(A) Smoke detectors shall be installed and located as follows:
(1) All smoke detectors shall meet the minimum number requirements as set forth herein and shall be installed according to the manufacturer's instructions;
(2) In apartment houses and existing hotels and motels, the smoke detector shall be mounted on the ceiling or wall every 30 feet at the point centrally located in the corridor, but in no event more than 15 feet from the end of the corridor, and in the immediate vicinity of, but in no event more than 15 feet from all sleeping areas;
(3) In boarding houses, lodging houses, rooming houses and new construction, hotels and motels or those hotels or motels in which corridors or sleeping rooms are remodeled afer the effective date of this section, the smoke detector(s) shall be centrally located on the ceiling of each sleeping area and every 30 feet along each corridor, but in no event more than 15 feet from the end of the corridor; and
(4) In all family dwelling units, the smoke detector(s) shall be installed and located outside of the bedrooms, but in the immediate vicinity of the sleeping areas within 15 feet of all rooms used as sleeping areas.
(B) The smoke detector shall be installed on or near the ceiling not less than four inches from any wall or on a wall not less than four inches nor more than 12 inches from the ceiling. No smoke detector shall be recessed into the ceiling.
(C) Smoke detectors may be AC-powered only if they are directly attached to a junction box not controlled by any switch other than the main power supply. The installation of AC-powered smoke detectors shall comply with the Electrical Code adopted by the town.
(D) All smoke detectors shall be accessible for servicing and testing.
(Prior Code, § 6.2.4) (Ord. 00-005, passed 10-25-2000)