LRB-3752/1
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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE
December 1, 1999 - Introduced by Representatives Spillner, Porter, Reynolds,
Ward, Hutchison, Seratti, Olsen, Hundertmark, Goetsch, Gunderson,
Jeskewitz, Kaufert, Kelso, Klusman, Musser, Nass, Skindrud, Stone and F.
Lasee, cosponsored by Senators Baumgart, Burke, Decker, Huelsman,
Rosenzweig, Rude and
Breske. Referred to Committee on Tourism and
Recreation.
AB606,1,3
1An Act to renumber and amend 254.61 (1) (f); and
to create 254.61 (1) (f) 2.
2of the statutes;
relating to: expanding the definition of "bed and breakfast
3establishment".
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, "bed and breakfast establishment" is defined for the
purposes of determining the applicability of building code requirements and laws
regulating environmental health, alcohol beverages and rental discrimination.
Establishments that provide food and lodging beyond the scope of the definition of
"bed and breakfast establishment" are subject to regulation as hotels, restaurants
and other similar establishments, which, generally, are subject to the commercial
building code and commercial restaurant regulations. Currently, the definition of
"bed and breakfast establishment" encompasses any place of lodging that provides
eight or fewer rooms for rent to no more than a total of 20 tourists or transients;
provides no meals other than breakfast and provides the breakfast only to the
renters; is the owner's personal residence; is occupied by the owner at the time of
rental; and was originally built and occupied as a single-family residence or, before
use as a place of lodging, was converted to use and occupied as a single-family
residence. The last requirement of the definition is that the place must have had
completed, before May 11, 1990, any structural additions to the dimensions of the
original structure, including by renovation, except that a structural addition,
including a renovation, may, after that date, be made within the dimensions of the
original structure. Biennial permits for the the operation of bed and breakfast
establishments are issued by the department of health and family services.
This bill changes the last requirement of the definition of "bed and breakfast
establishment" to also provide for a structural addition to a structure that was
originally constructed at least 50 years before an application for a permit to operate
a bed and breakfast is made and for which no use other than as a bed and breakfast
establishment is proposed, if the structural addition complies with rules of the
department of commerce establishing standards for the construction and inspection
of one-family and two-family dwellings (the Uniform Dwelling Code).
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB606, s. 1
1Section
1. 254.61 (1) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 254.61 (1) (f) (intro.) and
2amended to read:
AB606,2,53
254.61
(1) (f) (intro.) Has had completed, before May 11, 1990, any structural
4additions to the dimensions of the original structure, including by renovation, except
5that
a this limit does not apply to any of the following:
AB606,2,7
61. A structural addition, including a renovation,
made to
the a structure
may, 7after May 11, 1990,
be made within the dimensions of the original structure.
AB606, s. 2
8Section
2. 254.61 (1) (f) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB606,2,129
254.61
(1) (f) 2. A structural addition, made to a structure that was originally
10constructed at least 50 years before application for a permit under s. 254.64 (1) (b)
11is made and for which no use other than as a bed and breakfast establishment is
12proposed, that complies with the rules under s. 101.63 (1).
