13-196-140 Smoke alarms - Owner/tenant responsibilities.

The owner shall be responsible for testing and maintaining smoke alarms in common stairwells. It shall be the responsibility of the tenant to provide and maintain functional batteries for each smoke alarm; test and maintain smoke alarms within dwelling units and to notify the owner or authorized agent in writing of any deficiencies. The owner shall be responsible for providing each tenant with written information regarding smoke alarm testing and maintenance.

The owner shall be responsible for testing and maintaining any smoke detector or smoke alarm that is part of a building fire alarm system, including those located within dwelling units.

(Prior code § 78-14; Amend Coun. J. 4-25-84, p. 6189; Amend Coun. J. 9-6-17, p. 55278, Art. VI, § 28)

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