(A) For purposes of this section the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING. Residential unit designed or used for two or more family units or designed or used for sleeping accommodations other than family units. MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLINGS shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) Apartment buildings;
(b) Lodging houses;
(c) Boarding houses;
(d) Motels;
(e) Clubs;
(f) Rectories;
(g) Convents;
(h) Rooming houses;
(i) Dormitories;
(j) Senior citizen housing; and
(k) Hotels.
RESIDENTIAL UNITS. Buildings or parts thereof, designed or used for one or more family units or designed or used for sleeping accommodations other than family units.
SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING. Residential unit designed or used for not more than one family unit.
(B) All single family and multiple family dwellings shall be equipped with approved smoke detectors in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(C) (1) Not less than one approved smoke detector shall be installed in every single-family dwelling and multiple family dwelling unit as defined herein.
(2) The detector shall be installed on the ceiling and at least six inches from any wall or on a wall located from six to 12 inches from the ceiling, and within 15 feet of all rooms used for sleeping purposes, with not less than one detector per level, containing a habitable room or unenclosed heating plant.
(D) All multiple family dwellings as defined herein shall contain not less than one approved smoke detector at the uppermost ceiling of all interior stairwells and one smoke detector in the basement level. All approved smoke detectors herein required shall be installed on the ceiling, at least six inches from the wall or on a wall located from six to 12 inches from the ceiling.
(E) (1) All approved smoke detectors herein required shall be either the ionization chamber or the photoelectric type and shall comply with all the specifications of the Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. Standard UL 217 (Standard for Safety-Single and Multiple Station Smoke Detectors) 2nd Edition October 4, 1978 as revised May 19, 1983.
(2) Detectors shall bear the label of a nationally recognized standards testing laboratory that indicates that the smoke detectors have been tested and listed under the requirements of UL 217 2nd Edition October 4, 1978 as revised May 19, 1983.
(F) It shall be unlawful for any person to remove batteries or in any way make inoperable smoke detectors as provided for in this section, except that this provision shall not apply to any building owner or manager or his or her agent in the normal procedure of replacing batteries.
(G) shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this section.
(H) Nothing herein contained shall create any right or cause of action in any person nor any special duty in the village.
(I) Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this section shall upon conviction thereof be fined not less than $50 nor more than $500 for each offense, and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during, or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(Ord. 86-458, passed 4-1-1986)