ARTICLE 1. FIRE PREVENTION.. 3

4-101. Fire limits established. 3

ARTICLE 2. BOARD OF CONSTRUCTION, TRADES, AND APPEALS; BUILDING OFFICIAL  4

4-201. Definitions. 4

4-202. Board of Construction, Trades, and Appeals Created; Composition; Appointment. 4

4-203. Terms of Members; Filling of Vacancies. 4

4-204. Organization and Qualification of Members. 4

4-205. Compensation. 5

4-206. Board’s Duties and Responsibilities. 5

4-207. City Building Official. 5

4-208. Right of Entry. 6

4-209. Permits. 6

ARTICLE 3. UNIFIED BUILDING & TRADE CODE  8

4-301. Wichita/Sedgwick County Unified Building & Trade Code. 8

ARTICLE 4. PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE  9

4-401. International Property Maintenance Code. 9

4-402. Local amendments to the International Property Maintenance Code. 9

ARTICLE 5. MOVING BUILDINGS. 12

4-501. Permit required. 12

4-502. Same; application for permit. 12

4-503. Contractor; license required; fee. 12

4-504. Route; duties of Building Official. 12

4-505. Notice to owners. 12

4-506. Duty of owners. 13

4-507. Interfering with poles; wires. 13

4-508. Display of lanterns. 13

ARTICLE 6. DANGEROUS AND UNFIT STRUCTURES  14

4-601. Purpose. 14

4-602. Definitions. 14

4-603. Procedure; petition. 14

4-604. Same; notice. 14

4-605. Same; publication. 14

4-606. Same; hearing, order. 15

4-607. Duty of owner. 15

4-608. Same; failure to comply. 15

4-609. Same; make site safe. 15

4-610. Assessment of costs. 15

4-611. Immediate hazard. 16

4-612. Appeals from order. 16

4-613. Scope of article. 16

ARTICLE 7. EXCAVATIONS. 18

4-701. Definitions. 18

4-702. Applicability. 18

4-703. Permit required. 18

4-704. Persons eligible for permits. 18

4-705. Application for permit; fees, issuance. 19

4-706. Backfilling; generally; removal of surplus material. 19

4-707. Same; construction or repair of building foundation adjacent to streets, etc. 20

4-708. Same; excavations within four feet of existing pavement, etc. 20

4-709. Same; extra excavation of pavement beyond edges of dirt foundation. 20

4-710. Same; with excavated material. 20

4-711. Same; duty of persons making excavation. 20

4-712. Work to continue without interruption where excavation made on expressways, freeways, arterial streets. 21

4-713. Liability of permittee for negligent acts, etc.; city to be saved harmless. 21

4-714. Replacement of cuts; notice to the city; liability after notice. 21

4-715. Same; work to be done by the city; exception. 21

4-716. Contracting with paving contractor to do work. 22

4-717. Disposition of moneys collected under ordinance. 22

4-718. Right of city to civil action to recover permit fees. 22

4-719. Penalty. 22

ARTICLE 8. ENFORCEMENT/APPEALS. 23

4-801. Enforcement/Violations. 23

4-802. Schedule of Fines. 24

4-803. Appeals. 24

4-804. Third Party Inspection/Licensing. 24