Kan. Admin. Regs. § 22-1-1

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 19A, May 9, 2024

Section 22-1-1 - Municipal compliance with Kansas fire prevention code

(a) When a municipality adopts one of the nationally recognized fire codes or the fire protection segment of a nationally recognized building code and modifies a section of that code, a summary of the modifications shall be submitted to the state fire marshal's office. The modifications shall be reviewed and either approved or rejected by the state fire marshal. The municipality shall be notified of the action within 30 days from receipt of the summary.

(b) Each alternate method of fire protection that has been approved by a local board of appeals as a substitute for strict compliance with code requirements shall be deemed to be in compliance with the Kansas fire prevention code.

(c) Each question arising as to whether another state statute or an enactment of a municipality is inconsistent with the provisions of the fire prevention code shall be resolved by the state fire marshal after a hearing with all interested parties. Each decision of the state fire marshal made under authority of this subsection shall be appealable in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 31-142 and amendments thereto.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 22-1-1

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 2008 Supp. 31-133 and 31-134; effective May 1, 1981; amended May 1, 1985; amended Aug. 28, 1989; amended Sept. 17, 1990; amended Feb. 4, 2011.