Updated : 10/28/2024
Overview
Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, adopted the 2012 International Residential Code (IRC). Cottonwood Falls, KS, Ord. No. 973 (adoption). Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, adopted the 2012 International Building Code (IBC). Cottonwood Falls, KS, Ord. No. 973 (adoption). For Cottonwood, Falls, Kansas, no local amendments of the residential and commercial code were located. For Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, no local adoption and no local amendments of an existing building code were located.
Helpful resources for Cottonwood Falls, 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.
Cottonwood Falls adopted the 2012 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 the adoption without amendment to the model code
here.
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Drip Edge
Drip Edge: yes
Ice Barrier
Are ice barriers required for Cottonwood Falls ? 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
Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, adopted the 2012 International Residential Code (IRC). Cottonwood Falls, KS, Ord. No. 973 (adoption). For Cottonwood, Falls, Kansas, no local amendments of the residential code were located.
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.
No adoption of appendix J of the IRC was located.
For Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, no local adoption and no local amendments of an existing building code were located.
Commercial Building Code
Cottonwood Falls 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 the adoption without amendment to the model code
here.
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Comments
Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, adopted the 2012 International Building Code (IBC). Cottonwood Falls, KS, Ord. No. 973 (adoption). For Cottonwood, Falls, Kansas, no local amendments of the commercial code were located.
Existing Buildings
Cottonwood Falls, KS did not adopt the IEBC, therefore Chapter 34 of the IBC would apply.
Other Building Codes
Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, adopted the 2005 National Electrical Code. Cottonwood Falls, KS, Ord. No. 973 (adoption).
Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, adopted the 2012 International Plumbing Code. Cottonwood Falls, KS, Ord. No. 973 (adoption).
Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, adopted the 2012 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC). Cottonwood Falls, KS, Ord. No. 973 (adoption).
Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, adopted the 2012 International Mechanical Code (IMC). Cottonwood Falls, KS, Ord. No. 973 (adoption).
