Title 16 - Buildings and Construction

16.300.100 Building Code - Incorporation

16.300.107.1

Section 107.1 of the International Building Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

107.1 General. Submittal documents consisting of construction documents, statement of special inspections, geotechnical report and other data shall be submitted in digital format with each permit application. The construction documents shall be prepared by a registered design professional where required by the statutes of the jurisdiction in which the project is to be constructed. Where special conditions exist, the building official is authorized to require additional construction documents to be prepared by a registered design professional.

Exception: The building official is authorized to waive the submission of construction documents and other data not required to be prepared by a registered design professional if it is found that the nature of the work applied for is such that review of construction documents is not necessary to obtain compliance with this code. The building official is authorized to accept two or more sets of paper plans.

107.1.1 One- and two-family dwellings. Construction documents for residential structures having more than 3500 square feet of livable area designed in accordance with the International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings shall be prepared by a design professional duly registered in the state of Kansas. The drawings shall bear the professional seal of the design professional.

107.1.2 The building official is authorized to require plans to be prepared and sealed by a design professional duly registered in the state of Kansas for plan elements of a building that are designed outside of the prescriptive allowances in the International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings. This provision applies notwithstanding Section 107.1.1.

(History: BC-3499 §11, 2026; Ord. BC-3286 §11, 2020; Ord. BC-3234 §1, 2019; Ord. BC-2936 §11, 2012; BC-2635 §20, 23 & 24, 2007; BC-2459 §19 & 20, 2004; BC-2237 §1, 2001; Source or prior law: 16.04.418 & 16.04.430; BC-1824 §§22 & 26, 94)

Effective on: 1/1/1901