A permit is required to install elevators in the City of Topeka. Click here to obtain a copy of the elevator permit form. Mechanical inspections apply to the erection, installation, alteration, relocation, replacement, and addition to use or maintenance of any heating, ventilating, cooling, refrigeration systems, incinerators or other miscellaneous heat-producing appliances. These inspectors will include equipment utilized for both commercial and residential buildings. The City of Topeka is currently using the ICBO version of the 1997 Uniform Mechanical Code.
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If there are none, an Occupancy Certificate is granted and the business can open. If problems or code violations are found, they must be corrected before the building is open to the public. The inspector and owner agree to a timeline to complete the corrections. Exterior Inspections include residential and commercial gas and water service piping, storm sewers and sanitary sewers. Inspections done within a building or structure include storm and sanitary building drains, waste and vent piping, water distribution piping, gas piping, plumbing fixtures, equipment and appliances.