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Butler County, Kansas Building Codes

Updated : 10/22/2024

Overview

Butler County, Kansas, adopted the 2006 International Residential Code (IRC), including appendices, with amendments. Butler County, KS, County Code § 601 (adoption) and § 603 (amendments). Butler County, Kansas, adopted the 2006 International Building Code (IBC), including appendices C, E, K, with amendments. Butler County, KS, County Code § 201 (adoption) and § 203 (amendments). For Butler County, Kansas, no local adoption and no local amendments of an existing building code were located. 

 

Helpful resources for Butler County, 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.

Butler County 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 Butler County ? No
Citation: Butler County, KS, County Code § 603. (amendments).
Municipal Code https://www.bucoks.com/DocumentCenter/View/187/Building-Codes?bidId=#page=21
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Table R301.2(1) Climatic and Geographic Design Criteria, Insert: 

Ground Snow Load 15psf 

Wind Speed (mph) 90mph 

Seismic Design Category: A 

Weathering: Severe 

Frost Line Depth: 30 inches 

Termite: Moderate to Heavy

Winter Design Temp: 7 

Ice Barrier Underlayment Required No 

Flood Hazard: FIRM 20015C; June 6, 2009 

Air Freezing Index 0-1000 

Mean Annual Temp: 55°-60° 

Government Officials
Last Name First Name Title E-mail Phone Note
Flower Eli Community Development Building Inspector (316) 322-4325

Comments

Butler County, Kansas, adopted the 2006 International Residential Code (IRC), including appendices, with amendments. Butler County, KS, County Code § 601 (adoption) and § 603 (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 2006 IRC. 

For Butler County, Kansas, no local adoption and no local amendments of an existing building code were located.

Commercial Building Code

Butler County adopted the 2006 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

Butler County, Kansas, adopted the 2006 International Building Code (IBC), including appendices C, E, K, with amendments. Butler County, KS, County Code § 201 (adoption) and § 203 (amendments).

Existing Buildings

Butler County, KS did not adopt the IEBC, therefore Chapter 34 of the IBC would apply.

Other Building Codes

Butler County, Kansas, adopted the 2006 International Mechanical Code (IMC), including all appendices, with amendments. Butler County, County Code § 301. (adoption) and § 303. (amendments).

Butler County, Kansas, adopted the 2005 National Electrical Code, with amendments. Butler County, County Code § 401. (adoption), § 402. (amendments) and § 404. (amendments).

Butler County, Kansas, adopted the 2006 Uniform Plumbing Code, with amendments. Butler County, County Code § 501. (adoption) and § 503. (amendments).