Each apartment, suite or sleeping area of every single or multiple dwelling unit shall be provided with a minimum of one smoke detector capable of sensing visible or invisible products of combustion. The detector shall be approved or listed by a recognized independent testing laboratory and, when actuated, shall provide an alarm suitable to warn the occupants within the individual dwelling unit. A minimum of one smoke detector shall be located in the immediate area of all sleeping quarters. In a building having a basement or cellar an additional smoke detector shall be installed in the stairwell.
(1979 Code Sec. 15.24.010; Res. 82-76. Passed 1-19-82.)
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