Section 101.05. Exempt buildings and projects.

 

(1)  No building code adopted by the department under this chapter shall affect buildings located on research or laboratory farms of public universities or other state institutions and used primarily for housing livestock or other agricultural purposes.

(2)  A bed and breakfast establishment, as defined under s. 97.01 (1g) , is not subject to building codes adopted by the department under this subchapter.

(3)  No standard, rule, code or regulation of the department under this subchapter applies to construction undertaken by the state for the purpose of renovation of the state capitol building.

(4)  No standard, rule, order, code or regulation adopted, promulgated, enforced or administered by the department under this chapter applies to a rural school building if all of the following are satisfied:

(a) The school building consists of one classroom.

(b) The school building is used as a school that is operated by and for members of a bona fide religious denomination in accordance with the teachings and beliefs of the denomination.

(c) The teachings and beliefs of the bona fide religious denomination that operates the school prohibit the use of certain products, devices or designs that are necessary to comply with a standard, rule, order, code or regulation adopted, promulgated, enforced or administered by the department under this chapter.

(5)  No standard, rule, order, code, or regulation adopted, promulgated, enforced, or administered by the department under s. 101.025 , 101.027 , 101.12 , 101.121 , or 101.125 to 101.135 applies to a building used for farming, as defined by the department by rule.

1971 c. 329 ; 1983 a. 163 ; 1983 a. 538 s. 271 ; 1989 a. 31 , 354 ; 1993 a. 27 , 117 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 135 ; 2011 a. 146 ; 2015 a. 55 . Cross-reference: See also ch. SPS 361 , Wis. adm. code.