CHAPTER IV. BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTIONCHAPTER IV. BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION\ARTICLE 2. BUILDING CODE

The International Building Code 2021 Edition, including the following Appendix Chapters:

Appendix G Flood-Resistant Construction

As published by the International Code Council, be and is hereby adopted as the “Building Code” of the City of Eudora, Kansas, for regulating and governing the conditions and maintenance of all property, buildings, and structures; by providing the standards for supplied utilities and facilities and other physical things and conditions essential to ensure that structures are safe, sanitary and fit for occupation and use; and the condemnation of buildings and structures unfit for human occupancy and use and the demolition of such structures in the unincorporated areas of the City of Eudora, Kansas as herein provided; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefore; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions, and terms of said Building Code are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out herein, with the additions, insertions, deletions, and changes hereinafter provided. The regulations hereby adopted, as amended, shall be known as the Building Code of the City of Eudora, Kansas, hereinafter interchangeably referred to as the “Code” or the “Building Code.” This Code shall not apply to the extent that the Residential Code adopted pursuant to Article 12 of this Chapter applies.

(Ord. 931; Code 2016; Ord. 1041; Code 2016; Ord. 1097; Ord. 1140)

Not less than one copy of the International Building Code, 2021 Edition, marked and stamped in the manner provided by K.S.A. 12-3304, shall be filed with the City Clerk and shall be open to inspection and available to the public at reasonable business hours. Subsequent references to the “Building Code” shall mean the International Building Code, 2021 Edition, as adopted and amended herein.

(Ord. 931; Code 2016; Ord. 1041; Code 2016; Ord. 1097; Ord. 1140)

The International Building Code, 2021 Edition, is amended or supplemented as provided below.

4-202.1 Chapter 1 of the Building Code is deleted and replaced with the provisions of Article 1 of this Chapter 4.

4-202.2. Section 1612.3. Establishment of Flood Hazard Areas. The title and date of the flood insurance study referred to and incorporated by reference in Section 1612.3 is The Flood Insurance Study for the incorporated Territory of the City of Eudora, Kansas, dated August 5, 2010.

(Ord. 931; Code 2016; Ord. 1041; Code 2016; Ord. 1097; Ord. 1140)

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase in this Article or in the Building Code is, for any reason, held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions hereof. The Building Official declares that it would have passed this code and each section, subsection, clause, or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that anyone or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, and phrases be declared unconstitutional or invalid.

(Ord. 931; Code 2016; Ord. 1041; Code 2016; Ord. 1097; Ord. 1140)

Nothing herein or in the Building Code hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding impending in any court, any rights acquired, or liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing under any act or resolution repealed in connection with the adoption of the Building Code; nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this legislation.

(Ord. 931; Code 2016; Ord. 1041; Code 2016; Ord. 1097; Ord. 1140)