Article 6. Plumbing, Drain Layers, and Gas Fitting Code
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17.6.1. Adoption of the Uniform Plumbing Code, 2021 Edition, as the Plumbing, Drain Layers and Gas Fitting Code, with certain additions and deletions.
The Uniform Plumbing Code, as published by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO), 2021 Edition, including the Appendixes and Installation Standards thereto, is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference by the City of Bel Aire, Kansas for the purpose of establishing standards for the safety, health and public welfare, subject to such amendments thereto as set forth in the Wichita/Sedgwick County Unified Building and Trade Code, with such amendments also adopted and incorporated by reference. Any reference to the Uniform Plumbing Code shall be understood to reference the Plumbing, Drain Layers and Gas Fitting Code of the City of Bel Aire, Kansas as described herein.
(Ord. 763)
17.6.2. Availability of copies.
One copy of said standard Code, along with the amendments set forth in the Wichita/Sedgwick County Unified Building and Trade Code which is adopted through Article 11 of this Chapter, have been and are now filed in the office of the City Clerk, with an additional copy available in the office of the City Attorney, and the adoption by reference of said Code as amended is authorized by and in compliance with K.S.A. 12-3009, et seq.
(Ord. 763)
17.6.3. Effective date.
The above adopted Code shall be phased in from the date of its adoption until January 1, 2027 to allow for conclusion of projects being completed in conformance with the previously adopted standardized Code. New projects may be licensed and permitted using either the above-described Code or the formally applicable Code, whichever is most appropriate to the project and the stage of the development of the project in the discretion of the Community Development Director or designee. On and after January 1, 2027, no project shall be approved except in conformance with the above described Code.
(Ord. 763)