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Not less than one approved carbon monoxide detector shall be installed in each dwelling unit or sleeping area other than a dwelling unit. A detector shall be installed within 15 feet of each room used for sleeping purposes.
Additionally, in every hotel and motel, one approved carbon monoxide detector shall be installed for every 10,000 square feet of floor area, or fraction thereof, (a) on every floor on which a fossil fuel-burning boiler or furnace is located, and (b) on every floor on which sleeping rooms are heated by any type of warm air heating plant as described in Chapter 18-28 that burns fossil fuel. Floor area shall be computed separately for each floor.
Where a fuel-burning appliance is located within a bedroom or its attached bathroom, a detector shall be installed within the bedroom.
(Added Coun. J. 3-2-94, p. 46875; Corrected. 3-23-94, p. 47711; Amend Coun. J. 3-14-07, p. 99609, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-9-16, p. 36266, § 14; Amend Coun. J. 9-6-17, p. 55278, Art. VI, § 18)