Article 7. Mechanical Code and Fuel and Gas Code
17.7.1. Adoption of the International Mechanical Code, 2024 Edition as the Mechanical Code of the City of Bel Aire, Kansas.
The International Mechanical Code, as published by the International Code Council, Inc., 2024 Edition 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 International Mechanical Code and all amendments shall be understood to reference the Mechanical Code of the City of Bel Aire, Kansas as described herein.
(Ord. 763)
17.7.2. Adoption of the International Fuel Gas Code, 2021 Edition as the Fuel Gas Code of the City of Bel Aire, Kansas.
The International Fuel Gas Code, as published by the International Code Council, Inc. 2021 Edition, is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference by the City of Bel Aire, Kansas for the purposed of establishing standards for the safety, health, and public welfare, subject to such amendments thereto as are set forth within the Wichita/Sedgwick County Unified Building and Trade Code, with such amendments also adopted and incorporated by reference. Any reference to the International Fuel Gas Code and all amendments shall be understood to reference the Fuel Gas Code of the City of Bel Aire, Kansas. Detached one- and two- family dwellings not more than three stories high with separate means of egress and their accessory structures shall comply with the Residential Building Code described at Article 3 of this Chapter.
(Ord. 763)
17.7.3. Availability of copies.
One copy of the 2024 International Mechanical Code, and one copy of the 2021 International Fuel Gas Code, along with the amendments set forth in the 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 Codes is authorized by and in compliance with by K.S.A. 12-3009, et seq.
(Ord. 763)
17.7.4. Effective date.
The above adopted Codes shall be phased in from the date of their adoption until January 1, 2027 to allow for conclusion of projects being completed in conformance with the previously adopted standardized Codes. New projects may be licensed and permitted using either the above-described Codes or the formally applicable Codes, whichever are 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 Codes.
(Ord. 763)