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Visual alarms shall be provided in not less than 20 percent of the dwelling units in accordance with all of the following.
1. The required units shall be distributed proportionally among the various types and classes of units provided.
2. The visual alarms shall comply with NFPA 72.
3. Visual alarm appliance locations shall provide for coverage of all habitable rooms and bathrooms of the required units.
4. If these units are provided in a building that is required to have a fire alarm system of the type that sends an alarm signal to occupants of more than just an individual dwelling unit or sleeping unit, the complete system shall be provided at the time the occupancy is initially constructed, except that within the unit, only the required conduit runs must be installed at that time. The visual alarm appliance and the wiring to connect the visual alarm appliance to the system may be omitted within the unit at the time of initial construction. The required visual alarm notification appliances and wiring shall be installed on an as-needed basis at the request of the initial occupant.
5. If these units are provided in a building that is only required to provide single- or multiple-station smoke alarms within dwelling units, visual alarm appliance locations shall be provided in accordance with NFPA 72. All visual alarms within a unit shall be interconnected and activated upon detection of smoke. The visual alarm appliance and the wiring to interconnect the visual alarm appliances may be omitted a the time of initial construction.
(Amend Coun. J. 7-26-06, p. 81373, § 1)