13-64-150 Smoke alarms and smoke detectors – Standards.

   All approved smoke alarms and detectors herein required shall be either the ionization chamber or the photoelectric type and shall comply with Title 14E. Smoke alarms shall bear the label of a nationally recognized standards testing laboratory that indicates that the smoke alarms have been tested and listed as a single or single and multiple station smoke alarms. All approved smoke alarms installed in buildings erected or converted to residential use on or after June 1, 1984, shall be permanently wired to the electrical service of each dwelling unit in accordance with the provisions of Title 14E.

   In buildings required to have a standard fire alarm system as specified in Chapter 15-16 and in buildings subject to Chapter 13-76, smoke detectors in dwelling units shall be of the type tested and listed for fire protection signaling systems and shall have an integral audible device.

(Prior code § 52-11.3; Amend Coun. J. 4-25-84, p. 6189; Amend Coun. J. 9-8-86, p. 33588; Amend Coun. J. 11-9-16, p. 36266, § 14; Amend Coun. J. 9-6-17, p. 55278, Art. VI, § 12)