No person, firm or corporation shall hereafter design, construct, erect, remodel, alter, demolish, locate, relocate or remove any residential building or structure, or place or install service equipment therein if the same is not done in accordance with the residential code regulations of this Article as hereafter set forth, and shall not design, construct, erect, remodel, alter, demolish, locate, relocate or remove any residential building or structure, or place or install service equipment therein 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,

The International Residential Code, as published by the International Codes Council, Inc., 2018 Edition is hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference, subject to Section 4 of the Wichita-Sedgwick County Unified Building and Trade Code to the International Residential Code which shall apply to the aforementioned version of the International Residential Code. All provisions within Article 2, Section 4 of the Wichita-Sedgwick County Unified Building and Trade Code prior to the passage of the resolution and ordinance adopting the 2018 International Residential Code shall remain unchanged, unless otherwise indicated within such resolution and ordinance.

(Ord. 692 Sec. 1; Ord. 722, Section 1)

One copy of said code along with the amendments set forth in Sedgwick County Resolution 120-2018, 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.

(Ord. 692 Sec. 1; Ord. 722, Sec. 2;)

The International Residential Code, is hereby amended by adopting those changes, deletions, and additions contained in Resolution No. 120-2018 of the Board of County Commissioners of Sedgwick County, Kansas, adopted August 15, 2018 including all fee schedules, and incorporated by reference herein.

(Ord. 692 Sec. 1; Ord. 722, Sec. 3)

Any person who shall violate the provision of these codes or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof, or who shall act in violation of the approved plan or directive of an official or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of these codes shall be prosecuted as set forth in Section 113.4 et seq. of the International Residential Code as amended. Each day of violation shall be a separate violation. Furthermore, such person may be required to repair or correct any violation and pay all costs associated therewith.

(Ord. 692 Sec. 1)

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.

If any part or parts of this ordinance shall be held to be invalid such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining part of this ordinance.