§ 15-54. Amendments and additions.

The 2012 International Fire Code adopted by reference in section 15-52 is amended in the following respects:

Section 101.1 is amended to read as follows:

Section 101.1 Title. These regulations shall be known as the Fire Code of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, hereinafter referred to as "this Code."

Section 101.2.1 is hereby deleted.

Section 102.3 is amended to read as follows:

Section 102.3 Change of use or occupancy. No change shall be made in the use or occupancy of any structure that would place the structure in a different division of the same group or occupancy or in a different group of occupancies, unless such structure is made to comply with the requirements of this Code and the International Building Code and/or NFPA 101 Life Safety Code. Subject to the approval of the fire code official, the use or occupancy of an existing structure shall be allowed to be changed and the structure is allowed to be occupied for purposes in other groups without conforming to all the requirements of this Code and the International Building Code for those groups, provided the new or proposed use is less hazardous, based on life and fire risk, than the existing use.

Section 102.4 is amended to read as follows:

Section 102.4 Application of building code. The design and construction of new structures shall comply with the International Building Code, and any alterations, additions, changes in use or changes in structures required by this Code, which are within the scope of the International Building Code, and/or NFPA 101 Life Safety Code, shall be made in accordance therewith.

Section 108.1 is hereby deleted.

See administrative provision chapter 8-25 Code of Ordinance section 167 Board of Appeals.

Section 111.4 is amended to read as follows:

Section 111.4 Failure to comply. Any person who shall continue to work after having been served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be liable to a fine of not less than $100.00 or more than $2,500.00.

Section 901.6.2.1 is amended to read as follows:

Section 901.6.2.1 Records information. Initial records shall include the name of the installation contractor, type, of components installed, manufacturer of the components, location and number of components installed per floor. Records shall also include the manufacturers' operation and maintenance instruction manuals. A record of the periodic inspections, tests, servicing, and other operations and maintenance shall be maintained on the premises or other approved location for a minimum of 3 years. Records shall be made available for inspection by the fire code official, and a copy of the records shall be provided to the fire code official upon request. The fire code official has the authority to prescribe the form and format of such recordkeeping. The fire code official has the authority to require that certain required records including but not limited to automatic fire sprinkler systems, fire alarm systems, commercial kitchen hood suppression systems, commercial hood cleaning, active smoke control systems private fire hydrant systems, fire pumps, spray booths, special suppression systems, foam systems, and standpipes be filed with the fire code official.

Section 3206.6.1 is amended to read as follows:

Section 3206.6.1 Access doors. Where building access is required by Table 3206.2, fire department access doors shall be provided in accordance with this section. Access doors shall be accessible without the use of a ladder.

3206.6.1.1 Number of doors required. A minimum of one access door shall be provided in each 110 lineal feet (33,528 mm), or fraction thereof, of the exterior walls that face required fire apparatus access roads. The required access doors shall be distributed such that the lineal distances between adjacent access doors does not exceed 110 feet (33,528 mm).

Appendix D, section D 107.1 is amended to read as follows:

D107.1 One- or two-family dwelling residential developments. Developments of one- or two-family dwellings where the number of dwelling units exceeds 75 shall be provided with separate and approved fire apparatus access roads and shall meet the requirements of Section D104.3. This requirement does not affect development plated prior to the effective date of this Code adoption.

Exceptions:

(1)

Where there are 75 or more dwelling units on a single public or private access way and all dwelling units are protected by approved residential sprinkler systems, access from two directions shall not be required.

(2)

The number of dwelling units on a single fire access road shall not be increased unless fire apparatus roads will connect with future development as determined by the fire code official.

(Ord. No. O-45-11, § 2, 10-20-2011; Ord. No. O-47-16 , § 1, 7-28-2016; Ord. No. O-16-19 , § 1, 3-7-2019)