SPS 327.05 Exemptions.
(1) Existing camping units. The provisions of this code shall not apply to camping units, the construction of which was commenced prior to February 6, 2017, or to additions or alterations to such camping units.
Note: As provided under s. SPS 327.02 (2) (d), the provisions of this chapter may be adopted by a municipality to apply to any additions or alterations to existing camping units. (2) Repairs. The provisions of this code do not apply to repairs or maintenance to camping units, or to the repair of electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilating, air conditioning and other systems installed therein.
(3) Accessory buildings. The provisions of this code do not apply to detached garages or to any accessory buildings detached from the camping unit.
(4) Detached decks. The provisions of this code do not apply to detached decks provided the deck does not serve an exit from the camping unit.
(5) Manufactured and modular homes. The provisions of this code do not apply to manufactured homes and modular homes.
(6) Motor and mobile homes and recreational vehicles. The provisions of this code do not apply to motor homes, recreational vehicles, park model recreational vehicles, and recreational mobile homes.
SPS 327.06 Procedure for municipalities.
(1) Municipal jurisdiction.
(a) General. 1. Except as provided in par. (b), cities, villages, towns, and counties approved by the department under s. SPS 320.06 to exercise jurisdiction over the construction and inspection of new dwellings shall exercise jurisdiction over the construction and inspection of new camping units. 2. Municipalities exercising jurisdiction under subd. 1. shall, by ordinance, adopt this code in its entirety.
3. Except as provided under s. SPS 327.02 (2) (d), no additional requirements within the scope of this code may be adopted by a municipality unless approved by the department in accordance with s. SPS 327.17. (b) Intent to not exercise jurisdiction. Municipalities intending not to exercise jurisdiction over the construction and inspection of new camping units shall notify the department, in writing, within 90 days of the effective date of this code.
(c) Recision of ordinances. Municipalities that rescind an ordinance under par. (a) shall file a certified copy of the recision with the department within 30 days of adoption.
Note: Notification of intent to not exercise jurisdiction and certified copies of recisions of ordinances should be sent to Department of Safety and Professional Services, Industry Services Division, PO Box 2658, Madison, WI 53701-2658.
(2) Departmental jurisdiction. In municipalities not exercising jurisdiction under sub. (1), the department will oversee enforcement and inspection services for new camping units.
SPS 327.07 State jurisdiction. In accordance with s. 101.64 (8), Stats., municipalities administering the code may be monitored by the department for compliance with the administrative requirements under this code.
SPS 327.08 Definitions. 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.
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.
(55) "Stair," "stairs," or "stairway" means one or more risers that form a continuous passage from one elevation to another.
(56) A "story" is that portion of a camping unit located between the floor and the ceiling.
(57) "Vent" means a vertical flue or passageway to vent fuel-burning appliances.
(58) “Ventilation” means the process of supplying or removing air by natural or mechanical means to or from any space.
(59) “Water closet" means a water-flushed plumbing fixture designed to receive human excrement directly from the user of the fixture.
(60) "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.
(61) "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.
