Louisburg, KS Environmental Rules: Flood Elevation Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- First checkpoint
- 110.3.3, at lowest-floor placement
- Second checkpoint
- 110.3.13, before final inspection
- References
- IBC §§ 1612.4 and 1612.5
- Reviewed by
- Building Official
- Penalty
- Up to $500 per offense (§ 4-104)
Summary
For any building going up in a mapped flood hazard area, the City of Louisburg requires two separate elevation checks. Section 4-102's amendment to Section 110.3 of the adopted Building Code calls for elevation certification once the lowest floor is placed, and again as documentation before the final inspection, both tied to the flood provisions of the International Building Code.
110.3.3 Lowest floor elevation. In flood hazard areas, upon placement of the lowest floor, including the basement, and prior to further vertical construction, the elevation certification required in Section 1612.5 shall be submitted to the building official. ... 110.3. ... 13 Flood hazard documentation. If located in a flood hazard area, documentation of the elevation of the lowest floor as required in Section 1612.4 shall be submitted to the building official prior to the final inspection.
Full Breakdown
Louisburg folds its flood-elevation checks into the same inspection sequence that governs every other building project, rather than a separate flood ordinance. Section 110.3.3, added to the City's Building Code by § 4-102, requires that once the lowest floor of a building in a flood hazard area, including any basement, is placed, and before any further vertical construction happens, the elevation certification called for in IBC Section 1612.5 must go to the Building Official. That certification lets the City confirm the lowest floor sits at the elevation the flood provisions require before the frame goes up any further, catching an error while it is still cheap to fix.
A second checkpoint follows at 110.3.13: before the final inspection can happen, the project must submit documentation of the lowest floor elevation required by IBC Section 1612.4, closing the loop between what was certified at the foundation stage and what was actually built. Both sections point back to the International Building Code's flood-resistant construction provisions rather than restating flood-plain boundaries or base flood elevation numbers in the City's own text, so a project's exact elevation requirement depends on where its lot sits relative to the mapped flood hazard area referenced in those IBC sections.
The Building Official administers both submissions as part of the standard permit and inspection file the same way any other required inspection document is handled.
Violations & Fines
Building past the lowest-floor stage in a flood hazard area without submitting the required elevation certification, or reaching final inspection without the flood hazard documentation under 110.3.13, is a violation of Article 1, Chapter 4. City Code § 4-104 sets the penalty at a fine of up to $500 per offense, and the City may seek an injunction or other court action against work that proceeds without the required flood documentation.
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