13-64-180 Smoke alarms – Hotels and motels and bed-and-breakfast establishments to provide smoke detectors to serve hearing impaired patrons.

   In addition to the smoke alarms required under Section 13-64-140, each hotel and motel and bed-and- breakfast establishment shall provide at least one smoke alarm designed to serve hearing impaired persons, for each 50 units or fraction thereof. If a patron of a hotel or motel requests a smoke alarm designed to serve hearing impaired persons, it shall be the duty of the hotel operator or motel operator to provide installation of such a smoke alarm. For purposes of compliance with this section, a smoke alarm is “designed to serve hearing impaired persons” if it emits a flashing or stroboscopic light signal or vibration to indicate the presence of smoke.

   A smoke alarm required under this section may be either portable or permanently wired to the electrical service of the hotel or motel in accordance with the provisions of Title 14E. A hotel operator or motel operator may require that a patron pay a refundable deposit at the time of providing a portable smoke alarm for the patron's room. The amount of the deposit shall not exceed the cost of the portable smoke alarm.

   Each hotel operator and each motel operator shall post a notice at the place of registration of patrons, bearing the legend “smoke alarm for the hearing impaired available”. The notice shall contain print no smaller than three inches high. The notice shall be posted in such a manner as to be visible to registering patrons.

(Prior code § 52-11.6; Added Coun. J. 6-25-86, p. 31212; Amend Coun. J. 9-4-03, p. 7118, § 21; Amend Coun. J. 11-9-16, p. 36266, § 14; Amend Coun. J. 9-6-17, p. 55278, Art. VI, § 15)

13-64-190 Carbon monoxide detectors – Required in residential units.

   Every building of residential occupancy or mixed occupancy having one or more residential units shall be equipped with approved carbon monoxide detectors in accordance with this chapter.

(Added Coun. J. 3-2-94, p. 46875; Amend Coun. J. 9-6-17, p. 55278, Art. VI, § 16)

13-64-200 Carbon monoxide detectors – Exemptions.

   The following dwelling units shall not require carbon monoxide detectors:

   (a)   A dwelling unit in a building that (1) does not rely on combustion of fossil fuel for heat, ventilation, cooking, or hot water, (2) does not contain a fossil fuel burning fireplace, and (3) is not sufficiently close to any ventilated source of carbon monoxide, as determined by the building commissioner, to receive carbon monoxide from that source.

   (b)   A dwelling unit that (1) is heated by steam, hot water or electric heat, (2) does not contain a fossil fuel burning fireplace, (3) is not connected by ductwork or ventilation shafts to any room containing a fossil fuel- burning boiler or heater, and (4) is not sufficiently close to any ventilated source of carbon monoxide, as determined by the building commissioner, to receive carbon monoxide from that source.

   (c)   Notwithstanding the foregoing, a residential unit that is in any way connected to a garage shall not be exempt under this section unless the building commissioner has determined that the residential unit is not sufficiently close to any ventilated source of carbon monoxide to receive carbon monoxide from that source.

(Added Coun. J. 3-2-94, p. 46875; Amend Coun. J. 3-14-07, p. 99609, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 9-6-17, p. 55278, Art. VI, § 17)

13-64-210 Carbon monoxide detectors – Location.

   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)

13-64-220 Carbon monoxide detectors – Dwelling units heated by space heaters.

   Each dwelling unit employing space heating equipment that is located within the dwelling unit and that burns fossil fuel shall be equipped with at least one carbon monoxide detector.

(Added Coun. J. 3-2-94, p. 46875)

13-64-230 Carbon monoxide detectors – Standards – Rules.

   (a)   Every approved carbon monoxide detector shall comply with all applicable federal and state regulations, and shall bear the label of a nationally recognized standard testing laboratory, and shall meet the standard of UL 2034 or its equivalent. The building commissioner may issue rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, for the implementation and administration of the provisions of this chapter relating to carbon monoxide detectors.

   (b)   In all buildings erected, converted to residential use, or substantially altered on or after January 1, 2018, carbon monoxide detectors shall also comply with the following requirements:

      (1)   Detection equipment. Carbon monoxide detectors may be either carbon monoxide alarms complying with subsection (2) or carbon monoxide detection systems complying with subsection (3).

      (2)   Carbon monoxide alarms. Carbon monoxide alarms shall comply with the following:

         (A)   Power source. Carbon monoxide alarms shall receive their primary power from the building wiring, and when primary power is interrupted, shall receive power from a battery. Wiring shall be permanent and without a disconnecting means other than that required for overcurrent protection.

         (B)   Listing. Carbon monoxide alarms shall be listed in accordance with UL 2034-2008.

         (C)   Combination alarms. Combination carbon monoxide/smoke alarms shall be an acceptable alternative to carbon monoxide alarms. Combination carbon monoxide/smoke alarms shall be listed in accordance with UL 2034 and UL 217.

      (3)   Carbon monoxide detection systems. Carbon monoxide detection systems shall be an acceptable alternative to carbon monoxide alarms and shall comply with the following:

         (A)   General. Carbon monoxide detection systems shall comply with NFPA 720-15. Carbon monoxide detectors shall be listed in accordance with UL 2075.

         (B)   Locations. Carbon monoxide detectors shall be installed in the locations specified in Section 13-64-210. These locations supersede the locations specified in NFPA 720.

         (C)   Combination detectors. Combination carbon monoxide/smoke detectors installed in carbon monoxide detection systems shall be an acceptable alternative to carbon monoxide detectors, provided they are listed in accordance with UL 2075 and UL 268.

   (c)   Maintenance. Carbon monoxide detectors shall be maintained in accordance with NFPA 720-15. Carbon monoxide detectors that become inoperable or begin producing end-of-life signals shall be replaced.

(Added Coun. J. 3-2-94, p. 46875; Amend Coun. J. 9-6-17, p. 55278, Art. VI, § 19)

13-64-240 Carbon monoxide detectors – Battery removal violation – Penalty.

   It shall be unlawful for any person to remove batteries from a carbon monoxide detector required under this chapter, or in any way to make inoperable a carbon monoxide detector required under this chapter, except that this provision shall not apply to any building owner or manager or his agent in the normal procedure of replacing batteries.

   Any person who violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than $300.00 nor more than $1,000.00 and/or confinement for a period of not more than six months.

(Added Coun. J. 3-2-94, p. 46875)

13-64-250 Carbon monoxide detectors – Owner's and tenant's responsibilities.

   The owner of a structure shall supply and install required carbon monoxide detectors. The owner shall test and maintain carbon monoxide detectors located other than in a dwelling unit. The owner shall provide written information regarding carbon monoxide testing and maintenance to at least one adult tenant in each dwelling unit. The tenant shall test, provide general maintenance, and replace required batteries for carbon monoxide detectors located in the tenant's dwelling unit.

(Added Coun. J. 3-23-94, p. 47711)

13-64-260 Carbon monoxide detectors – Required in Class B institutional and Class C assembly units.

   Every new or existing building or part thereof hereafter designed, erected, altered or converted for the purposes of a Class B institutional unit or a Class C assembly unit as defined in Sections 13-56-050, 13-56-060 and 13-56-070 of this Code shall be equipped with approved carbon monoxide detectors.

(Added Coun. J. 3-23-94, p. 47711; Amend Coun. J. 3-6-96, p. 17599, effective 10-1-96)