(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) "Listed and listing" means equipment or building components which are tested by an independent testing agency and accepted by the department.
(37) "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.
(38) “Manufactured home” has the meaning given in s. 101.91 (2), Stats. (39) "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.
(40) “Modular home” has the meaning given in s. 101.71 (6), Stats. (41) “Motor home” has the meaning given in s. 340.01 (33m), Stats.
(42) "Municipality" means any city, village, town or county in this state.
(43) "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.
(44) "Owner" means any person having a legal or equitable interest in the camping unit.
(45) “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 NFPA 1192-15, Standard for Recreational Vehicles, or ANSI A119.5-15, Recreational Park Trailer Standard, and is not certified as a manufactured home.
(46) "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.
(47) "Pre-existing insignia" or "Wisconsin pre-existing insignia" means a device or seal approved by the department for camping units constructed before the effective date of this code.
(48) “Recreational mobile home” has the meaning given in s. 66.0435 (1) (hm), Stats. ` (49) “Recreational vehicle” has the meaning given in s. 340.01 (48r), Stats.
(50) "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.
(51) "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.
(52) "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.
(53) "Stair," "stairs," or "stairway" means one or more risers that form a continuous passage from one elevation to another.
(54) A "story" is that portion of a camping unit located between the floor and the ceiling.
(55) "Vent" means a vertical flue or passageway to vent fuel-burning appliances.
(56) “Ventilation” means the process of supplying or removing air by natural or mechanical means to or from any space.
(57) "Waters of the state" includes those portions of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior within the boundaries of Wisconsin, and all lakes, bays, rivers, streams, springs, ponds, wells, impounding reservoirs, marshes, watercourses, drainage systems and other surface waters or groundwaters, natural or artificial, public or private, within the state or its jurisdiction.
(58) "Window" means a glazed opening in an exterior wall, including glazed portions of doors, within a conditioned space.
SPS 327.09 Wisconsin camping unit building permit. (1) Where required. A Wisconsin camping unit building permit shall be obtained from the municipality administering and enforcing this code or from a registered UDC inspection agency administering and enforcing this code in a municipality where the department has jurisdiction pursuant to s. 101.651 (3) (b), Stats., before any construction of a camping unit may begin.
(2) Inspections. A person who obtains a Wisconsin camping unit building permit from a registered UDC inspection agency shall retain the same agency to conduct the inspection of the camping unit under s. SPS 327.11.
SPS 327.10 Procedure for obtaining camping unit building permit.
(1) Application. Application for a Wisconsin camping unit building permit shall be on forms obtained from the department, the municipality, or the authorized UDC inspection agency administering and enforcing this code. No application shall be accepted that does not contain all the information requested on the form.
(2) Filing of permit applications. (a) A Wisconsin camping unit building permit shall be filed with the municipality or the authorized UDC inspection agency administering and enforcing this code.
(b) Camping units for which a permit has been issued shall be inspected in accordance with s. SPS 327.11.
(3) Fees. (a) Municipal fees. The municipality shall, by ordinance, determine fees to cover expenses of final inspection of the camping unit and the issuance of a Wisconsin insignia.
(b) Inspection agency fees. UDC inspection agency fees shall be determined by contract between the municipality and the agency or between the department and the agency, where the agency has been authorized to conduct inspections on behalf of the department.
(4) Issuance of permits. (a) The Wisconsin camping unit building permit shall be issued if the requirements for filing and fees are satisfied.
(b) The permit shall expire 24 months after issuance if construction of the camping unit has not been completed.
(5) Denial of permits. (a) General. Approval shall be denied if the municipality or authorized UDC inspection agency administering and enforcing this code determines that the Wisconsin camping unit building permit application does not substantially conform to the provisions of this code and other legal requirements.
(b) Denial of application. A copy of the denied application, accompanied by a written statement specifying the reasons for denial, shall be sent to the applicant and to the owner as specified on the Wisconsin camping unit building permit application.
(d) Appeals. The applicant may appeal a denial of the application in accordance with the procedure outlined in s. SPS 327.18.
(6) Time-span for approval or denial. Action to approve or deny a camping unit building permit application shall be completed within 10 business days of receipt of the application, fees, and supplementary information required to process the application.
SPS 327.11 Inspections.
(1) Inspector certification. All inspections, for the purpose of administering and enforcing this code, shall be performed by a certified UDC inspector who holds the respective credential for the inspection performed.
(2) General inspection requirements. (a) General. Inspections shall be conducted by the municipality or authorized UDC inspection agency administering and enforcing this code to determine if the construction conforms to the provisions of this code.
(b) Inspection notice. The applicant or an authorized representative shall request an inspection from the municipality or authorized UDC inspection agency administering and enforcing this code.
(3) Rough inspection. (a) A rough inspection of the following shall be performed after the rough work is constructed but before it is concealed to determine if the work complies with this code:
1. General construction, including framing.
2. Rough electrical.
3. Rough plumbing.
4. Rough heating, ventilating and air conditioning.
(b) All categories of work for rough inspections may be completed before the notice for inspection is given, provided the work has not been covered.
(c) The applicant may request one rough inspection or individual rough inspections.
(d) A separate fee may be charged for each individual inspection.
(4) Final inspection required prior to occupancy. (a) A camping unit may not be occupied until a final inspection has been made of a camping unit’s construction, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and transfer tank that finds no critical violations of this code that could reasonably be expected to affect the health or safety of a person using the camping unit.
(b) If the municipality or authorized UDC inspection agency conducting the inspection under this subsection did not conduct the inspection under sub. (3), the final inspection under this subsection may not take place until the municipality or authorized UDC inspection agency is provided a copy of an inspection report or other written verification of a pass result for all inspections required under sub. (3).
(5) Notice of compliance or noncompliance.
(a) Upon finding of compliance for an inspection under sub. (4), the municipality shall assign a Wisconsin insignia to the owner of the camping unit as provided in s. SPS 327.12 (1). (b) Upon finding of noncompliance for an inspection under sub. (3) or (4), the municipality or authorized UDC inspection agency enforcing this code shall notify the applicant of record and the owner, in writing, of the violations to be corrected.
(c) The municipality or authorized UDC inspection agency shall order all cited violations corrected within 30 days after written notification, unless an extension of time is granted under s. SPS 327.18.
(6) Voluntary inspection. The department or its authorized representative may, at the request of the owner, enter and inspect camping units, subject to the provisions of this code, to ascertain compliance with this code.
(7) Record keeping.
(a) Municipal enforcement. Municipalities that have adopted an ordinance to enforce this code shall maintain records in accordance with all of the following:
1. A record shall be made of each visit to a site, each inspection performed and the pass or fail results of each inspection.
