Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 326-360 - General, Part II › Chapter SPS 327 - Camping Units › Subchapter I - Administration and Enforcement › Section SPS 327.08 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1) "Accessory building" means a detached
					 building, not used as a camping unit but is incidental to that of the camping
					 unit and which is located on the same lot. Accessory building does not mean
					 farm building.
(2) "Addition" means
					 new construction performed on a camping unit which increases the outside
					 dimensions of the camping unit.
(3)
					 Allowable stress" means the specified maximum permissible stress of a material
					 expressed in load per unit area.
(4) "Alteration" means an enhancement,
					 upgrading, or substantial change or modification other than an addition or
					 repair to a camping unit or to electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilating, air
					 conditioning, and other systems within a camping unit.
(5) "Approved" means an approval by the
					 department or its authorized representative. Approval is not to be construed as
					 an assumption of any legal responsibility for the design or construction of the
					 camping unit.
(6) "Building
					 component" means any subsystem, subassembly, or other system designed for use
					 in or as part of a structure, which may include structural, electrical,
					 mechanical, plumbing, and fire protection systems and other systems affecting
					 health and safety.
(7) "Building
					 system" means plans, specifications and documentation for a system of
					 manufactured building or for a type or a system of building components, which
					 may include structural, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and variations which
					 are submitted as part of the building system.
(8) "Campground has the meaning given in s.
					 ATCP
					 79.03(3).
Note:
ATCP 79.03 (3) reads: Campground means
						a parcel or tract of land owned by a person, state, or local government that is
						designed, maintained, intended, or used for the purpose of providing campsites
						offered with or without charge, for temporary overnight sleeping
						accommodations.
(9) "Camping
					 unit means a framed structure or a tent, teepee, yurt, or other structure with
					 fabric roof or walls that is 400 square feet or less in area, which is placed
					 by a campground owner or operator in a campground for which a permit is issued
					 under s.
					 97.67,
					 Stats., and used for seasonal overnight camping.
(10) "Camping unit transfer tank" or transfer
					 tank means a type of portable container used to collect and hold wastewater
					 discharges generated by an individual camping unit.
(11) "Ceiling height" means the clear
					 vertical distance from the finished floor to the finished ceiling.
(12) "Certified UDC inspector" means a person
					 certified by the department to engage in the administration and enforcement of
					 this code.
(13) "A chimney" is one
					 or more vertical, or nearly so, passageways or flues for the purpose of
					 conveying flue gases to the atmosphere.
(14) "Code" means this chapter.
(15) "Common area" means a kitchen, hallway,
					 or any habitable room.
(16)
					 "Cooling load" is the rate at which heat must be removed from the space to
					 maintain a selected indoor air temperature during periods of design outdoor
					 weather conditions.
(17) "Deck"
					 means an unenclosed exterior structure, attached or adjacent to the exterior
					 wall of a camping unit, which has a floor, but no roof.
(18) "Department" means the department of
					 safety and professional services.
(19) "Dilution air" means air that is
					 provided for the purpose of mixing with flue gases in a draft hood or draft
					 regulator.
(20) "Direct-vent
					 appliance" means a gas-burning appliance that is constructed and installed so
					 that all air for combustion is derived directly from the outside atmosphere and
					 all flue gases are discharged to the outside atmosphere.
(21) "Exit" means a direct, continuous,
					 unobstructed means of egress from inside the camping unit to the exterior of
					 the camping unit.
(22)
					 Fireblocking" means a material or device used to retard or prevent the spread
					 of flame or hot gases through concealed spaces into adjacent rooms or
					 areas.
(23) "First floor" means the
					 first floor level above any groundfloor or basement or, in the absence of a
					 groundfloor or basement, means the lowest floor level in the camping
					 unit.
(24) "Flight" means a
					 continuous series of risers and treads, with no intermediate
					 landings.
(25) "Gas appliance"
					 means any device that uses gas as a fuel or raw material to produce light,
					 heat, power, refrigeration, or air conditioning.
(26) "Groundfloor" means that level of a
					 camping unit, below the first floor, located on a site with a sloping or
					 multilevel grade and which has a portion of its floor line at grade.
(27) "Guard" means a barrier erected to
					 prevent a person from falling to a lower level.
(28) "Habitable room" means any room used for
					 sleeping, living, or dining purposes, excluding such enclosed places as
					 kitchens, closets, pantries, bath or toilet rooms, hallways, laundries, storage
					 spaces, utility rooms, and similar spaces.
(29) "Handrail" means a horizontal or sloping
					 rail intended for grasping by a hand, for guidance or support or preventing a
					 fall down a stair
.
(30) "Heating load" is the estimated heat
					 loss of each room or space to be heated, based on maintaining a selected indoor
					 air temperature during periods of design outdoor weather conditions. The total
					 heat load includes: the transmission losses of heat transmitted through the
					 wall, floor, ceiling, glass or other surfaces; and either the infiltration
					 losses or heat required to warm outdoor air used for ventilation.
(31) "HVAC means heating, ventilating and air
					 conditioning.
(32) "HVAC system
					 means the equipment, distribution network, and terminals that provide either
					 collectively or individually the processes of heating, ventilating, or air
					 conditioning to a building.
(33)
					 Insignia" or Wisconsin insignia" means a device or seal approved by the
					 department to certify compliance with this code.
(34) "Kitchen" means an area used, or
					 designed to be used, for the preparation of food.
(35) "Land disturbing construction activity"
					 means any man-made alteration of the land surface resulting in a change in the
					 topography or existing vegetative or non-vegetative soil cover, that may result
					 in storm water runoff and lead to an increase in soil erosion and movement of
					 sediment.
(36) "Landing" means the
					 level portion of a stairs located between flights of stairs or located at the
					 top and base of a stairs.
(37)
					 Lavatory means a sink or basin in a camping unit bathroom.
(38) "Listed and listing" means equipment or
					 building components which are tested by an independent testing agency and
					 accepted by the department.
(39)
					 Loft" means an upper room or floor with one side that has at least 50% of the
					 space from the floor to the ceiling open to the floor below.
(40) "Manufactured home has the meaning given
					 in s.
					 101.91(2),
					 Stats.
(41) Mechanical draft
					 system" means a venting system for a gas burning appliance that is designed to
					 remove flue or vent gases by mechanical means, such as a fan, which may consist
					 of an induced draft portion under non-positive static pressure or a forced
					 draft portion under positive static pressure.
(42) "Modular home has the meaning given in
					 s.
					 101.71(6),
					 Stats.
(43) "Motor home has the
					 meaning given in s.
					 340.01(33m),
					 Stats.
(44) "Municipality" means
					 any city, village, town, or county in this state.
(45) Naturally vented appliance" means an
					 appliance with a venting system designed to remove flue or vent gases under
					 non-positive static vent pressure entirely by natural draft.
(46) "Owner" means any person having a legal
					 or equitable interest in the camping unit.
(47) "Park model recreational vehicle means a
					 factory built vehicular structure that is designed only for recreational use
					 and not as a primary residence or for permanent occupancy, is built and
					 certified in accordance with the National Fire Protection Association's NFPA
					 1192-15, Standard for Recreational Vehicles, or the American National Standards
					 Institute's ANSI A119.5-15, Recreational Park Trailer Standard, and is not
					 certified as a manufactured home.
(48) "Porch" means an unenclosed exterior
					 structure at or near grade attached or adjacent to the exterior wall of any
					 camping unit, and having a roof and floor.
(49) "Pre-existing insignia" or Wisconsin
					 pre-existing insignia" means a device or seal approved by the department for
					 camping units, the construction of which was commenced prior to February 6,
					 2017.
(50) "Recreational mobile
					 home has the meaning given in s.
					 66.0435(1)
					 (hm), Stats.
(51) "Recreational vehicle has the meaning
					 given in s.
					 340.01(48r),
					 Stats.
(52) "Registered UDC
					 inspection agency" means a person, business, or entity that is registered with
					 the department for the purpose of facilitating issuance of Wisconsin camping
					 unit building permits and inspection of camping units in municipalities where
					 the department has jurisdiction pursuant to s.
					 101.651(3)
					 (b), Stats.
(53) "Repair" means the act or process of
					 restoring to original soundness, including redecorating, refinishing,
					 nonstructural repairs or maintenance, or the replacement of existing fixtures,
					 systems, or equipment with the equivalent fixture, system or
					 equipment.
(54) "Shingle" means a
					 unit of roof-covering material that has been manufactured to specific
					 dimensions and is applied in overlapping fashion. Shingle" includes all of the
					 following:
(a) "Fiberglass asphalt shingle"
					 means a type of shingle with an internal mat composed of nonwoven, resin-bonded
					 glass fibers, that is impregnated and coated with asphalt.
(b) "Laminated shingle" means a shingle with
					 a second layer of asphalt and mat laminated to the first layer, usually in a
					 design pattern to simulate the dimensional appearance of natural slate or wood
					 shakes.
(c) "Organic asphalt
					 shingle" means a shingle with an internal mat composed of organic fibers, such
					 as cellulose, that is saturated and coated with asphalt.
(d) "Strip shingle" means a rectangular
					 shingle that relies either on a sealant or on a combination of weight and
					 stiffness to resist wind uplift, rather than using interlocking tabs.