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Staff to convene task forces to review adoption of 2024 International Codes and 2023 NEC
Summary
City building staff recommended updating Overland Park’s code suite to the 2024 International Codes and the 2023 National Electrical Code and proposed separate commercial and residential task forces to review amendments and return with ordinances. Staff set a target to return with drafts and recommended amendments to the committee next year.
City building officials told the Community Development Committee they will begin a formal process to update the city’s building codes to the 2024 International Codes and the 2023 National Electrical Code.
Jim Brown, the city’s building official, said staff completed a partial evaluation and recommended adopting the current national codes to ‘‘ensure that the public is provided with the most up‑to‑date level of public safety as it relates to buildings.’’ Brown described a two‑track process: a commercial task force to review the commercial codes and a residential task force for single‑family, duplex and townhouse code changes.
Staff said task‑force membership will include representatives from the American Institute of Architects, commercial contractors, the Builders Association, apartment owners, the U.S. Green Building Council, the city’s sustainability division and other trade and stakeholder groups. For residential code amendments, staff said they will seek a local energy rater, a remodelers’ representative, Home Builders Association contacts and sustainability staff to participate.
Mike Casey, the city fire marshal, attended the presentation and will be involved in code and fire code coordination. Staff noted they expect to return to the committee with two ordinances — one commercial and one residential — after the task forces complete their reviews and staff finalizes recommended amendments.
Timing and next steps: staff said their target is to complete the work and return with recommended ordinances to the committee by May of next year. Committee members asked staff to confirm task‑force membership and to analyze whether the International Green Construction Code (IGCC) should be included as an optional compliance path. Staff said they can consider the IGCC and will discuss whether to list it as an optional path or allow voluntary use under existing administrative authority.
Ending: Committee members gave staff direction to begin the process and confirmed task‑force membership will include sustainability staff and local industry representatives.
