No person, firm or corporation shall hereafter design, construct, erect, remodel, alter, demolish, locate, relocate or remove any building or structure, or place or install service equipment therein if the same is not done in accordance with the plumbing code regulations of this Article as hereafter set forth, and shall not place or install equipment therein governed by this Article without a permit authorizing the same.
Sedgwick County, through the MABCD shall provide code inspection and enforcement services to the City, based upon the current Wichita-Sedgwick County unified building, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical codes, as adopted by the City and agreed to by separate interlocal agreement,
4-703. Adoption of the International Plumbing Code, 2015 edition, as the plumbing code, with certain additions and deletions.
The International Plumbing Code, 2015 Edition, as published by the International Code Council, 5203 Leesburg Pike, Ste 708 Falls Church, Virginia 22041 and such amendments as set forth in Resolution 144-2016.
One copy of said code along with the amendments set forth in Sedgwick County Resolution 144-2016, have been and are now filed in the office of the City Clerk and the said code is hereby 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. This Code and all amendments shall hereafter be known as Chapter 4, Articles 5 and 7 of the Colwich Municipal Code.
The International Plumbing Code and the International Residential Code is hereby amended by adopting those changes, deletions, and additions contained in Resolution No. 144-2016 of the Board of County Commissioners of Sedgwick County, Kansas, adopted October 5, 2016, including all fee schedules, and incorporated by reference herein.
The imposition of the penalties herein prescribed shall not preclude the City from instituting an appropriate action to restrain, correct, or abate a violation of this ordinance, and specific authority for such is hereby granted to take any action or imposing any penalty allowed by State law, this code, or this ordinance.
The imposition of the penalties herein prescribed shall not preclude the City from instituting an appropriate action to restrain, correct, or abate a violation of this ordinance, and specific authority for such is hereby granted to take any action or imposing any penalty allowed by State law, this code, or this ordinance.
Enforcement of this code within the boundaries of the City shall be by the Code Enforcement Official(s) designated by the City, which may be through Sedgwick County Court through separate interlocal agreement, and such citations shall rely on the citation numbers set forth within the Sedgwick County Code. If Sedgwick County and the City of Colwich choose not to be bound by such interlocal agreement, prosecution of any violations of this code shall be in the Colwich Municipal Court.
Requirements of this code and ordinance shall not be construed as imposing on the City, its officers, agents, or employees, any liability or responsibility for any damages to any property or any injury to any person due to defective installation or any other reason.