As used in this chapter:
(a) "Carbon monoxide alarm" means an approved device which detects the invisible gas known as carbon monoxide and which emits an audible signal indicating the presence of unhealthy or lethal levels of carbon monoxide, or both an audible and a visual signal indicating the presence of unhealthy or lethal levels of carbon monoxide.
(b) "Hearing impaired" means a hearing problem impairing the ability to be awakened by a standard smoke detector or carbon monoxide alarm whether or not wearing a hearing aid.
(c) "Multiple-station smoke alarm" means two (2) or more single-station alarm devices that are capable of interconnection such that actuation of one (1) causes the appropriate alarm signal to operate in all interconnected alarms.
(d) "Occupant" means a person over one (1) year of age, living, sleeping, cooking or eating in, or having actual possession of a dwelling unit or room used for room occupancy.
(e) "Owner" means the owner or owners of the premises, a vendee in possession, a mortgagee or receiver in possession, a lessee or joint lessees of the whole thereof, or an agent as any other person, firm or corporation directly in control of the premises or having a legal or equitable interest in the property.
(f) "Single-station smoke alarm" means an assembly incorporating the detector, the control equipment and the alarm-sounding device in one (1) unit, operated from a power supply either in the unit or obtained at the point of installation.
(g) "Sleeping area" means an area of a dwelling containing bedrooms which are separated from each other by no use area other than a bathroom.
(i) "Smoke alarm" means a single- or multiple-station alarm responsive to smoke.
(j) "Smoke detector" means a listed device that senses visible or invisible particles of combustion.
(Ord. No. 1528-15. Passed 5-9-16, eff. 5-10-16)