89-9164 Building Code Advis Bd(Published in The Salina Journal November , 1986)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 86-9164
AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE BUILDING CODES ADVISORY AND
APPEALS BOARD; REPEALING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE SALINA CODE
INCLUDING ARTICLE II OF CHAPTER 8 (Sections 8-16 through 8-20); SECTION
8-38; SUBDIVISION II OF DIVISION 2 OF ARTICLE V OF CHAPTER 8 (Sections
8-96 through 8-100); SECTIONS 8-133 THROUGH 8-136; SECTIONS 8-203
THROUGH 8-207; ,AND DIVISION 3 OF ARTICLE VI OF CHAPTER 8 (Sections
8-226 through 8-233); DISBANDING THE BUILDING CODE ADVISORY BOARD,
BOARD OF BUILDING CODE APPEALS, ELECTRICAL CODE PANEL, BOARD OF
ELECTRICAL EXAMINERS, BOARD OF PLUMBING EXAMINERS, BOARD OF
PLUMBING APPEALS; AND PROVIDING FOR A NEW ARTICLE 11 OF CHAPTER 8
OF THE SALINA CODE.
Kansas:
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina,
Section 1. That Article 11 of Chapter 8 of The Salina Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"CHAPTER 8
ARTICLE If
"Section 8-16. Creation of board.
There is hereby created the Building Codes Advisory
and Appeals Board (hereinafter referred to as "the Board")
for the purpose of consolidating the functions previously
performed by the Building Code Advisory Board, Board of
Building Code Appeals, Electrical Code Panel, Electrical
Board of Examiners, Board of Plumbing Examiners, Board of
Plumbing Appeals.
"Section 8-17. Membership.
The Board shall consist of twelve (12) members,
including one of each of the following:
1. licensed architect
2. licensed structural engineer
3. attorney
4. reactor
S. plumbing contractor
6. master or journeyman plumber
7. electrical contractor
8. master or journeyman electrician
9. licensed mechanical engineer
10. heating and air conditioning contractor
11. home building contractor
12. general contractor
"Section 8-18. Appointment and term.
Members of the Board shall be appointed by the Mayor,
with the consent of the Board of City Commissioners. Three
of the initial members shall be appointed to a one (1) year
term, three (3) to a two (2) year term, three (3) to a three
(3) year term, and three (3) to a four (4) year term. All
subsequent appointments shall be for a four (4) year term.
No member shall serve more than two consecutive terms.
"Section 8-19. Compensation.
The members of the Board shall serve without
compensation.
"Section 8-20. Officers.
The Board shall elect one of its members as chairman
for a term of one (1) year. The chairman shall preside at
all meetings of the Board. The Board shall elect, in the
same manner and for the same term, one of its members as
vice-chairman who shall act as chairman during the absence
of the chairman.
"Section 8-21. Quorum.
Seven (7) members of the Board shall constitute a
quorum for the purpose of conducting the board's business.
"Section 8-22. Purpose.
The purpose of the Board shall be to:
- (1) Study all uniform codes and local ordinances adopted by
the City regarding the residential and commercial
building industry.
(2) Make recommendations to the Board of City
Commissioners regarding any updating of the City
Building Codes.
(3) Act in an advisory capacity to the Board of City
Commissioners on any requests for ordinance changes
affecting the City Building Codes.
(4) Serve as a Board of Appeals to hear any appeal from a
code interpretation by the Chief Building Official.
(5) Recommend rules and regulations to be adopted by
resolution of the Board of City Commissioners regarding
the examination and licensure of plumbers, electricians,
and gas fitters, including rules and regulations
(a) governing the conduct and grading of such
examinations; and
(b) prescribing the requirements for passage of
examinations.
"Section 8-23. Appeal procedure.
Any appeal to be heard by the Board must be filed
within ten (10) calendar days from the date of the Chief
Building Official's decision promting the appeal. Such appeal
must be filed in the City's Permits and Inspections
Department Office on a form provided by that office. The
appeal shall then be placed on the agenda of the next
regularly scheduled meeting of the Board.
"Section 8-24. Meetings
The Board shall determine its own meeting schedule;
provided, however, that the Board must meet to conduct its
business no less than quarterly. Special meetings of the
Board may be called at the discretion of the chairman or the
vice-chairman in the event the chairman is unavailable to
consider the request for a special meeting.
"Sections 8-25 - 8-35. Reserved."
Section 2. That the existing Article II of Chapter 8; Section 8-38;
Subdivision II of Division 2 of Article V of Chapter 8; Sections 8-133 through
8-136; Sections 8-203 through 8-207; and Division 3 of Article VI of Chapter 8 of
The Salina Code are hereby repealed and the Building Code Advisory Board,
Board of Building Code Appeals, Electrical Code Panel, Board of Electrical