[Amended 12-11-2000; 7-26-2005]
A. The following Wisconsin Administrative Codes, their
referenced codes and standards, and subsequent revisions are adopted
for municipal administration and enforcement by the Building Inspector:
§ SPS 302.31, Plan Review Fee Schedule; Chapter SPS 305, Credentials;
Chapter SPS 316, Electrical Code; Chapters SPS 320 through 325, Uniform
Dwelling Code; Chapters SPS 361 through 366, Commercial Building Code;
Chapters SPS 375 through 379, Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914;
and Chapters 381 through 387, Uniform Plumbing Code.
[Amended 3-28-2016]
B. All buildings except one-and two-family dwelling units
must satisfy the requirements of the Wisconsin Administrative Code
Chapters SPS 360 through SPS 365 (Building and Heating, Ventilating,
and Air-Conditioning Code).
[Amended 12-18-2007; 6-27-2016]
C. For the purposes of this section, the standards contained
in the Wisconsin Uniform Dwelling Code shall be expanded to apply
as the standards for construction of the following:
(1) Basement renovations for homes built prior to June 1, 1980 that have
a ceiling height on average of less than seven feet may be issued
a building permit for improvements to a finished ceiling height of
not less than six feet eight inches for a minimum of 50% of the floor
area as referenced in the Wisconsin Building Code Sec. VII A(3).
[Amended 8-28-2017]
(2) Detached accessory buildings 150 square feet or more
in size.
[Amended 12-18-2007]
(a)
Grade-beam slabs are required for detached accessory
buildings 150 square feet or more in size with a continuous floating
slab of reinforced concrete. Slab shall not be more than four inches
in thickness. Reinforcement shall be a minimum of six by six, number
ten wire mesh or by using 1.5 pounds of fiber mesh per cubic yard
of concrete with varying fiber mesh lengths. The slab shall be provided
with a thickened edge all around, 12 inches wide and 12 inches below
the top of the slab. A granular base of at least four inches in thickness
shall be installed below the slab.
(b)
The requirements of §
106-4C(2)(a) shall apply to all detached accessory building concrete slabs constructed after the effective date of this section.
[Amended 3-28-2016]
Building permit fees and plan review fees shall
be as determined by resolution of the Board of Trustees.
[Amended 12-11-2000; 7-26-2005; 9-27-2005]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, construct,
enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish, convert, equip, use or occupy
or maintain any building or structure in the Village of Elm Grove
contrary to or in violation of any provisions of this code or to cause,
permit or suffer the same to be done.
B. Any person violating any provisions of this code shall be subject to a violation for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any provision of this code is committed, continued or permitted, and, upon the conviction of any such violation, such person shall be subject to a penalty as provided in §
1-16 of this Code.
C. The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of
plans and specifications shall not be deemed or construed to be a
permit for, or an approval of, any violation of any provision of this
code. No permit presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the
provisions of this code shall be valid, except insofar as the work
or use which it authorizes is lawful.
D. The issuance of a permit upon plans and specifications
shall not prevent the Building Inspector from thereafter requiring
the correction of errors in said plans and specifications or from
preventing building operations being carried on thereunder when in
violation of this code or of any other ordinance of the Village of
Elm Grove.
E. It shall be the duty of the Police Department to assist
the Building Inspector and to report any building operations it believes
are being carried on in violation of this article.
[Amended 12-11-2000]
Any person who has been denied a building permit
by the Building Inspector may appeal that decision to the Board of
Appeals.