As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
NORTH SHORE FIRE DEPARTMENT
That Fire Department created by an intergovernmental cooperation
agreement for fire and emergency services, which Department is jointly
owned and operated by the Villages of Bayside, Brown Deer, Fox Point,
River Hills, Shorewood, Whitefish Bay, and the City of Glendale, pursuant
to the amended and restated North Shore Fire Department Agreement
dated December 30, 1994, and under authority of the provisions of § 66.0301,
Wis. Stats.
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT
Defined in § 101.01(11) Wis. Stats. (2001-2002,
or as hereafter amended), as set forth here, to mean every place,
whether indoors or out or underground and the premises appurtenant
thereto where, either temporarily or permanently, any industry, trade,
or business is carried on, or where any process or operation, directly
or indirectly related to any industry, trade or business is carried
on, and where any person is, directly or indirectly, employed by another
for direct or indirect gain or profit, but does not include any place
where persons are employed in private domestic service which does
not involve the use of mechanical power or in farming.
PUBLIC BUILDING
Defined in § 101.01(12), Wis. Stats. (2001-2002,
or as hereafter amended), as set forth here, to mean any structure,
including exterior parts of such building, such as a porch, exterior
platform, or steps providing means of ingress or egress, used in whole
or in part as a place of resort, assemblage, lodging, trade, traffic,
occupancy, or use by the public or by a multiple-family dwelling occupied
by three or more tenants. For the purposes of this article, public
buildings only include those residential buildings that are designed
for occupancy or are occupied as three or more separate dwelling units.
Permits are required and shall be issued by the North Shore Fire Department for all of the plan reviews and inspections, subject to the payment of fees all as listed in §
4-28 below.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1687; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 17, Village Code and Ordinances,
Art. I)]
The fees to be charged by the North Shore Fire Department for
permits relating to occupancy inspections, work without permit, reinspection
fees, special plan reviews, processing variance requests, acceptance
tests, code or evacuation plan consulting and other permit fees for
plan reviews and inspections of all residential buildings containing
three or more housing units, public buildings, places of employment,
and special events are set forth in the schedule of permit fees, which
permit applications and fees are available on the Department's website.
Fire inspection permit fees shall be charged, collected and
retained by the North Shore Fire Department.
Municipal buildings, municipal sponsored events, and municipal
construction projects shall be exempt from fire department permits
and fees.