1359.02 RESIDENTIAL SMOKE DETECTOR REQUIREMENTS.

   (a)   The Village encourages the owner of each existing dwelling, on or before January 1, 2013, to install and maintain photoelectric smoke detectors in accordance with this chapter. Smoke detectors powered solely by battery are permitted in existing dwellings. The Village, for fire safety reasons, encourages the installation of photoelectric smoke detectors.

   (b)    An owner of each dwelling, constructed on or after January 1, 2013, shall install and maintain hard-wired photoelectric smoke detectors. All hard-wired smoke detectors shall be hardwired into the electrical system with battery backup interconnected.

   (c)   An owner of each dwelling that applies for a building permit, on or after January 1, 2013, for an addition or new construction to a dwelling that includes the construction of a new bedroom and/or kitchen or alterations to an existing bedroom or kitchen that alter fifty percent (50%) or more of the existing electrical system of the bedroom or kitchen, as determined by the Building Inspector and indicated on the electrical permit, shall install and maintain photoelectric hard-wired smoke detectors.

   (d)   All smoke detectors shall be installed in and located pursuant to the current National Fire Protection Association ("NFPA") Standard No. 72.

   (e)   All smoke detectors shall bear the label of a nationally recognized testing laboratory.

   (f)   All smoke detectors shall be installed to comply with the manufacturer's recommendations and the recommendations of the approving or listing agency.

   (g)   The detector shall be sensitive to visible and invisible products of combustion, except that detectors sensitive to heat only, are not acceptable.

   (h)   Smoke detectors shall be installed in each dwelling before an occupancy permit shall be issued.
(Ord. 2012-42. Passed 5-9-12.)

1359.03 RESIDENTIAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR REQUIREMENTS.

   (a)    The Village encourages the owner of each existing dwelling, on or before January 1, 2013, to install and maintain carbon monoxide detectors in accordance with this chapter. Carbon monoxide detectors powered solely by battery are permitted in existing dwellings.

   (b)   An owner of each dwelling, constructed on or after January 1, 2013, shall install and maintain hard-wired carbon monoxide detectors.

   (c)    An owner of each dwelling that applies for a building permit, on or after January 1, 2013, for an addition or new construction to the dwelling that includes the construction of a new bedroom and/or kitchen or alterations to an existing bedroom or kitchen that alter fifty percent (50%) or more of the existing electrical system of the bedroom or kitchen, as determined by the Building Inspector and indicated on the electrical permit, shall install and maintain hard-wired carbon monoxide detectors.

   (d)   A carbon monoxide detector shall be installed in each room where an individual gas-fired furnace or boiler is located, or similar utility room, in any room that has access to an enclosed motor vehicle parking garage, and at least one carbon monoxide detector shall be installed in the immediate vicinity of each sleeping area.

   (e)   The carbon monoxide detectors shall be UL or FM approved and shall be capable of sensing the presence of carbon monoxide gas and providing a suitable alarm thereof when current applicable standards for low-level threshold concentrations of the gas are reached.

   (f)   All carbon monoxide detectors shall be installed according to the manufacturer's

recommendations.

   (g)   Carbon monoxide detectors shall be installed in each dwelling before an occupancy permit shall be issued.
(Ord. 2012-42. Passed 5-9-12.)

1359.04 MAINTENANCE.

   Each battery powered smoke detector and each battery powered carbon monoxide detector shall be properly maintained by the occupant of a dwelling. Each hard-wired smoke detector and each hard-wired carbon monoxide detector shall be properly maintained and replaced by the owner of a dwelling in accordance with NFPA Standard No. 72 and the manufacturer's recommendations. If the occupant of the dwelling is not the owner, the occupant shall notify an owner in writing of any hard-wired smoke detector or carbon monoxide detector that is in need of repair. (Ord. 2012-42. Passed 5-9-12.)

1359.05 TAMPERING PROHIBITED.

   (a)   No person shall, without privilege to do so, knowingly move, deface, damage, destroy or otherwise improperly tamper with a smoke detector or carbon monoxide 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.

   (b)   Any smoke detector or carbon monoxide detector found to be tampered with shall be replaced (missing or inoperable batteries shall not constitute tampering). Any smoke detector which is missing a battery or has an inoperable replacement battery shall be replaced with a tamper-proof smoke detector with a sealed battery.

(Ord. 2012-42. Passed 5-9-12.)