Article 7. Mechanical Code and Fuel and Gas Code
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17.7.1. Adoption of the International Mechanical Code, 2012 Edition as the Mechanical Code of the City of Bel Aire, Kansas.
The International Mechanical Code, as published by the International Code Council, Inc. 2012 Edition, excluding appendix B, and sections 301.2, 301.3, 501.3.1.1, 802.8, and 1101.10 is hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference, subject to such amendments thereto as are set forth within the Wichita/Sedgwick County Unified Building and Trade Codes. This Code shall regulate the design, installation, maintenance, alteration and inspection of mechanical systems that are permanently installed and utilized to provide control of environmental conditions and related processes within buildings. This Code shall also regulate certain mechanical systems, system components, equipment and appliances as specifically addressed therein and within the amendments of the Wichita/Sedgwick County Unified Building and Trade Codes.
17.7.2. Adoption of the International Fuel Gas Code, 2012 Edition as the Fuel Gas Code of the City of Bel Aire, Kansas.
The International Fuel Gas Code, as published by the International Code Council, Inc. 2012 Edition, is hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference, subject to such amendments thereto as are set forth within the Wichita/Sedgwick County Unified Building and Trade Codes. The installation of fuel gas equipment, fuel gas fired appliances and gas-fired appliance venting systems shall be regulated by the 2012 International Fuel Gas Code, with the following exception: Detached one- and two- family dwellings not more than three stories high with separate means of egress and their accessory structures shall comply with the 2012 International Residential Code.
17.7.3. Availability of copies.
One copy of the 2012 International Mechanical Code, and one copy of the 2012 International Fuel Gas Code, along with the amendments set forth in the 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, and the said code is adopted and incorporated as if fully set out herein at length as authorized in the manner provided by K.S.A. 12-3009, et seq.
17.7.4. Effective date.
The above adopted codes shall be phased in from the date of its adoption until July 1, 2016, 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 codes or the formally applicable codes, whichever are most appropriate to the project and the stage of the development of the project in the discretion of the Code Enforcement Officer. On and after July 1, 2016, no project shall be approved except in conformance with the International codes.