Updated : 10/11/2024
Overview
Andover, Kansas, adopted the 2006 International Residential Code (IRC), including all appendices, with amendments. Andover, KS, Muni. Code § 4-1601 (adoption) and § 4-1603 (amendments). Andover, Kansas, adopted the 2012 International Building Code (IBC), including appendix J, with amendments. Andover, KS, Muni. Code § 4-301 (adoption) and § 4-302 (amendments). For Andover, Kansas, no local adoption and no local amendments of an existing building code were located.
Helpful resources for Andover, Kansas include the following.
Residential Building Code
Kansas has yet to adopt a statewide residential code. Local laws will control.See PLRB,
Kansas Building Codes for more information on state level codes.
Andover adopted the 2006 IRC, locally. Note that adoptions usually come with amendments. So, it is important to review those amendments in addition to the unamended model code.
You can find a copy of the model code here.
You can find information about amendments to the model code
here.
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Drip Edge
Drip Edge: no
Ice Barrier
Are ice barriers required for Andover ? Undetermined
Comments:
No amendments to Table R301.2(1) were found in the municipal code or city website; Therefore, it is unclear if ice barrier underlayment is required.
Government Officials
| Last Name |
First Name |
Title |
E-mail |
Phone |
Note |
| Southern |
Matthew |
Building & Code Enforcement Officer |
msomsouthern@andoverks.com |
316/733-1303, Ext. 441 |
|
Comments
Andover, Kansas, adopted the 2006 International Residential Code (IRC), including all appendices, with amendments. Andover, KS, Muni. Code § 4-1601 (adoption) and § 4-1603 (amendments).
Existing Buildings
Existing buildings, meaning buildings that were built in accordance to code at the time of
construction, typically merit extra consideration in a current updated code.
Please refer to appendix J of the adopted IRC.
For Andover, Kansas, no local adoption and no local amendments of an existing building code were located.
Commercial Building Code
Andover adopted the 2012 IBC, locally . Note that adoptions usually come with amendments. So, it is important to review those amendments in addition to the unamended model code.
You can find a copy of the code
here.You can find information about amendments to the model code
here.
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Comments
Andover, Kansas, adopted the 2012 International Building Code (IBC), including appendix J, with amendments. Andover, KS, Muni. Code § 4-301 (adoption) and § 4-302 (amendments).
Existing Buildings
While the International Existing Building code is mentioned, no formal adoption was found, therefore Chapter 34 of the IBC would apply.
Other Building Codes
Andover, Kansas, adopted the 2015 International Mechanical Code (IMC), with amendments. Andover, KS, Muni. Code § 4-401 (adoption), § 4-402 and § 4-403 (amendments).
Andover, Kansas, adopted the 2014 National Electrical Code, with amendments. Andover, KS, Muni. Code § 4-601 (adoption), § 4-602 and § 4-603 (amendments).
Andover, Kansas, adopted the 2015 Uniform Plumbing Code. Andover, KS, Muni. Code § 4-1401 (adoption), § 4-1402 and § 4-1403 (amendments).
Andover, Kansas, adopted the 2012 International Fire Code (IFC), with amendments. Andover, KS, Muni. Code § 7-101 (adoption) and § 7-103 (amendments).
