(a) Effective June 1, 2000, carbon monoxide detectors approved by a recognized testing agency of the State of Ohio or N.F.P.A. shall be installed in the immediate vicinity of the sleeping areas per manufacturer specifications for all new construction of dwellings. The detectors shall be hard-wired and on a circuit without a switch. When a sleeping room is added or created, any habitable area added, or substantial alterations, as determined by the Building Official, occurred in an existing dwelling, a condition of the issuance of a permit shall be that the building be provided with carbon monoxide detectors located and installed as required for new dwellings.
(b) The Building Inspector, Fire Chief or their designees are charged with enforcement of this section.
(c) Whoever violates any provision of this section or fails to comply with any written notice or written order issued hereunder shall be subject to the penalty set forth in Section 1440.99.
(Ord. 74-00. Passed 3-13-00)