Updated : 04/22/2024

Overview

The city of Mequon, Wi. adopted and enforces the state Uniform Dwelling Code, SPS chs. 320–325 and the Commercial Building Code, SPS 361-366. The city also references the Wisconsin Uniform Building Code published by the BIASEW. Mequon, Wi. Muni. Code § 10-21 (accessed 4/14/2015).

 

The city does not adopt a specific code referenced in its municipal code. Presumably, the city enforces the statewide fire code, which consists of the National Fire Code (NFPA) with Wisconsinisms. Chapter 30 – Fire prevention and Protection.

Helpful resources for Mequon, Wisconsin include the following.

• PLRB, Ordinance and Law Coverage Discussion for Wisconsin

Residential Building Code

Wisconsin adopted a statewide mandatory residential code that will control. Authority for local amendments will be limited.See PLRB, Wisconsin Building Codes for more information on state level codes.

Mequon adopted the Wisconsin Uniform Residential CodeYou can find a copy of the code here.You can find information about the adoption without amendment to the model code here.

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Wisconsin Uniform Dwelling Code(Mequon, WI Sec. 10-21. - Wisconsin Building Codes adopted by ordinance.)

...the scope of paragraph (b) of this section. (b) Wisconsin Uniform Dwelling Code, Wis. Admin. Code §§ SPS 320-325, with all amendments and revisions thereto is adopted by reference and made a part of this ordinance as though fully set forth herein....

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Comments

The city of Mequon, Wi. adopted and enforces the state Uniform Dwelling Code, SPS chs. 320–325. The city also references the Wisconsin Uniform Building Code published by the BIASEW. Mequon, Wi. Muni. Code § 10-21 (accessed 4/14/2015). This would include all the provisions of the WUBC that apply to alterations, additions, repairs and existing buildings. For more information regarding the WUBC, visit our write up on the code (available here).

Commercial Building Code

Mequon adopted the 2009 IBC, statewide. Note that adoptions usually come with amendments. So, it is important to review those amendments in addition to the unamended model code.

You can find a copy of the code here.You can find information about the adoption without amendment to the model code here.

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Wisconsin Commercial Bldg. Code (2015 IBC)(Mequon, WI Municipal Code)

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Comments

The city of Mequon, Wi. adopted and enforces the Commercial Building Code, SPS 361-366. Mequon, Wi. Muni. Code § 10-21 (accessed 4/14/2015). The statewide CBC includes the 2009 ICC codes (IBC, IEBC, IFGC, IECC, and IMC). The city provides certain grandfathered ordinances (variances to the CBC). An ordinance that is grandfathered has passed the requirements laid out by the Legislature in Wisconsin Statute § 101.02(7r)(b). The grandfathered ordinances are listed below:

 

Sec. 30-57. Automatic sprinkler systems.

 

(c) Installation standards. Approved automatic fire sprinkler equipment shall be installed in accordance with the current edition of NFPA standard #13, “standards for the installation of sprinkler systems,” and/or the current edition of NFPA Standard #13D, “sprinkler systems – one and two family dwellings,” and/or the current edition of NFPA standard #13R, “installation of sprinkler systems in residential occupancies up to and including four stories in height,” and other applicable current standards of NFPA. It shall be the engineer's, contractor's, and installer's responsibility to design, install, and test the automatic sprinkler system to insure compliance with the above mentioned standards.

(e) Buildings where installation is required. Unless specifically exempted by Wisconsin or federal law, all new buildings or existing buildings undergoing restoration, expansion or change of use as specified herein, shall comply with the following requirements for the installation of an automatic sprinkler system:

(1) New buildings. Every new building constructed shall have an approved automatic sprinkler system installed and maintained subject to the following:

i. Hazardous occupancy buildings. The entire building shall be sprinklered throughout.

(4) Exceptions. The following classes of buildings shall be exempt from the requirement of installing an automatic sprinkler system:

a. Any portion of a building housing a process or material which would interact with water to create a greater fire hazard than without water, provided an alternate fire suppression system is used.

(f) Fire department hose connections. Every automatic sprinkler system installed in new or existing buildings shall be equipped with at least one fire department hose connection at a location approved by the fire chief.

(g) Water supply for automatic sprinkler systems.

(1) Pressurized water systems which can supply an adequate volume of water at sufficient pressure to comply with NFPA Standards.

(2) Pressure tank installed in accordance with NFPA 22 “standard for water tanks for private fire protection.” The fire chief and/or the fire chief's designee shall determine the minimum quantity of water which shall be available in a pressure tank.

(3) Gravity tanks, reservoir and fire pumps, shall be allowed with the fire chief's approval. These items shall be installed in accordance with current applicable NFPA standards.

(4) All automatic sprinkler systems installed with a limited water supply shall be connected to a future adequate pressurized water system when one becomes available. This connection shall take place within six months after such pressurized water system is accepted by the governing body in charge of such system.

 

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Existing Buildings

The 2009 IEBC is made part of the Commercial Building Code, subject to the modifications specified in the Wis. Adm. Code § SPS 366.

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