Permitting Authorities / City of Andover Building & Inspections Department
Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Andover, KS?
Adopted codeCity of Andover Building & Inspections Department
Yes — a permit is required to replace a roof in Andover, KS, issued by City of Andover Building & Inspections Department. Per the city's FAQ: "Yes, a permit is required for roof and siding replacements whenever the materials being replaced exceed 400 square feet within a 12 month period." Separately, on contractor licensing: "The general requirement is that if the work requires a permit, and the Contractor does not own the property, then the Contractor must be licensed in Andover, Kansas." The city also advises property owners not to obtain permits on a contractor's behalf, to verify the contractor's current Andover license, to confirm the contractor (not the owner) pulls the permit, and to withhold final payment until all inspections and the project are complete.
Jurisdiction
City of Andover, Kansas
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
1609 E Central Ave (P.O. Box 295), Andover, KS 67002
Contact
- url: https://www.andoverks.gov/20/Building-Inspections-Department
- phone: 316-733-1303
- email: [email protected]
Roofing permit required
Required
Contractor registration required
Registration details
- license: The City of Andover's Application for Contractor's License form lists a dedicated "TRADE LICENSE" category that includes "ROOFING" as its own line item with a $35 license fee, alongside Electrical, Plumbing, Mechanical, Solid Fuel, Drain Layer, Fence, Irrigation, Drive Approach, Cell Tower, Demolition, Grading, and Mobile Home Installer trade licenses. Building licenses (Class A-D, Swimming Pool, Fire Protection, Sign) range from $150-$350. The form states "PROOF OF GENERAL LIABILITY OF NOT LESS THAN $500,000.00 PER OCCURENCE, AUTOMOTIVE LIABILITY & WORKMAN'S COMPENSATION (CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE) MUST ACCOMPANY THIS APPLICATION" and requires "CURRENT COPY OF YOUR WICHITA-SEDGWICK CO (MABCD) LICENSE OR YOUR APPLICABLE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL OR BLOCK & ASSOCIATES COMPETENCY EXAM RESULTS." Licenses expire December 31 of every odd year (trade licenses expire every even year).
Permit process note
Per the city's FAQ: "Yes, a permit is required for roof and siding replacements whenever the materials being replaced exceed 400 square feet within a 12 month period." Separately, on contractor licensing: "The general requirement is that if the work requires a permit, and the Contractor does not own the property, then the Contractor must be licensed in Andover, Kansas." The city also advises property owners not to obtain permits on a contractor's behalf, to verify the contractor's current Andover license, to confirm the contractor (not the owner) pulls the permit, and to withhold final payment until all inspections and the project are complete.
Adopted code
The city's Building Inspection FAQ lists the "Current City of Andover Codes" as the 2018 International Residential Code, 2024 International Building Code, 2024 International Mechanical Code, 2021 International Plumbing Code, 2024 National Electrical Code, 2024 International Fire Code, 2024 International Property Maintenance Code, and the 2010 ADA Standards. (The codified Article 3, Section 4-301 text at andoverks.citycode.net still shows the superseded IBC 2012 adoption via Ordinance 1387 as amended by Ordinance 1674; the city's FAQ list is the current statement.)
Drip edge
Required — Drip edge is required at eaves and rake edges of shingle roofs (IRC R905.2.8.5). The jurisdiction adopted the 2018 International Residential Code via the 'Wichita Jurisdiction' terms of the Wichita-Sedgwick County UBTC, adopted by Ordinance No. 1957 (Sec. 4-301, 5-13-2025); the underlying IRC amendment ordinance is City of Wichita Ord. No. 50-833 (eff. 1-1-2019); that instrument, read in full, does not amend R905.2.8.5, so the code's drip-edge requirement stands as enacted local law. About drip edge
Ice & water shield
Not required — "Ice Barrier - None Required" (Table R301.2(1), Climatic and Geographic Design Criteria, Wichita-Sedgwick County Unified Building and Trade Code, "Wichita Jurisdiction" terms, which the City of Andover elected to opt into in full via Ordinance No. 1957, Sec. 4-301, adopted May 13, 2025). About ice & water barrier
Impact-resistant roofing
Not required — The City of Andover opted into the Wichita-Sedgwick County Unified Building & Trade Code (UBTC) in full via its own Ord. No. 1957 (codified at Sec. 4-301, adopted 5-13-2025), which was read in full at its current codification. Sec. 4-301 adopts the UBTC "as if said model or standard code were set out in full herein," Sec. 4-301.3(a) elects the "Wichita Jurisdiction" terms of the UBTC for Andover, and the only changes Andover makes to the UBTC are the 14 deletions at Sec. 4-301.2 and the 17 amendments at Sec. 4-301.3 -- fee tables, three commercial-code (IBC) fire-sprinkler group exceptions, one commercial IBC roof-general section (Sec. 1502.1), two residential final inspection/smoke-alarm sections, and floodplain/plumbing provisions. None of those changes touches a residential Chapter 9 roof-covering provision. Because Andover leaves UBTC Article 2, Section 4 untouched, that article governs Andover's residential roofing directly: Article 2, Section 4 "International Residential Code" (2018 IRC via Resolution 120-2019 / Ordinance 50-833; current compiled edition dated 1-27-25) was read in full from Sec. 2.4.010 through Sec. 2.4.910, and only two items touch Chapter 9 Roof Assemblies -- Sec. 2.4.115 (Table R301.2(1) design criteria) and Sec. 2.4.560 (deleting R907.3, re-covering versus replacement) -- neither of which addresses impact resistance. No UL 2218, Class 4, or impact-resistance provision appears in either instrument. The city's own Building Inspection FAQ lists "2018 International Residential Code" as its current residential code alongside 2024-vintage editions of its commercial-adjacent codes (IBC, IMC, IFC, IPMC) and the 2021 IPC; that mixed vintage is not a departure from the UBTC -- the UBTC's own current text likewise adopts the IRC at the 2018 edition (Sec. 2.4.010) and the IMC at the 2024 edition (Sec. 5.1.010), so Andover's FAQ describes the UBTC's actual mixed-vintage code family rather than a separate or divergent Andover-only edition.
Repair permit threshold
"Yes, a permit is required for roof and siding replacements whenever the materials being replaced exceed 400 square feet within a 12 month period." (City of Andover Building Inspection FAQ; the identical threshold also appears as R105.2 Item 12 of the Wichita-Sedgwick County Unified Building and Trade Code that Andover has adopted by reference).
Wind design criteria
Table R301.2(1) "Climatic and Geographic Design Criteria for Sedgwick County, Ks." (Sec. 2.4.115, Article 2 Section 4 of the Wichita-Sedgwick County Unified Building and Trade Code, current 1-27-25 compiled edition; Andover is a second/third-class Sedgwick County city that has opted in to the UBTC per Article 1.D): "Wind Speed (mph) – 76w/90-3 sec. gust" (i.e. 76 mph ASD design wind speed / 90 mph ultimate design wind speed, 3-second gust); Seis. Design Cat. A; Ice Barrier None Required. The table has no separate rows for topographic effects, special wind region, or windborne debris zone. Per amended footnote (d), wind exposure category "shall be determined on a site-specific basis in accordance with Section R301.2.1.4" and is not fixed in the table.
Roof layer limit / recover
Sec. 2.4.560 of the Wichita-Sedgwick County Unified Building and Trade Code (Article 2, Section 4): "Re-covering versus replacement. Section R907.3 of the International Residential Code is hereby deleted." No substitute or replacement provision is enacted in its place. The UBTC does not separately amend IRC R908 (roof replacement/layer-count), so the base 2018 IRC R908 provisions govern by default (not locally amended, not quoted here).
Sales & use tax
Andover's combined sales tax rate is 8.5% (KS state 6.5% + Butler County 0% + City of Andover 2.0%); Butler County itself levies no county-wide sales tax. KDOR Pub. 1700 lists two CIDs (Red Bud Trail CID, Heritage CID) that raise the rate to 10.5% within those specific addressed retail parcels only. Per Kansas DOR Pub. KS-1525 "Sales & Use Tax for Contractors, Subcontractors, and Repairmen" (Rev. 7-29-25): "Services performed to install or apply tangible personal property are exempt from sales tax when the services involve the original construction, reconstruction, restoration, remodeling, renovation, repair or replacement of a residence" -- so residential re-roof LABOR is exempt, but materials are not: contractors "are considered to be the final user or consumer of the materials they install for others, and must pay Kansas sales or use tax on them" at the time of purchase (or self-assessed compensating use tax on out-of-state materials, via Form CT-10U, per the same publication's Compensating Use Tax section). Commercial re-roof labor is taxable ("roofing, siding and guttering" is listed as a taxable labor service on commercial projects). Pub. KS-1525 describes only two collection points for contractor materials tax -- retailer sale or self-assessed use tax -- with no mechanism tied to building-permit issuance anywhere in the publication; Kansas sales/use tax is administered centrally by KDOR, not self-collected by home-rule cities as in Colorado.
The permitting authority for the City of Andover, Kansas. The Building & Inspections Department issues residential and commercial building permits, including permits for qualifying roof and siding replacements, licenses contractors (including a dedicated roofing trade license category), and performs inspections.
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Sources
- sedgwickcounty.org verified 2026-07-31
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