(A) A smoke detector shall be installed on any wall or ceiling in the hallway or space communicating with each bedroom area between the living area and the first bedroom as required by the HUD standards contained in 24 C.F.R. § 42.3280.208. Homes with bedroom areas separated by any combination of common-use areas such as kitchen, dining room, living room or family room (but not a bathroom or utility room) shall be required to have one detector for each bedroom area.
(B) (1) Smoke detectors shall not have switches in the circuit to the detector between the over-current protection device protecting the branch circuit and the detector.
(2) The detector shall be attached to an electrical outlet box and connected by a permanent wiring method into a general electrical circuit.
(3) The detector shall not be placed on a branch circuit or any circuit protected by a ground fault circuit interrupter.
(Prior Code, § 151.07) (Ord. 576, passed 4-2-1996)