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Butler County Community Development Department

Adopted code

Butler County Community Development is the county department that issues building permits for unincorporated areas of Butler County, Kansas, licenses contractors doing regulated work in the unincorporated county, and administers the county's adopted building, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and residential codes.

Jurisdiction
Butler County, Kansas
Jurisdiction type
county
Address
205 W Central Avenue, El Dorado, KS 67042
Contact
  • url: https://www.bucoks.gov/398/Apply-for-Permits
  • phone: 316-322-4300
Contractor registration required
Required
Registration details
  • license: The Butler County Building Code (Article 1, Sec. 103) states: "A Building Trade license shall be issued to a person in responsible charge of a business or corporation... No building permit for any work covered by the provisions of this Chapter shall be issued to any contractor who has not first obtained the applicable license, who is delinquent in any payment or fee(s), or whose license has been revoked by action of the governing body." A "contractor" is defined as any person who undertakes "to build, construct, alter, repair, add to or wreck any building or structure...within the boundaries of un-incorporated Butler County, for which a permit is required." The Building Trade license fee is $50.00, licenses expire December 31 of the issuance year, and applicants must file a certificate of comprehensive general liability insurance of not less than $100,000 per occurrence/aggregate. Owners of single-family dwellings of two stories or less performing their own work are not required to obtain a contractor's license (but must still obtain permits); licensed subcontractors are required for subcontracted work.
Permit process note
The Butler County Building Code's contractor definition (Article 1, Sec. 103(a)) covers any person who undertakes "to build, construct, alter, repair, add to or wreck any building or structure...within the boundaries of un-incorporated Butler County, for which a permit is required," and Sec. 103(b)(2) requires owner-occupants of single-family dwellings of two stories or less to "obtain permits" for work on their own residence even though they are not required to hold a contractor's license. Section R801.3 (Roof drainage system) of the adopted International Residential Code is deleted in its entirety by county amendment (Article 6, Sec. 602(e)).
Adopted code
The Butler County Building Code, adopted by the Board of County Commissioners via Resolution 16-06 (February 23, 2016), building on the original adoption under Resolution 98-73 (September 29, 1998) and fee schedule Resolution 99-02 (January 11, 1999), incorporates by reference: International Building Code, 2006 Edition (with Appendix Chapters C, E, and K); International Mechanical Code, 2006 Edition; National Electrical Code, 2005 Edition (with the ICC Electrical Code Administrative Provisions, 2006 Edition); Uniform Plumbing Code, 2006 Edition; and International Residential Code, 2006 Edition -- each with county-specific deletions and amendments set out in the document.

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