Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety
Chapter ATCP 72 - Hotels, Motels, And Tourist Rooming Houses
Section ATCP 72.14 - Building structure and safety
Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง ATCP 72.14
Current through August 26, 2024
(1) STATE BUILDING CODE. All hotels, motels, and tourist rooming houses shall comply with the state commercial building code, chs. SPS 361 to 365. The department shall enforce the rules of chs. SPS 361 to 365 relating to fire safety, including but not limited to rules on isolation of fire hazards, fire escapes, fire exits, fire extinguishers, fire alarm systems, smoke detectors, exit lights, space heaters, ventilation, and directions of escape.
(2) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
(a)
Ventilation with gas space
heaters. Any room where a gas space heater is located shall have
access to a constant supply of fresh air through a permanent opening which
shall not be closed. The size of the opening shall be minimum of 10 square
inches (65 square cm) and at least one square inch for each 1,000 BTU per hour
of the rated heating capacity of the heater, or be so constructed that the air
used in the combustion of the fuel is taken directly from the
outside.
(b)
Size of
sleeping rooms. Every sleeping room shall be of sufficient size to
afford at least 400 cubic feet (12 cum) of air space for each occupant over 12
years of age and 200 cubic feet (6 cum) for each occupant 12 years and under.
Every sleeping room shall have a minimum ceiling height of 7 feet (2.13 m). No
greater number of sleeping occupants than the number established by application
of these standards is permitted in any sleeping room.
(c)
Smoke detection. Each
cabin or cottage shall be provided with at least one approved, listed and
labeled smoke detector located in a manner consistent with the manufacturer's
recommendations.
(d)
Door
locks. Doors to all sleeping rooms, cabins and cottages shall be
provided with facilities for key locking from the outside and non-key locking
from the inside.
(e)
Window
screens. All windows that can be opened in sleeping rooms shall be
screened, using 16 mesh or finer material. If sleeping rooms are not
effectively air-conditioned, doors opening to the outside shall be similarly
screened.
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