Section 361.30. Plan review and approval.

 

(1)   Types of buildings.

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) and sub. (4) , the construction of, the alteration of or the addition to a public building or a place of employment may not commence unless plans for the project have been submitted to and approved by the department or its authorized representative in accordance with s. SPS 361.31 .

(b) Plans for community-based residential facilities serving 5 to 8 unrelated adults and the types of public buildings and places of employment and components thereof delineated in Table 361.30-1 do not need to be submitted and approved by the department or authorized representative.

(2)   Types of structures. Plans for all of the following types of structures shall be submitted and approved by the department or authorized representative prior to commencement of the project:

(a) Assembly seating facilities to be located within a public building or place of employment.

(b) Assembly seating facilities more than 5 rows in height and not located within a public building or place of employment.

(c) Public mausoleum structures.

(d) Crematoriums.

(3)   Types Of Building Components.

(a) Except as provided in sub. (4) , building component or system plans shall be submitted to and approved by the department or authorized representative prior to installation of the component or system, for each of the following type components or systems:

1. Pre-manufactured and pre-engineered structural components.

2. Heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems.

3. Fire protection systems.

(b) Component or systems plans shall be submitted in one of the following manners:

1. Included with the plans under sub. (1) (a) .

2. Submitted as a separate plan for the component or system.

(4)   Exclusion for minor alterations.

(a) This section does not apply for minor alterations where the building official agrees the nature of the work is such that review and approval of construction documents is not necessary to achieve compliance with this code.

(b) The submission and approval of fire protection system plans is not required for a project involving the alteration or addition of the following components:

1. Twenty or fewer sprinkler heads to an existing automatic fire sprinkler system.

2. Twenty or fewer alarm devices to an existing fire alarm system.

History: CR 00-179 : cr. Register December 2001 No. 552 , eff. 7-1-02; CR 01-139 : cr. (2) (c), r. and recr. Table 61.30-3 Register June 2002 No. 558 , eff. 7-1-02; CR 04-016 : am. (1) (b) 1., 2. b. and Table 61.30-3, cr. (4) Register December 2004 No. 588 , eff. 1-1-05; CR 06-120 : am. Table 1 and 2, cr. (2) (d), Register February 2008 No. 626 , eff. 3-1-08; CR 10-103 : am. (1) (a), r. (1) (b) 2., 3., Table 61.30-2 and Table 61.30-3, renum. (1) (b) 1. to be (1) (b) and (4) to be (4) (a), cr. (4) (b), Register August 2011 No. 668 , eff. 9-1-11; r. and recr. (3) Register August 2011 No. 668 , eff. 1-1-12; correction in (1) (a), (b) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7. , Stats., Register December 2011 No. 672 .

Note

The exemption under par. (b) for not having to submit and obtain prior approval from the department for specific building projects does not waive the obligation for these type of projects to conform to the standards of this code. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 The exemption under par. (b) for not having to submit and obtain prior approval from the department for specific building projects does not prohibit a municipality from requiring the submission, review and approval of plans by the municipality nor does it supersede the necessity of obtaining local building permits prior to the commencement of the project. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Table 361.30-1 Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Buildings Exempt from Plan Review - See PDF for table Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 "Mausoleum" is defined under s. 157.061 (9) , Stats. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1