June 24, 2024
No room shall be used as a sleeping or living room unless
					 it has a window or windows opening upon a street, alley, or yard, or upon a
					 court connecting therewith, or above the roof of an adjoining building, or upon
					 an inner court not less than 25 square feet in area; or unless it has a
					 vertically-sliding pulley-hung sash window, not less than 15 square feet in
					 area, opening into another room in the same apartment, which other room opens
					 on a street, alley, or yard, either directly or through similar windows. Every
					 such sash window shall be placed as nearly as possible in line with outside
					 windows, and both halves shall be made to open readily, and the glass in the
					 lower half shall be translucent.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 379 - Apartment houses, hotels and places of detention › Section SPS 379.11 - Basement rooms

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) No basement room shall be used as a
				  sleeping or living room unless all the following conditions are complied with:
(a) The room shall be at least 8 feet high
				  from floor to ceiling.
(b) The
				  ceiling shall be at least 4 feet above the surface of the adjoining street or
				  ground.
(c) The room shall have a
				  window or windows opening upon a street, alley, or yard, or upon a court
				  connecting therewith, or upon an inner court not less than 60 square feet in
				  area; and the total window area shall be at least one-tenth of the floor area
				  of the room, and the upper half of such window or windows shall be made to open
				  the full width.
(d) The walls and
				  floor shall be dampproof and waterproof.
(e) The room shall have sufficient light and
				  ventilation and shall be fit for human habitation.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 379 - Apartment houses, hotels and places of detention › Section SPS 379.12 - Toilet rooms

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) In every apartment building where a sewer
				  system is available, at least one water-closet shall be provided for every 2
				  apartments. Every such water-closet shall be located within the building, in a
				  separate room or compartment, on the same floor with the apartments which it
				  serves, and shall be accessible from each such apartment without passing
				  through another apartment. All water-closets and the pipes connecting therewith
				  shall be properly protected against frost; if located in a public hall such
				  hall shall be heated, if necessary, so as to prevent the closets and pipes from
				  freezing.
(2) In every building of
				  this classification where a sewer system is available, except apartment houses,
				  at least one water-closet shall be provided for every 15 persons or
				  fraction.
(3) Rooms with private
				  water-closets shall not be considered in counting either the number of rooms or
				  number of fixtures.
(4) Toilet
				  rooms and fixtures hereafter installed shall comply with ss. Ind 52.50 to
				  52.64, 1956. For details of plumbing, see state plumbing code issued by the
				  department.
(5) Every existing
				  toilet room shall be ventilated by an outside window; or, where this is not
				  possible, by a ventilating pipe approved by the department or by the local
				  health officer.
(6) In buildings
				  where a sewer system is not available and cannot be made available, an equal
				  number of sanitary privies, or closets connected with a septic tank or
				  cesspool, shall be provided in accordance with rules of the
				  department.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 379 - Apartment houses, hotels and places of detention › Section SPS 379.13 - Maintenance and housekeeping

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Every building
				  of this classification, and all parts thereof, shall be kept in good repair and
				  the roof shall be kept so as not to leak, and all rain water shall be so
				  drained and conveyed therefrom as not to cause dampness in the walls and
				  ceilings.
(2) All exit doors,
				  corridors, passageways and stairways shall be kept clear and unobstructed at
				  all times.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 379 - Apartment houses, hotels and places of detention › Section SPS 379.14 - Water supply

Current through June 24, 2024
Where city water supply is available or can be made
					 available, every apartment house shall be provided with proper sinks with
					 running water, and there shall be at least one such sink within each
					 apartment.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 379 - Apartment houses, hotels and places of detention › Section SPS 379.15 - Cleanliness

Current through June 24, 2024
Every building shall be kept clean and shall also be kept
					 free from any accumulation of dirt, filth, rubbish, garbage, or other matter in
					 or on the same or in the yards, courts, passages, areas or alleys connected
					 with or belonging to the same.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 379 - Apartment houses, hotels and places of detention › Section SPS 379.16 - Fire extinguishers

Current through June 24, 2024
In every building in this classification which accommodates
					 more than 20 persons and is not equipped with a complete automatic sprinkler
					 system or with interior standpipes, at least one approved fire extinguisher
					 shall be provided on each floor. Such fire extinguishers shall be located at
					 the head of each stairway or each elevator group.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 375-379 - Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914 › Chapter SPS 379 - Apartment houses, hotels and places of detention › Section SPS 379.17 - Automatic sprinklers

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Where city water supply is available, an
				  approved automatic sprinkler system as described in s.
				  SPS 375.28
				  shall be provided in the basement and sub-basements of all buildings of this
				  classification, except
(a) Apartment
				  houses.
(b) Buildings not more than
				  2 stories high.
(c) Buildings which
				  accommodate not more than 40 persons.
(d) Buildings of fire-resistive
				  construction.