Updated : 12/03/2024
Overview
For Meade, Kansas, no local adoption and no local amendments of a residential code were located. Meade, Kansas, adopted the 2015 International Building Code (IBC). Meade, KS, Muni. Code § 4-4.1 (adoption). For Meade, Kansas, no local amendments of the commercial code were located. For Meade, Kansas, no local adoption and no local amendments of an existing building code were located.
Helpful resources for Meade, 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.
Meade adopted no code locally that we know of after conducting researchYou can find a copy of the code here.
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Drip Edge
Drip Edge: yes
Ice Barrier
Are ice barriers required for Meade ? 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 |
| Cordes |
Dean |
City Administrator |
dean_cordes@sbcglobal.net |
620/873-2091 |
|
Comments
We were unable to locate any formal adoption of a residential code by Meade, 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 Meade, 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).
Commercial Building Code
Meade 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.
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Comments
Meade, Kansas, adopted the 2015 International Building Code (IBC). Meade, KS, Muni. Code § 4-4.1 (adoption). For Meade, Kansas, no local amendments of the commercial code were located.
Existing Buildings
For Meade, Kansas, no local adoption and no local amendments of an existing building code were located.
Other Building Codes
Meade, Kansas, adopted the 2019 Uniform Public Offense Code for Kansas Cities. Meade, KS, Ord. No. 902 (adoption) and § 12-1.1 (amendments).
