Updated : 10/11/2024
For Alma, Kansas, no local adoption and no local amendments of a residential code was located. Alma, Kansas, adopted the 2012 International Building Code (IBC). Alma, KS, Muni. Code § 4-202 (adoption). For Alma, Kansas, no local amendments of the building code were located. For Alma, Kansas, no local adoption and no local amendments of an existing building code were located.
Helpful resources for Alma, Kansas include the following.Alma adopted no code locally that we know of after conducting researchYou can find a copy of the code here.
2012 IRC(Alma, KS 4-402. INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE INCORPORATED.)
...There is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference, for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the construction, alteration, removal, demolition, equipment, use and occupancy, location and maintenance of buildings and structures, the Uniform Plumbing Code, 2012 Edition, as recommended by the International Code Council, such code being made as a part of the ordinances and code of the city as if the same had been set out in full herein, all as authorized and in the manner prescribed by K.S.A. 12-3009 through 12-3012 including any amendments thereto....
Drip Edge: yes
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.
We were unable to locate any formal adoption of a residential code by Alma, 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 Alma, 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.
2012 IBC § 101.2 (scope).
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 Alma, Kansas, no local adoption and no local amendments of an existing building code were located.
Alma 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.2006 IBC with Kansas amendments(Alma, KS Municipal Code)
...Adoption not found...
Alma, Kansas, adopted the 2012 International Building Code (IBC). Alma, KS, Muni. Code § 4-202 (adoption). For Alma, Kansas, no local amendments of the building code were located.
Alma, KS did not adopt the IEBC, therefore Chapter 34 of the IBC would apply.
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