101.61 Definitions. In this subchapter:(1) 'Dwelling' means any building that contains one or 2 dwelling units. 'Dwelling unit' means a structure or that part of a structure which is used or intended to be used as a home, residence or sleeping place by one person or by 2 or more persons maintaining a common household, to the exclusion of all others. 'Dwelling' and 'dwelling unit' do not include a primitive rural hunting cabin.(2) 'Owner' means any person having a legal or equitable interest in the dwelling. 'Owner' does not include any person whose legal or equitable interest in the dwelling is a security interest derived solely from the extension of credit to permit construction or remodeling of the dwelling or purchase of the dwelling by a 3rd party.(3) 'Primitive rural hunting cabin' means a structure that satisfies all of the following:(a) The structure is not used as a home or residence.(b) The structure is used principally for recreational hunting activity.(c) The structure does not exceed 2 stories in height.(d) The structure satisfies any of the following:1. The structure was constructed before December 31, 1997.2. y for recreational hunting activity.(c) The structure does not exceed 2 stories in height.(d) The structure satisfies any of the following:1. The structure was constructed before December 31, 1997.2. The structure results from alterations made to a structure described in subd. 1.3. The structure replaces a structure described in subd. 1.History: 1975 c. 404; 1979 c. 89, 148; 1989 a. 109; 2017 a. 59.The dwelling code applies to additions to buildings initially constructed after the effective date of the one- and two-family dwelling code act. 67 Atty. Gen. 191.
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