Osborne, Kansas Building Codes

Updated : 12/20/2024

Overview

For Osborne, Kansas, no local adoption and no local amendments of a residential code were located. Osborne, Kansas, adopted the 2003 International Building Code (IBC). Osborne, KS, Muni. Code § 4-202 (adoption). For Osborne, Kansas, no local amendments of the commercial code were located. For Osborne, Kansas, no local adoption and no local amendments of an existing building code were located.

Helpful resources for Osborne, 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.

Osborne adopted the 2003 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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Drip Edge

Drip Edge: undetermined

Ice Barrier

Are ice barriers required for Osborne ? 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.

Comments

We were unable to locate any formal adoption of a residential code by Osborne, 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 Osborne, 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.

2003 IBC § 101.2 (scope).

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.

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

Commercial Building Code

Osborne adopted the 2003 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.

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Comments

Osborne, Kansas, adopted the 2003 International Building Code (IBC). Osborne, KS, Muni. Code § 4-202 (adoption). For Osborne, Kansas, no local amendments of the commercial code were located.

Existing Buildings

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

Other Building Codes

Osborne, Kansas, adopted the 2003 Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC). Osborne, KS, Muni. Code § 4-302 (adoption).

Osborne, Kansas, adopted the 2002 National Electrical Code (NFPA 70). Osborne, KS, Muni. Code § 4-402 (adoption).

Osborne, Kansas, adopted the 2003 Uniform Fire Code (UFC), with amendments. Osborne, KS, Muni. Codes § 7-201 (adoption) and § 7-203 (amendments).