(a) Enforcement. The Fire Chief, or his designee, shall have concurrent jurisdiction to inspect the installation of any smoke detector and/or carbon monoxide (CO) detector required to be installed by this chapter and any violations found to exist shall subject the property owners to the penalties set forth herein. Any owner shall have no less than fourteen (14) days notice to correct any deficiency before action may be taken.
(b) Regulations.
(1) No reconnection of electric service shall take place unless smoke detectors as required herein have been installed in proper locations and have been demonstrated to be properly operating.
(2) Compliance with this section shall be the responsibility of the owner of the dwelling unit who may designate the name and address of an authorized agent for this purpose in writing to the Building Inspector.
(3) The Fire Chief or his designee shall be charged with the responsibility of enforcing this section only when otherwise lawfully in the premises, or when specifically or actually informed of a violation of this section. Neither the City of Galion nor any of its employees shall be held responsible for any death, personal injury or property damages suffered by reason of any failure to comply with this section.
(4) This section shall not be construed to relieve any person, firm or corporation from any obligation otherwise imposed by it or other ordinances, regulations or statutes including, but not limited to, building and/or fire codes applicable to any structure.
(c) Tampering Prohibited.
(1) No person shall, including any landlord or tenant, without privilege to do so, knowingly move, deface, damage, destroy or otherwise improperly tamper with a smoke detector or carbon monoxide (CO) detector required to be installed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter so as to destroy or diminish its effectiveness or availability for its intended purpose.
(2) Any smoke detector, which is missing a battery or has an inoperable replacement battery shall be replaced by the offending party with a tamper-proof smoke detector with a sealed battery.
(Ord. 2015-7. Passed 5-26-15.)