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PUBLIC HEARING ON A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE 2015 INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE, 2015 UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, AND PORTIONS OF THE 2015 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE AND THE 2015 INTERNATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE PERTAINING TO PLUMBING.
Presented by: Tom Stolz, Assistant County Manager, Public Safety and Code Enforcement.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt the resolution.
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The jurisdiction covered by the Wichita-Sedgwick County Unified Building and Trade Code (UBTC), which includes unincorporated Sedgwick County, the City of Wichita, and other cities within Sedgwick County that contract with the County, currently has in place a plumbing code that adopts and modifies the 2012 Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC).
Within the unincorporated area of Sedgwick County and in those second and third class cities that contract with the County, Sedgwick County is proposing to adopt a dual plumbing code, which would include both the 2015 UPC, with local amendments, and the 2015 International Plumbing Code (IPC). Along with the 2015 IPC, similar provisions of the 2015 International Residential Code (IRC) would apply to cover residential plumbing work, as the 2015 IPC only applies to plumbing work on non-residential structures. Both the IPC and IRC are published by the International Code Council (ICC). Under the proposed dual plumbing code, the contractor or property owner would be able to select the applicable code (UPC or ICC codes) for the project at the time of pulling the permit. This resolution would become effective on November 1, 2016.
Alternatives: Do not approve the resolution.
Financial Considerations: None.
Legal Considerations: Pursuant to K.S.A. 12-3303, the County is required to set a public hearing and publish notice of such hearing. For the four (4) codes that are proposed to be adopted in this resolution, the setting of the public hearing and the publication thereof has occurred. The public hearing is required by K.S.A. 12-3303. The adoption of any suc...
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