Lenexa, KS Rental Property Rules: Repairs & Habitability (2026)

Lenexa's habitability standard is the International Property Maintenance Code, 2018 Edition, adopted in Section 4-8-D-1 and retitled the Property Maintenance Code of the City of Lenexa. Section 4-8-D-15 rewrites IRC-style Section 602.3: every owner and operator who rents, leases or lets a dwelling unit, rooming unit, dormitory or guestroom between October 1 and April 30 must provide facilities capable of maintaining at least 68ºF (20ºC) in all habitable rooms, bathrooms and toilet rooms. The one exception applies when the outdoor temperature is below the winter outdoor design temperature for the locality, and only if the heating system is running at full design capacity. Section 602.4 separately requires heating systems that hold 68°F three feet above the floor on the design heating day.

Other Lenexa amendments reach the rest of the unit and its lot. Section 304.14 requires tightly fitting screens of not less than 16 mesh per inch on openings needed for ventilation of habitable rooms from May 1 to September 30. Section 304.7 requires a sound, tight roof and bars discharging roof water, sump pump water or gutter flow closer than four feet from an adjoining property line. Section 304.2 requires peeling or flaking paint to be eliminated once it covers more than 25% of one side of a structure or component. Section 308.2.1 makes the owner supply approved covered rubbish containers.

These standards sit inside rental licensing. Section 2-16-A-6 makes compliance with all applicable Building and Housing Codes materially affecting health and safety a condition of the license, and Section 2-16-A-14 says a dwelling found unfit for human habitation has its license deemed revoked and can be ordered vacated at once. Section 4-8-D-9 deletes IPMC Section 111, so challenges run through the hearing process in Article 3-5-H rather than a separate board of appeals.