Section SPS 379.12 - Toilet rooms(1) In every apartment building where a sewer system is available, at least one water-closet shall be provided for every 2 apartments. Every such water-closet shall be located within the building, in a separate room or compartment, on the same floor with the apartments which it serves, and shall be accessible from each such apartment without passing through another apartment. All water-closets and the pipes connecting therewith shall be properly protected against frost; if located in a public hall such hall shall be heated, if necessary, so as to prevent the closets and pipes from freezing.(2) In every building of this classification where a sewer system is available, except apartment houses, at least one water-closet shall be provided for every 15 persons or fraction.(3) Rooms with private water-closets shall not be considered in counting either the number of rooms or number of fixtures.(4) Toilet rooms and fixtures hereafter installed shall comply with ss. Ind 52.50 to 52.64, 1956. For details of plumbing, see state plumbing code issued by the department.(5) Every existing toilet room shall be ventilated by an outside window; or, where this is not possible, by a ventilating pipe approved by the department or by the local health officer.(6) In buildings where a sewer system is not available and cannot be made available, an equal number of sanitary privies, or closets connected with a septic tank or cesspool, shall be provided in accordance with rules of the department.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Safety and Professional Services SPS 379.12
1-2-56; renum. and am., Register, September, 1974, No. 225, eff. 10-1-74; corrections made under s. 13.93(2m) (b) 6 and 7., Stats., Register, June, 1995, No. 474.