A. 
Any time that a fire protection, fire alarm, fire control, and/or fire suppression system and/or any portion thereof is installed, altered, added onto, or has appliances removed, plans shall be submitted to the authority having jurisdiction (AHJ) for review and filing. Review of plans will be done in accordance with § 233-46 of this code for conditional approval.
B. 
All plans for fire protection, fire alarm, fire control, and/or fire suppression systems and/or any portion thereof must meet or exceed the applicable NFPA and the requirements of this code.
C. 
Plans shall be submitted for review to the AHJ prior to an electrical and/or plumbing permit being issued.
D. 
A minimum of three copies of each plan, specification, and required calculation shall be submitted. Two copies of each may be retained by the AHJ.
E. 
An AutoCAD® electronic file of the plans shall also be submitted to the AHJ with each submittal and upon the completion of each project with the as-built conditions.
F. 
A completed permit application must accompany all plan submittals.
G. 
The permit application must be signed by the individual assuming complete responsibility for the submitted system(s).
H. 
The permit application for all fire sprinkler and standpipe systems must be signed by an individual who holds a valid Wisconsin automatic fire sprinkler contractor's license.
I. 
The appropriate permit, inspection and/or plan review fees must be submitted with each permit application.
J. 
Plans will not be reviewed until all fees have been received by the Village.
K. 
All plan reviews are based on information provided. All plan reviews are done for general code compliance only. Plan reviews do not relieve or limit the responsibility and/or liability of any contractor, architect, engineer, designer or any other responsible party for the system(s) reviewed. The Village or any of its agents and/or firms or persons hired by the Village to review plans are not responsible for and do not accept any responsibility and/or liability for the system(s) reviewed.
Prior to and as a condition of obtaining an occupancy permit, the owner of all buildings, except one- and two-family units, shall supply the Fire Department with an eight and one-half by eleven-inch site plan which includes the following:
A. 
Location(s) of gas and electrical shutoffs.
B. 
Location(s) of high pile storage.
C. 
Location of Fire Department connection and sprinkler control valve.
D. 
Dimensions of the structure in feet.
E. 
Location of the standpipe.
F. 
Main entrance labeled.
G. 
Apartments, suites, or unit numbers.
H. 
Location of all hydrants on the site and surrounding streets.
I. 
Location of alarm panels.
J. 
Location of access boxes.
K. 
Location of any hazardous material control areas and location of MSDS storage.
L. 
Special fire protection and area covered: heat vents, FM 200 systems, or items deemed special fire protection in nature by the AHJ.
M. 
Special construction features: skylights, blowout walls, or items deemed special construction in nature by the AHJ.
N. 
Floor plans, including roof access points.
A. 
An electrical and/or plumbing permit must be obtained prior to the start of installation and/or alteration of any portion of a fire protection, fire alarm, fire control, and/or fire suppression system.
B. 
An operational permit issued by the AHJ is required to use a building or a portion thereof as a high-piled combustible storage area exceeding 500 square feet.
C. 
Permits will only be issued after the required fire protection, fire alarm, fire control, and/or fire suppression system plans and specifications have been reviewed and conditionally approved by the AHJ.
D. 
Permits for the installation and/or alteration of fire sprinkler and/or standpipe systems will only be issued to individuals who hold a valid automatic fire sprinkler contractor's license.
E. 
Any contractor that begins installation and/or alteration of any system regulated by this code prior to obtaining the required permit will be charged a triple permit fee.
A. 
Whenever there is a change in occupancy or the agent(s) (manager, shift supervisor, after-business-hour emergency contact, or persons of authority relative to that business) of that occupancy, the owner or his duly authorized agent shall submit the changes, in writing, to the Fire Department within five working days. The information shall consist of the following:
(1) 
Name and address of occupancy.
(2) 
Owner's name, address and phone number(s).
(3) 
Agent's name, address and phone number(s).
(4) 
Other information as required by the AHJ.
B. 
Whenever a change in the service company for the alarm system has occurred within the occupancy, the owner or authorized agent shall submit the change(s), in writing, to the Fire Department within five working days. The information shall consist of the following:
(1) 
All information required in Subsection A.
(2) 
Type(s) of fire protection systems.
(3) 
Service company name, address and phone number(s).
C. 
No change can be made in the use or occupancy of any building or structure, or any space within a building, structure, or space of a building or structure either in a different division of the same occupancy group or in a different occupancy group unless the building or structure complies with this code's requirements for the new division of occupancies, as these requirements exist. This subsection does not apply to an approved temporary use or to a new use that will be less hazardous, based on life and/or fire risk, than the existing use.
D. 
An inspection by the Fire Department shall be required for any new or change of occupancy.
The AHJ may allow a building or portion of a building to be used temporarily in a manner that differs from the approved use for the building or space, or may approve a temporary building to be used by the public, subject to all of the following provisions:
A. 
The AHJ shall determine the time period within which the temporary use is permitted, based on the extent of hazards created by the temporary use. This time period may not exceed 180 days, except the AHJ may grant extensions for demonstrated cause.
B. 
The AHJ shall determine maximum occupancy load.
C. 
The AHJ shall determine any fire protection and/or control devices and life safety provisions that may be needed.
A. 
All fire suppression systems and fire alarm systems required under this code shall be inspected by the AHJ prior to having any of their parts covered up or concealed in any manner whatsoever. The AHJ shall be given a forty-eight-hour notice prior to any system inspection.
B. 
The AHJ shall witness all tests of fire control systems, fire alarm initiating devices, notification appliances, and any other required system requiring an operational test. The AHJ shall be given a forty-eight-hour notice prior to any system witness test.
At the adoption of this code, all CBRFs, adult family homes, adult day-care centers and child day-care centers (group) shall be inspected not less than once a year by the Fire Department.
A. 
The AHJ and/or its authorized representative may, at all reasonable hours, enter any place of employment and/or public building within its jurisdiction for the purposes of making any inspection or investigation which, under the provision of this chapter, it shall deem necessary.
B. 
The AHJ shall inspect, or cause to be inspected, all places of employment and public buildings as often as may be necessary, but not less than once a year.
C. 
The purpose of any inspection and/or investigation is to determine if any violations of the provisions or intent of this code and/or the codes or standards adopted by reference exist and to order corrections of the violations observed.
D. 
The AHJ, upon the complaint of any person or whenever it shall deem necessary, shall inspect any place of employment and/or public building and premises within its jurisdiction.
E. 
Any owner or occupant of any place of employment and/or public building who refuses to permit, prevents or interferes with entry into or upon the premises by anyone authorized by the AHJ shall be guilty of violating this chapter and shall be subject to fines. Exception: The interiors of private dwelling units will not be inspected unless an inspection is specifically requested by the owner or occupant and/or as allowed by state statutes.
A. 
An annual fire inspection fee shall be charged to the property owner for required inspections of each building, structure, and premises as required under § 233-11 of this chapter. The fee for the required fire inspections shall be established by Village Board resolution and adjusted as necessary from time to time. The annual fire inspection fee shall constitute a special charge against the property inspected and shall be entered upon the tax roll as a charge against the property, and all proceedings in relation to the collection, return, and sale of the property for delinquent real estate taxes shall apply to the inspection fee.
B. 
The Fire Department is authorized to perform inspections of aboveground and underground storage tanks, and fees shall be applied to the inspection of aboveground and underground storage tanks to assist in defraying the costs of performing such inspections. The fee for tank inspections shall be as established by Village Board resolution and adjusted as necessary from time to time.
C. 
Applications for appeals to the AHJ under § 233-17 of this code shall be accompanied by a fee established by Village Board resolution and adjusted as necessary from time to time.
D. 
Wisconsin storage tank regulations apply to acceptable storage and dispensing practices related to various populations or underground and aboveground petroleum and chemical storage tanks. Chapter ATCP 93 is the Administrative Code which includes adopted national standards.
A. 
The AHJ or anyone the Fire Chief has designated as the AHJ shall enforce the provisions of this code.
B. 
Whenever any officers, members or inspectors of the Fire Department Bureau of Fire Prevention shall discover fire hazards which are so situated as to endanger life or property, they shall order such conditions or materials removed or remedied in such manner as may be specified. Fire hazards include but are not limited to the following:
(1) 
Dangerous or unlawful amounts of flammable, combustible or explosive material as determined by the AHJ.
(2) 
Hazardous conditions arising from defective or improperly installed equipment for handling or using flammable, combustible or explosive material.
(3) 
Dangerous accumulations of rubbish, wastepaper, boxes, shavings, or other highly flammable materials as determined by the AHJ.
(4) 
Accumulations of dust, grease, or waste materials in air-conditioning systems, exhaust ducts or vent hoods.
(5) 
Obstructions, including snow, debris, construction material, vehicles or other matter, to or on any fire escapes, stairs, passageways, doors, windows, corridors, loading platforms, sidewalks, or driveways, liable to interfere with the operation of the Fire Department or egress of occupants.
(6) 
Any building, structure, or premises which for want of repairs, lack of exit facilities, fire alarm apparatus or fire extinguishing equipment or by reason of age or dilapidated condition, or from any cause, creates a fire hazard.
C. 
No person shall operate a motor vehicle onto, on, or across the access drive upon the Hales Corners Fire Department premises, except as may be necessary for Fire Department or Village government purposes. Any motor vehicle operated upon the access drive for other than specified purposes shall be an unauthorized vehicle for which entry upon the access drive is prohibited. The operation of any such unauthorized vehicle shall be a violation of this chapter and a violation of Chapter 420 of the Municipal Code and shall subject the operator thereof to the penalty and enforcement provisions of both chapters, a violation of this access drive prohibition for Chapter 420 penalty and enforcement provision purposes being considered akin to a violation of § 346.12, Wis. Stats., prohibiting driving through safety zones.
D. 
The AHJ may use any means necessary in documentation of inspections or conditions, including the use of electronic equipment.
The code shall not be construed to affect the responsibility of any persons owning, operating, or installing equipment for injury to persons or damage to property caused by any defect therein, nor shall the Village or any person, firm, company or agent(s) for the Village be held as assuming such liability by reason of any inspection or reinspection authorized herein or the permit issued herein provided or by reason of the disapproval or approval of any equipment and/or system authorized herein.
A. 
The AHJ may request the Building Inspector issue a stop-work order upon any permit issued subject to the inspection and authority of this chapter, where the AHJ finds that any of the conditions for issuance have not been maintained or where there has been any false statement or misrepresentation of any material fact made in the application or plans upon which the issuance was based.
B. 
If the AHJ determines requirements of this code are not complied with or there may be life safety issues, the AHJ may issue a stop-work order on any project or portion thereof.
A. 
The service of correction orders shall be made, in writing, upon the owner and/or by electronic communication. A copy of the correction order can be delivered personally to the owner or by leaving it with the person in charge of the premises. Whenever it may be necessary to serve such order upon the owner of the premises, such an order may be served either by delivering to and leaving with the person a copy of the order, or if such owner is absent from the jurisdiction of the AHJ making the order, by mailing such a copy to the owner's last known post office address.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
B. 
Conditions that are hazardous to life or safety of the occupants shall require immediate correction. All other violations shall be corrected within a specified time or date, as the AHJ shall determine.
C. 
When the owner of any property or person in apparent control of the property is issued an order by the AHJ and fails to comply with the order within a specified time period, the Village may do the work ordered, and the cost of such work shall constitute a special charge against the property upon which the work is done and shall be levied against such property pursuant to § 66.0627, Wis. Stats.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
D. 
No person shall refuse to permit or shall prevent or interfere with any entry into or upon any building or premises by the AHJ who is lawfully on the premises or interfere with any such inspection. If consent to enter onto personal or real properties which are not public buildings, or to portions of public buildings which are not open to the public, has been denied, the Fire Inspector shall obtain a special inspection warrant under § 66.0119, Wis. Stats.
E. 
Compliance. Any such order shall, within a specified time period, be complied with by the owner and occupant of such building, structure or premises. The order may be appealed in accordance with § 233-24 of this chapter.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
A. 
The AHJ shall have the power to modify any of the provisions of this code upon application, in writing, by the owner or occupant, or a duly sworn authorized agent, when there are practical difficulties in the way of carrying out the strict letter of the code, provided that the spirit of the code shall be observed, public safety secured, and substantial justice done.
B. 
The AHJ thereon shall enter upon the records of the Department, and a signed copy shall be furnished to the applicant, the particulars of such variances when granted. In addition, a copy of such application and decision shall be filed with the Village Administrator.
C. 
The AHJ may require alternative measures to be installed and/or tests as proof of compliance with the intent of this code. Such tests are to be made by an approved agency at the expense of the person requesting approval of the alternate material or method of construction.
D. 
If technical expertise is unavailable within the Village because of new technology, process, products, facilities, materials and uses attending design, operation or use of a building or premises subject to the inspection of the Village, the AHJ may require the owner or the person in possession or control of the building or premises to provide, without charge to the Village, a technical opinion and report. The opinion and report shall be prepared by a qualified engineer, specialist, laboratory or firesafety organization, acceptable to the AHJ and the owner, and shall analyze the firesafety properties of the design, operation or use of the building or premises and the facilities and appurtenances situated thereon, and prescribe the necessary recommended changes. The Fire Department may also acquire technical assistance from a consultant and may charge a fee to the owner or occupant for the service provided.
A. 
The AHJ may revoke any permit issued in accordance with this code in any case where it may find that any of the conditions for the issuance have not been maintained or where there has been false statement or misrepresentation of any material fact in the application or plans on which the issuance was based.
B. 
The AHJ shall promptly notify the permit holder of the request for revocation, and if so requested by the permit holder, the effective date of the revocation shall be deferred pending a hearing in accordance with administrative review procedures, Chapter 5 of the Village Code. The decision of the Board of Appeals for revocation, following the hearing, shall be final.
A. 
The AHJ may order the compliance with this chapter and all other lawful orders or laws relating to fire prevention and fire protection in existing building and structures.
B. 
Where the public is exposed to immediate danger, the AHJ shall order the closing and vacating of the building at once.
A. 
The Fire Department shall investigate the cause and origin and circumstances of fires occurring within its jurisdiction by which property has been destroyed or damaged and, so far as possible, shall determine if the fire is the result of carelessness or design. Such investigations may begin immediately upon the occurrence of such a fire, and if it appears to the officer making such an investigation that such fire is of suspicious origin and of a significant nature, the Fire Chief shall be notified of the facts. The AHJ shall notify the proper authorities designated by law to pursue the investigation of such matters and shall further cooperate with the authorities in the collection of evidence and in the prosecution of the case. A member of the fire investigation team shall file a written report of damage associated with every fire within 24 hours. It shall contain a statement of all facts relating to the cause and origin and circumstances of such fire and other information as may be required.
B. 
The Village Attorney and any other department of the Village, upon the request of the Fire Chief, shall assist in the investigation of any fire that, in the Chief's opinion, is of suspicious origin.
C. 
The Fire Chief, officers in command and the Fire Inspector at any fire are hereby vested with full and complete police authority. Any officer of the Fire Department may cause the arrest of any person failing to give the right-of-way to the Fire Department in responding to or investigating an incident.
D. 
The Fire Chief or officers in command may prescribe certain limits in the vicinity of any incident within which no persons, excepting firefighters and police officers and those admitted by order of any officer of the Fire Department, shall be permitted to enter.
E. 
The Fire Chief or officers in command shall have the power to cause the removal of any property whenever it is deemed necessary and prudent for the preservation of such property. During the progress of any fire, they shall have the power to cause the removal of all wires or other facilities and the turning off of all electricity or other services where the same impedes work of the Fire Department during the progress of a fire.
F. 
It shall be lawful for any Fire Department personnel while acting under the direction of the Fire Chief or officer in command to enter premises adjacent to or in the vicinity of a building or other property that is on fire for the purpose of extinguishing, containing, or searching for extension of such fire or other exigent circumstances. No person shall hinder, resist or obstruct any firefighter in the discharge of his duties as is hereinbefore provided. The person so offending shall be deemed guilty of resisting firefighters in the discharge of their duties.
G. 
During the progress of fire, the Fire Chief or officers in command shall have the power to order the removal or destruction of any property necessary to prevent the further spread of fire or to ensure that the fire has not extended to other areas, provided that it is likely that, unless such property is removed, other property is in danger of being destroyed by fire.
A. 
All new and existing buildings shall have approved radio coverage for emergency responders within the building based upon the existing coverage levels of the public safety communication systems of the jurisdiction at the exterior of the building.
B. 
All building signal boosters shall be registered with the Federal Communications Commission. Exceptions:
(1) 
Where it is determined by the AHJ that the radio coverage system is not needed.
(2) 
In facilities where emergency responder radio coverage is required and such systems, components or equipment required could have a negative impact on the normal operations of that facility, the AHJ shall have the authority to accept an automatically activated emergency responder radio coverage system.
[Amended 4-25-2016 by Ord. No. 16-9]
A. 
Every non-Village resident person to whom a fire emergency response call service is provided on a public street or highway in the Village of Hales Corners shall pay to the Village the actual costs of such emergency response call service, up to certain maximum amounts as follows:
(1) 
The maximum fee to be paid by a nonresident for Level 1 response (basic response for traffic control, vehicle removal assistance, incident scene cleanup, apply absorbent) services is $300.
(2) 
The maximum fee to be paid by a nonresident for Level 2 response (fire suppression or extrication) services is $500.
B. 
The aforesaid fees are to be charged and paid per incident, and proportioned to the vehicle(s) owner(s) and/or person(s) to whom service is provided. Such payment shall be due upon invoice by the Village.
C. 
Section 233-23 of this chapter, pertaining to penalties, and § 233-24 of this chapter, pertaining to appeals, shall not apply to this section.
A. 
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this code, or who fails to comply with any order made hereunder, or who builds in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and conditionally approved hereunder, or any certificate or permit herein from which no such appeal has been taken, or who fails to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by a court of competent jurisdiction within the time fixed herein, shall for each and every violation and noncompliance be subject to the general penalty provision under § 1-4 of this Code.
B. 
False alarms. In one calendar year, if the Fire Department responds to three or more false alarms as described in § 233-3 of this chapter, the Fire Department may:
(1) 
Issue a citation to the building owner or occupant, which is addition to the general penalty provisions set forth under § 1-4 of this Code, which shall include a forfeiture sufficient in amount to reimburse the Fire Department for the cost of equipment and personnel that was used to respond to the alarm.
(2) 
Require that the fire alarm be serviced, upgraded, or replaced to bring the alarm system into compliance with this code in order to prevent future false alarms.
A. 
Any person feeling himself aggrieved by any order or ruling of the AHJ may appeal, in writing, to the Board of Appeals of the Village of Hales Corners within 30 days of the alleged act or omission of said AHJ pursuant to § 62.23, Wis. Stats., and to the rules of the Board of Appeals, § 14-2 of the Village Code.
B. 
The appellant shall annex to the notice of appeal such plats, surveys, plans or specifications which are of probative value in the determination of the appeal together with the name and address of the appellant. Upon filing of such notice with the Village Clerk, the appellant shall receive a copy of the rules of the Board of Appeals. Upon filing such notice of appeal, the Board of Appeals shall fix a time and place for the hearing of the appeal not less than 10 nor more than 30 days from the date of such filing.