Section 362.2900. Additional criteria for toilets.

  These are department rules in addition to the requirements in IBC chapter 29:

(1)   Plumbing fixture alternatives.

(a) Water closets.

1. Systems or devices recognized under ss. SPS 391.10 and 391.11 may be substituted for water closets required under IBC chapter 29.

2. Privies recognized under ch. SPS 391 may be substituted for water closets required under IBC chapter 29 in any of the following situations:

a. A building accommodating a seasonal occupancy when occupancy of the building does not extend for more than 3 of the 4 seasons.

b. A building accommodating a school or a assembly that is operated by and for members of a bona fide religious denomination in accordance with the teachings and beliefs of the denomination.

c. As approved by the department.

3. Portable restrooms recognized under ch. SPS 391 may be substituted for water closets required under IBC chapter 29 for buildings accommodating events or temporary occupancies not exceeding 12 consecutive days or as approved by the department.

(b) Lavatories. Waterless antiseptic cleansing provisions may be substituted for lavatories required under IBC chapter 29 where systems or devices under par. (a) 2. are substituted for water closets. Where water-based water closets or urinals are used, water-based lavatories shall be provided in numbers to accommodate the number of people served by the water closets and urinals.

(2)   Permanent outdoor toilets.

(a) A permanent outdoor toilet room shall be provided with a suitable approach such as a concrete, gravel or cinder walk.

(b) All windows, ventilators, and other openings for a permanent outdoor toilet room shall be screened to limit the entrance of flies, and all doors shall be self closing.

(3)   Enclosure of fixtures.

(a) Water closets and urinals within a toilet room shall be arranged to ensure privacy. Except as provided in par. (b) , each water closet shall occupy a separate compartment with walls or partitions and a door enclosing the fixtures to ensure privacy. Urinals shall be placed against walls at least 6 feet 8 inches high and arranged individually with or without partitions.

(b)

1. Water closet compartments may be omitted in a single-occupant toilet room having a door with a privacy lock.

2. Toilet rooms located in day-care and child-care facilities and containing 2 or more water closets may have one water closet without an enclosing compartment.

3. Compartments are not required for water closets in prison or jail cells.

CR 00-179 : cr. Register December 2001 No. 552 , eff. 7-1-02; CR 01-139 : am. (2) Register June 2002 No. 558 , eff. 7-1-02; CR 04-016 : am. (2), cr. (4) (b) 3. Register December 2004 No. 588 , eff. 1-1-05; CR 06-120 : r. and recr. Register February 2008 No. 626 , eff. 3-1-08; CR 08-055 : am. (1) Register February 2009 No. 638 , eff. 3-1-09; correction in (1) (a) 1., 2., 3. made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7. , Stats., Register December 2011 No. 672 .