Article 4. Commercial Construction Code
17.4.1. Adoption of the International Building Code, 2024 Edition, as the Commercial Building Code of the City of Bel Aire, with certain additions and deletions.
The International Building Code, 2024 Edition as published by the International Code Council 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 International Building Code and all amendments shall be understood to reference the Commercial Building Code of the City of Bel Aire, Kansas as described herein.
(Ord. 763)
17.4.2. 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)
17.4.3. 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)