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Home My WebLink AboutLetter - 5/1/1981 I "",-,:.~ .. State of Wisconsin \\ \ Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations Hay 1, 1981 SAFETY & BUILDINGS DIVISION File NumberE-15961.l 201 E. Washington Avenue P.O. Box 7969 Madison, Wisconsin 53707 Reinke, Ransone, Last, Ine. 805 North Main Street Oshkosh, W! 54901 Attention: Mr. Ronald Ransehe St. Peter's Convent Building Oshkosh, Winnebago County A few weeks back r led you to believe that ,,,a did not have to subtnlt plans for the alteration work proposed on St. Peter's Convent Buildi,ng.vle assumed that we \;'lere doing nothing structural, not. artectingthe fire rating. and not aft'ectingthe exiting from the bupd!n~. Also, t>/e were goins from a Chapter 51 building to a Chapter 54 building ,Which ordinarily 'Would be oonsidereda less restriotive type of oooupancy. . ! ! !v1r. Edward. L. Eelmer. Chief Building ... Inspector of' Oshkosh t h~s lool-ced at the 51 tuat10n . and found that $om~ <:d't'l<;~s .o~ the second floor will not havf# two directions. for e:dting as required noy in Chapter! 54 tmder Ind 54.0:H3), Office Suite Exiting, The prOblem here is that you are bot going to change the individual~ooms for the. sake of ecollomy.. You will not have an office suite, but indIvidual offices, and apparent;y, some of theseoff'loes eould have an exit problem under the present day cOd;!} in Chai)ter 54.. I I As a convent in type No. 1 or 1-10. t! buildings. a total area of not more than 1.200 l'$quare feet may be placedbettileen sf) el!:it and t.ne end of t,he building. This still is true in today-fa code'tor Chapter 511. See !nd 57.0'{(1). I The irony here 1,$ that we are dealing with Chapter 51 which ts generally more restrictive than Chapter 54, but s!nce the Qffioe' l':luite exit requirement.s \'lere changed in October of 1973, Chapter 5~ is more re~tr1otive than Chapter 51 as far as the eXiting is concerned. It now appears that we witl have t~ require the creation of an office suite having a floor area of not more than 1,800 ' square feet fiet area provid~ wlthtwo directiom~! for exittng from the entrance door' t.othe suite. This ~Quldmean t$ out oomewal1s and doing work which the Omler did not want to do inLthe 1'1 '. '''place. . The only otheral ternative would be adding a door at the enGer the.dead end eOl"r1d.or with a $ta1rwa~1 to ground floor level. This also would r~quire somel remodeling work, which you are $'l:.tempting; to avoid. < , In any event. the remodel~ng work will be way below 25$ of the total area, and you \4111 not have to meet any of the handioap requirements as stated in'Ind 50.0:3<:3), (ftxoeption 2. Hr.. Reimer, says that th1~!buildlng is definitely over j ! 01 LHR-SBD-5850 Reinke, Hmnscne't Last, !no" ~~ay 1 f 1981 Page 2 100,000 cubio feet ~nd that his office cannot approve it since it does not fall under the 100.00.0 cubic feet limit. As long as this exiting problem 18 the only problem with the buildi.ng f and as long as there are nO$trootural cma.nges, I will be willing to grant approval if you will submit four copies of a floor plan sheet showing t~w you will ~~t the new exIt raqulrements discussed above. 1: do not think it is necessary to send a complete set of plans and a fee.. If you would send the tour copies of the plan to. m~f r wo..;'!ld be willing to approve it"tthout all of the rM ta-pe. Just b~ sure to ~al the drand.t1gs so that '~re !l'!e~t the Registration Board requirements. Very truly yours. c61-~zA-~~e ~ Robert 5. ~~o'Burney Staff Eng1.neer R$~4; TM 0105 co: R-] Ertl, phone 414~91...141168. Friday a.m. ~ShkOSh Bldg. Insp. st. Peter's Parish 435 High Avenue Oshkosh, WI 54901