No person shall occupy any rental dwelling unit or let the same to another for occupancy, which rental dwelling unit does not have installed and in operating condition, a smoke detector on each level of such dwelling. Such smoke detectors shall be either the photoelectric or ionization type of a design approved by nationally recognized testing laboratories, such as Underwriter’s Laboratories, Inc. Responsibility for maintenance of the smoke detector after a dwelling unit is let is hereby placed upon the occupants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all persons who let a rental dwelling unit to another shall inspect the condition of installed smoke detectors to assure their operation condition at least once every 12 months. Occupants of a rental dwelling unit who have knowledge that a smoke detector or detectors located within the unit are not in working order shall notify the owner of the dwelling unit immediately, and upon the receipt of the notice the owner of the dwelling unit shall cause the repair or replacement of the non-performing smoke detector within 24 hours.
(1980 Code, § 152.51) (Ord. 4268, passed 10-18-1982; Am. Ord. 5546, passed 4-19-1993; Am. Ord. 6398, passed 11-16-1998) Penalty, see § 152.99