There is one City of Appleton meeting scheduled for this week. The Board of Building Inspections is meeting 12/01/2022 at 10AM. There is no agenda packet posted at this time, but the meeting details indicates they will be taking up a request for a variance […]
Category: Board Of Building Inspection
Board Of Building Inspection Meeting 06/30/2022 – Will Consider Variance Request For Staircase With No Landing
This week is a slow week in Appleton city government. The city meeting cycles run on a four week schedule with Common Council meetings being on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month and regular committee meetings happening during the 2nd and 4th weeks […]
Board Of Building Inspection Denies Request For Variance That Would Have Allowed Event Venue To Not Install Fire Suppression Sprinklers
The Board of Building Inspection met 01/06/2022 and took up the variance request from a tenant at 101 W. Edison Avenue. Per the agenda, “The applicant is requesting a variance be granted to not install automatic sprinklers as required in the SPS 362.0903(2) (as adopted […]
Board Of Building Inspection Meeting 01/06/2022 – Will Take Up Variance Request From Ament Enterprises To Not Install Sprinkler System
The upcoming week continues the quiet winter break the City of Appleton has been having. The Public Arts Committee meeting and the Common Council meeting have each been cancelled. Right now, the Board of Building Inspection is scheduled to meet on Thursday January 6 at […]
Board Of Building Inspection Approves Variance Request By Fox Valley Lutheran High School To Build Athletic Storage Building With Stairs That Conform To Residential Stair Requirements Instead Of Commercial Stair Requirements
The Board of Building Inspection met 09/15/2021. Board members Mayor Jake Woodford, Director of Public Works Paula Vandehey, City Attorney Christopher Behrens, and Alderperson Chad Doran (District 15) were all present. The Board also included a representative from the Fire Department, but he was excused. […]
Board Of Building Inspection Meeting 09/15/2021 – Will Take Up Request From Fox Valley Lutheran High School To Build Athletic Storage Building With Non-Conforming Stairs
The Board of Building Inspection is meeting today, 09/15/2021, at 3PM. Fox Valley Lutheran High School is seeking a variance to build an athletic storage building with stairs that are only 8″ high and 9″ deep. However, “Section 4-136 of the Municipal Code (IBC 1011.5.2 […]
Board Of Building Inspection Approves Variance For Non-Conforming Landing
The Board of Building Inspection met 08/02/2021 and took up the request for a variance by a homeowner for a non-conforming staircase landing. Inspections Supervisor Kurt Craanen explained that this was for an existing staircase. The landing needs to be 36″ wide so that people […]
Board Of Building Inspection Meeting 08/02/2021 – Will Review Variance Request Regarding Non-Conforming Staircase Landing
The Board of Building Inspection is meeting 08/02/2021 at 4PM. A homeowner wants to rebuild their stairs and in order to do that the stair landing would have to be 32” wide, but the Uniform Dwelling Code requires landings to be a minimum of 36” […]
Board Of Building Inspection Grants Variances For Non-Conforming Staircase
The Board of Building Inspection met 06/21/2021 and took up the variance request for a homeowner who was remodeling his house and had a staircase that did not conform to the Uniform Dwelling Code. He was actually facing two issues. The first was that the […]
Board Of Building Inspections Meeting 06/21/2021 – Homeowner Seeks Solution To Non-Conforming Staircase
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 […]