Article 5. Electrical Code
17.5.1. Adoption of the National Electrical Code, 2023 Edition, as the Electrical Code, with certain additions and deletions.
The National Electrical Code, 2023 Edition, including Informative Annex C (Conduit and Tubing Fill Tables), as published by the National Fire Protection Association as N.F.P.A. No. 70-2023, adopted by the National Fire Protection Association at its 2022 June Technical Session and approved as an American National Standard on September 1, 2022, is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference by the City of Bel Aire, Kansas for the purpose of establishing standards for the safety, health and public welfare, subject to such amendments thereto as are set forth in the Wichita/Sedgwick County Unified Building and Trade Code, with such amendments also adopted and incorporated by reference. Any reference to the National Electrical Code and all amendments shall be understood to reference the Electrical Code of the City of Bel Aire, Kansas as described herein. Any administrative enforcement matters associated with residential properties not otherwise addressed as set forth above shall be pursued in accordance with the administrative provisions set forth within Residential Building Code of the City of Bel Aire, Kansas described in Article 3 of this Chapter.
(Ord. 763)
17.5.2. Availability of copies.
One copy of said standard Code, along with the amendments set forth in Wichita/Sedgwick County Unified Building and Trade Code which is adopted through Article 11 of this Chapter, have been and are now filed in the office of the City Clerk, with an additional copy available in the office of the City Attorney, and the adoption by reference of said Code is authorized by and in compliance with K.S.A. 12-3009, et seq.
(Ord. 763)
17.5.3. Effective date.
The above adopted Code shall be phased in from the date of its adoption until January 1, 2027 to allow for conclusion of projects being completed in conformance with the previously adopted standardized Code. New projects may be licensed and permitted using either the above-described Code or the formally applicable Code, whichever is most appropriate to the project and the stage of the development of the project in the discretion of the Community Development Director or designee. On and after January 1, 2027 no project shall be approved except in conformance with the above-described Code.
(Ord. 763)