Updated : 11/11/2024
Overview
For Herington, Kansas, no local adoption and no local amendments of a residential code was located. Herington, Kansas, adopted the 2015 International Building Code (IBC), with amendments. Herington, KS, Muni. Code § 4-101 (adoption) and § 4-103 (amendments). For Herington, Kansas, no local adoption and no local amendments of an existing building code were located.
Helpful resources for Herington, 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.
Herington adopted the 2015 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.
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See Muni. Code(Herington, KS Municipal Code)
...Adoption not found...
Drip Edge
Drip Edge: yes
Ice Barrier
Are ice barriers required for Herington ? 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 |
| Thatcher |
Moddie |
City Manager |
|
785/258-2271 |
|
Comments
We were unable to locate any formal adoption of a residential code by Herington, KS. We reached out to the department and received no response regarding this matter. Some jurisdictions adopt the IRC by way of reference in the administrative chapters of the IBC. This could be the case for Herington, KS.
101.2 Scope. The provisions of this code shall apply to the construction, alteration, movement, enlargement, replacement, repair, equipment, use and occupancy, location, maintenance, removal and demolition of every building or structure or any appurtenances connected or attached to such buildings or structures.
Exception:
Detached one- and two-family dwellings and multiple single-family dwellings (townhouses) not more than three stories above grade plane in height with a separate means of egress and their accessory structures shall comply with the International Residential Code.
2015 IBC § 101.2 (scope). Herington, KS Muni. Code § 4-103 (IBC amendments).
Commercial Building Code
Herington adopted the 2015 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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2006 IBC with Kansas amendments(Herington, KS Sec. 4-401. - International Plumbing Code incorporated by reference to the latest International Building Code.)
...reference to the latest International
Building Code as currently adopted by the City of Herington including all appendix
chapters adopted and published by the International Code Council, shall be and is
hereby adopted as the Standard Plumbing Code of the City of Herington, in the State
of Kansas for regulating and governing the conditions and...
Comments
Herington, Kansas, adopted the 2015 International Building Code (IBC), with amendments. Herington, KS, Muni. Code § 4-101 (adoption) and § 4-103 (amendments).
Existing Buildings
For Herington, Kansas, no local adoption and no local amendments of an existing building code were located.
Other Building Codes
Herington, Kansas, adopted the 2015 International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC), with amendments. Herington, KS, Muni. Code § 4-101 (adoption).
Herington, Kansas, adopted the latest National Electrical Code. Herington, KS, Muni. Code § 4-201 (adoption).
Herington, Kansas, adopted the International Plumbing Code by reference to the latest IBC as currently adopted by Herington, KS. Herington, KS, Muni. Code § 4-401 (adoption).
Herington, Kansas, adopted the International Mechanical Code by reference to the latest IBC as currently adopted by Herington, KS. Herington, KS, Muni. Code § 4-601 (adoption).
Herington, Kansas, adopted the International Fire Code by reference to the latest IBC as currently adopted by Herington, KS. Herington, KS, Muni. Code § 4-901 (adoption).
