(a) The International Fire Code, 2018 edition, including appendices B, C, D, E, F, G, and N published by the International Code Council, Inc., 500 New Jersey Ave., NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20001, save and except such portions as are omitted, amended or modified in this Article, hereinafter altogether referred to as the “I.F.C.”, “Fire Code,” or “this Code,” is hereby adopted in its entirety as the fire code for Sedgwick County, 2019 Edition, for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire, from explosion, and from the possession, storage, sale, display, use and discharge or explosion of fireworks, to be effective within all unincorporated areas of Sedgwick County, Kansas and those cities located within Sedgwick County which have by action of their governing bodies adopted the Sedgwick County Fire Code, 2019 Edition, in the same form as contained within this Article and which have entered into separate agreements with Sedgwick County Fire District One providing for enforcement within said cities’ municipal boundaries by members of Sedgwick County Fire District One, and conferring jurisdiction upon Sedgwick County for all prosecutorial functions relating thereto.
(b) One copy of the Fire Code incorporated by reference in this Article shall be filed with the city clerk. Such copies shall be marked or stamped “Official Copy,” with all sections or portions thereof intended to be omitted clearly marked to show any such omissions. Such copies shall have attached a copy of Chapter 7 containing the language of this Article, and shall be open to inspection and available to the public during all reasonable business hours.
(Ord. 698; Code 2003; Ord 883; Code 2015; Code 2020)
The fire chief is authorized to make and enforce such rules and regulations for the prevention and control of fires and fire hazards as may be necessary from time to time to carry out the intent of the code adopted by section 7-201. One copy of such rules and regulations shall be filed with the clerk of the jurisdiction and shall be in effect immediately thereafter and additional copies shall be kept in the office of the fire department for distribution to the public.
(Code 1984; Code 2003)
It shall be unlawful for any person to start a fire to any pile of papers, shavings, weeds, brush, leaves, grass or other combustible material on any of the streets, alleys, gutters, parkways or upon any other public or private grounds within the city; PROVIDED HOWEVER, a fire may be built in any outdoor stove, oven, fireplace, barbecue pit or a portable burner for the purpose of cooking food; PROVIDED FURTHER, that any such fire so started shall be extinguished and made safe before the persons starting or maintaining the same shall leave the place where the fire was started; and PROVIDED FURTHER, that businesses, industries and charities which must, in the conduct of their operation, start fire to combustible material or make fire of any description in the open air, may make application to the public works director of the city and Sedgwick County Fire Department for special permission to start fire to combustible material or to make fire in the open air.
(Ord. 682, Sec. 1; Code 2003)
(a) Any person who shall violate the provision of this code 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 this code shall be penalized as set forth within Section 9 of the IFC 2012 and its Amendments as set forth herein, or subsequently adopted by the Sedgwick County Fire District.
(b) Those violations not covered by Section 9 of the IFC and its Amendments, shall be unclassified misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.00 for each violation and thirty (30) day confinement in the county jail for each violation or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day of violation shall be a separate violation. Furthermore, such person my be required to repair or correct any violation and pay all costs associated therewith.
(c) Penalty Clause Not Exclusive. The imposition of the penalty herein prescribed shall not preclude the city from instituting an appropriate action to restrain, correct, or abate a violation or this article or code, and specific authority for such is hereby granted, nor shall this article preclude Sedgwick County, Kansas, from taking any action or imposing any penalty allowed by state law, county resolution, Haysville code or this article.
(Ord. 682, Sec. 2; Code 2003; Ord. 883; Code 2015)
Enforcement of this code within the boundaries of the city shall be by officer of the Sedgwick County Bureau of Fire Prevention, and jurisdiction for prosecution of any violations of this code is hereby conferred upon Sedgwick County’s court for code enforcement.
(Ord. 883; Code 2015)
Requirements of this code and article in force shall not be construed as imposing on the city, its officers, agents or employees, and liability or responsibility for any damages to any property or any injury to any person due to defective installation or any other reason.
(Ord. 883; Code 2015)