The Board of Building Inspections is meeting 06/21/2021 at 3PM.
The issue before the Board is that a property is currently being remodeled but the existing stairs leading to the basement has one riser that is 9″ whereas the Uniform Dwelling Code requires risers to be uniform in height and no more than 8″ high. Additionally, the headspace on the stairways is only 5’8″ whereas the Uniform Dwelling Code requires ceiling height to be at least 7′.
The contractor is asking to solve these issues by installing a second handrail on the staircase so there is one on each side of the stairs and by installing a head bump pad at the bottom of the stairs.
[One would hope that would be a sufficient solution otherwise there are a ton of old houses in Appleton built before the Uniform Dwelling Code was a thing that will face undue issues should the homeowners ever want to remodel them.]
View full meeting details here: https://cityofappleton.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=872805&GUID=1CAF8948-5FDC-4F4E-A0C1-C6EFF7FA3CB1&Options=info|&Search=
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