This chapter shall be known as the "Building Code of the City of Lodi."
The purpose of this chapter is to provide minimum regulations, provisions and requirements in the City of Lodi to ensure safety of persons and property, safe and stable design, and good workmanship in the methods of construction and uses of materials in any buildings constructed, enlarged, altered, repaired, moved, converted to other uses or demolished, to regulate the equipment, maintenance, condition, use, occupancy and safety of all buildings in the City and to promote public health, safety and general welfare. This chapter shall apply to new structures and to alterations and additions to existing structures in the City of Lodi.
New materials and methods may be used which meet with the requirements of this chapter.
The Building Inspector shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by a majority of the Common Council, for a period of two years. He shall have the duties and powers hereinafter specified in this Building Code and in other ordinances and as prescribed by state law.
A. Records and reports. The Building Inspector shall keep a record of all applications for building permits in a book for such purpose and regularly number each permit in the order of its issue. He shall keep a record showing the number, description, and size of all buildings erected during his term of office, indicating the kind of materials used and the cost of each building, and the aggregate cost of all buildings of the various classes. The Building Inspector shall keep in his office and file a monthly and yearly report covering the same with the Common Council. The yearly report shall cover the period closing December 31 of each year and be filed on or before January 10 next thereafter and shall show the total amount of fees earned and a summary of the work of his office during said period.
B. Power to make decisions. The Building Inspector may pass upon any question arising under the provisions of this chapter relating to buildings, subject to conditions contained herein.
C. Authority to enter upon all premises. The Inspector may, at all reasonable times, in performance of his duties, enter upon any public or private premises and make inspections thereof and require the production of the building permit for any building, permanent building equipment, or electrical or plumbing work.
[Amended 10-10-2006 by Ord. No. A-361]
If the Building Inspector shall find at any time that the ordinances, laws, orders, plans or specifications are not being complied with, he may revoke the building permit and written notice of such action shall be posted at the site of the work. When any such permit is revoked, no further work shall be done upon such building until the permit is reinstated, excepting such work as the Building Inspector shall by written order require to be done as a condition precedent to the reissuance of the permit.
[Amended 10-10-2006 by Ord. No. A-361]
A. Unsafe buildings.
(1) Order to comply and notice. Whenever the Building Inspector shall find that any building or structure, or any part thereof, is dangerous to life or adjoining property by reason of bad conditions, defective construction, overloaded floors, decay, lack of guards against fire, general dilapidation or any other cause, he may order the owner or tenant thereof to cause the same to be made safe or to be removed, as in the judgment of the Building Inspector may be necessary, and he may also affix a notice of such order in a conspicuous place on the outside wall of the building, and no person shall remove or deface such notice. The owner or tenant of such building or structure shall thereupon immediately cause the same to be made safe or to be removed, as ordered.
(2) Inspector to remove if necessary. Where the public safety requires immediate action, the Building Inspector may enter upon the premises with such assistance as may be necessary and cause the building or structure to be made safe or removed, and the expense of such work may be recovered by the City in action against the owner or tenant.
B. Unsightly premises. The Building Inspector may, by personal oral or written notice, require the owner or occupant of any premises within the City to remove therefrom and dispose of, within a reasonably stated time, any articles or materials visible to the public which he reasonably finds detrimental to the appearance, neatness and cleanliness of the neighborhood or the City in general. Any such owner or occupant failing to comply with written notice aforesaid shall be subject to a penalty as provided.
[Amended 10-10-2006 by Ord. No. A-361]
A. Scope. No antenna, pole or tower of any type shall be erected in the City on any property whose height from its base is such that were it to fall or be caused to fall in any direction, it would fall on another property or on any power lines, other than the service power lines to buildings on the property it is to be erected upon, unless structural calculations, drawings, and details are submitted substantiating that said tower, antenna or pole is adequately guyed, anchored and supported.
B. Permit required. No antenna, pole or tower over 20 feet high from the base of the antenna, pole or tower to the top of the highest projection shall be erected until a permit has been applied for and received from the Building Inspector.
[Amended 10-10-2006 by Ord. No. A-361]
A. No building or structure of frame wall or of unprotected metal wall construction or which has a wooden cornice shall be erected hereafter in any area zoned C-2. All other buildings hereafter erected, placed or built, except those now under construction, shall be of the following materials. The walls shall be brick, concrete, stone or other noncombustible material not less than eight inches in thickness, and the roof shall be of metal, slate, gravel or other fireproof material.
B. The International Building Code is hereby made a part of this section with respect to all classes of buildings to which said code applies, and the term "ordinary construction" in this section shall have the meaning given in said International Building Code.
C. It shall be unlawful to repair present combustible roof coverings in excess of 10% of the surface covered by combustible material. In case of repair in excess of 10% of the surface, all materials used must conform to the requirements in building new buildings.
D. Within the areas zoned C-2, no building or structure of frame construction or of unprotected metal construction shall be hereafter extended on any side unless construction of such extension conforms to the requirements of this section for new construction. All ordinary construction buildings and all frame buildings hereafter built or altered which are used for business and residences shall have all partitions and ceilings separating the business portion from the residence portions covered with metal lath and plaster or other equivalent fireproofing material.
A deposit from the owner shall be required for all projects for which a permit is required to be obtained under this chapter with an estimated total cost of $10,000 or more. The Common Council will set the amount of the deposits for various sizes of projects by resolution. The funds deposited will be held to insure completion of the project, compliance with all codes and ordinances, and repair of damage to public property. Any costs incurred by the City to repair damage to public property resulting from the project or incurred by the City as a result of violation of laws, codes or ordinances by the owner or the owner's contractors, subcontractors or any other person involved with the project shall be reimbursed to the City from the funds on deposit. This shall not limit the right of the City to collect from any person in the event such costs exceed the amount deposited. Remaining deposited funds shall be returned to the owner after the project has been completed and all required approvals have been given by City officials. Deposited funds shall be forfeited to the City if the project is not finished within two years following the date the building permit is issued.
Any person who abandons a cement-enclosed cistern shall either break out or drill out the bottom of the cistern in the abandonment process.
No plumbing work shall be performed in the City of Lodi until a plumbing permit has been issued by the Building Inspector, except in the case of repairs as herein defined.
A. No permit shall be issued to anyone not licensed by the State of Wisconsin or who has failed to renew his or her license, except that a permit may be issued to the owner of a single-family residence which he himself solely occupies to do his own plumbing work within the building, and laying of the house sewer and building supply pipe from curb to building, subject to the same rules and regulations as govern licensed plumbers, provided that the connection of the house sewer to the sewer service lateral and also the building supply pipe to the water lateral must be made by a licensed plumber.
B. "Repairs" are hereby defined as the stoppage of leaks in supply or waste pipes, clearing stoppages in waste pipes, thawing out frozen waste or supply pipes, and repairing of valves or faucets.
C. Prior to the issuance of a plumbing permit, the Building Inspector may require any applicant to file plans and specifications showing the size and kind of pipes, size and kind of traps, and number and kind of fixtures to be used and other information or specifications relating to the job which he deems necessary.
D. All plumbing work performed within the City shall be in conformance with all laws and codes.
E. The
Building Inspector may revoke any permit issued hereunder for violation of any provisions of this chapter or the State of Wisconsin Plumbing Code.
[Amended 5-18-2010 by Ord. No. A-411]
F. Any person who deems himself/herself aggrieved by order or ruling of the
Building Inspector may make appeal to the Common Council under the provisions of §§ 68.01 to 68.15, Wis. Stats.
[Added 5-18-2010 by Ord. No. A-411]
Certificates of registration may be revoked at any time by the Common Council, upon recommendation of the Building Inspector, should any person violate any provisions of this chapter. Any person whose certificate is revoked shall not be issued a new certificate within a period of one year from the date of revocation. No certificate shall be revoked except by majority vote of the Common Council at a regular or special meeting, and no certificate shall be revoked unless the holder of the certificate has been notified in writing at least 10 days before such Council meeting. The person shall have the right to appear before the Common Council to answer charges and present testimony in his defense.
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Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a penalty as provided in Chapter
1, §
1-3, of this Code.
This chapter shall not be construed as assuming any liability on the part of the City of Lodi for damages to anyone injured or for any property destroyed by any defect in any building or equipment.
[Added 12-4-2018 by Ord. No. A-524]
No person shall build, repair, or maintain a retaining wall within the City except in accordance with the provisions of this section.
A. Defined. A retaining wall is defined as a structure constructed of any material, whether masonry, wood, metal, or any other material that is fastened together, mortared or loosely stacked, which is built to resist the lateral displacement of any material.
B. Owner to construct. It shall be the duty of the owner of a lot that abuts a public street, alley, highway, or sidewalk in the City to build, repair, and perpetually maintain retaining walls as required by the City and to pay the entire cost thereof.
C. Permit required. A building permit shall be obtained whenever a retaining wall is to be constructed, repaired or reconstructed within five feet of a property line, or abutting a public street, alley, highway, or sidewalk. A building permit shall also be obtained whenever a retaining wall is to be constructed, repaired, or reconstructed that meets or exceeds three feet in height elsewhere on a property. Prior to the issuance of such a permit, construction, repair, or reconstruction plans and design data of the proposed structure shall be submitted to and approved by the Building Inspector.
D. Fee. The permit fee shall be as provided on the current fee schedule on file with the City Clerk.
E. Appeal. Denial of a permit may be appealed before the Zoning Board of Appeals.
F. Maintenance and repair.
(1) The property owner shall maintain and keep all retaining walls on the property in reasonably safe and aesthetic condition.
(2) If, in the opinion of the Building Inspector, a retaining wall is beyond safe repair or is creating a hazard to the public, the Building Inspector shall order the removal, repair, or reconstruction of the retaining wall, and set a reasonable time limit for compliance.
(3) If the property owner refuses to repair or replace as ordered within the time limit specified, the City may accomplish the necessary work or contract the work to others, and all costs therefor shall be charged against the property as a special charge pursuant to § 66.0627 of the Wisconsin Statutes.