§ 15.04.030. Additions, insertions and changes.


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  • The following code sections of the building code of the city are revised as follows:

     Section 101.1 Title: These regulations shall be known as the Building Code of the City of Seneca, Kansas, hereinafter referred to as "this code."

     Section 101.1. Insert: City of Seneca, Kansas

     Section 104.1 Code Official: The department of building inspection is hereby created and the executive official in charge thereof shall be known as the "code official." The Zoning Administrator for the City of Seneca, Kansas, shall be the executive official in charge of the department of building inspection.

     Section 112.3.1 Fee Schedule: A fee for each plan examination, building permit and inspection shall be paid in accordance with the schedule adopted in Article 4 of the SENECA ZONING ORDINANCE, adopted by Seneca Municipal Code Chapter 18.01.

     Section 116.4 Violation Penalties: Any person who shall violate a provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, construct, alter or repair a building or structure in violation of an approved plan or directive of the Code Official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code, shall be guilty of an Ordinance Violation, punishable by a fine of not more than $100.00, or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty (30) days, or both such fine and imprisonment. Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense.

     Section 117.2 Unlawful Continuance: Any person who shall continue any work in or about the structure 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 $500.00.

     Section 1612.3. Insert: City of Seneca, Kansas

     Section 1612.3. Insert: August 27, 1987

     3408.2 Applicability: Structures existing prior to June 22, 1994, in which there is work involving additions, alterations, or changes of occupancy, shall be made to conform to the requirements of this section or the provisions of Section 3403.0 through 3407.0.

     The provisions in Section 3408.2.1 through 3408.2.5 shall apply to existing occupancies that will continue to be, or are proposed to be, in Use Groups A, B, E, F, M, R, and S. These provisions shall not apply to buildings with occupancies in Use Groups H or I.

     Section 3410.2. Insert: July 23, 2008 (Ord. 1116 §3, 1994).

(Ord. No. 1278, § 2, 7-16-2008)