Updated : 12/11/2024
Overview
For Mount Hope, Kansas, no local adoption and no local amendments of a residential code were located. Mount Hope, Kansas, adopted the 2009 International Building Code (IBC). Mount Hope, KS, Muni. Code § 4-202 (adoption). For Mount Hope, Kansas, no local amendments of the commercial code were located. For Mount Hope, Kansas, no local adoption and no local amendments of an existing building code were located.
Helpful resources for Mount Hope, 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.
Mount Hope adopted the 2009 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: no
Ice Barrier
Are ice barriers required for Mount Hope ? 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 |
| Stephan |
Leslie |
City Clerk/Court Clerk |
leslie@mounthopecity.com |
316/661-2211 |
|
Comments
We were unable to locate any formal adoption of a residential code by Mount Hope, 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 Mount Hope, 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.
2009 IBC § 101.2 (scope).
Commercial Building Code
Mount Hope adopted the 2009 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
Mount Hope, Kansas, adopted the 2009 International Building Code (IBC). Mount Hope, KS, Muni. Code § 4-202 (adoption). For Mount Hope, Kansas, no local amendments of the commercial code were located.
Existing Buildings
Mount Hope, Kansas, did not adopt the IEBC, therefore Chapter 34 of the IBC would apply.
Other Building Codes
Mount Hope, Kansas, adopted the 2009 National Electrical Code (NFPA 70). Mount Hope, KS, Muni. Code § 4-302 (adoption).
Mount Hope, Kansas, adopted the 2009 Uniform Plumbing Code. Mount Hope, KS, Muni. Code § 4-402 (adoption).
Mount Hope, Kansas, adopted the 1994 Uniform Fire Code. Mount Hope, KS, Muni. Codes § 7-201 (adoption) and § 7-203 (amendments).
