Every owner of an apartment or townhouse shall install and maintain at least one smoke or heat detecting device, battery operated, in each apartment or townhouse owned by him or her. The device shall be installed either at the termination of the present lease or by November 1, 1980, whichever date is earlier. The Building Inspector shall not issue an occupancy permit until it has been verified, upon inspection, that a smoke or heat detecting device has been installed and is in working condition in a proper location within such apartment or townhouse.
(Ord. 511, passed 8-20-1980)