Carbon monoxide alarms shall be required and installed in all residential occupancies, new and existing, in accordance with this section:
A. Newly Constructed Single-Family And Single-Family Attached Dwellings: Carbon monoxide detectors will be required to be installed in or adjacent to (within 15 feet of) all sleeping areas. They shall be both AC and DC (battery) powered, and detectors remote to one another shall be interconnected.
B. Existing Single-Family And Single-Family Attached Dwellings: Carbon monoxide detectors shall be required to be installed in or adjacent to (within 15 feet of) all sleeping areas. They shall be either AC or DC (battery) powered.
C. Newly Constructed Apartment Buildings: Carbon monoxide detectors shall be required to be installed within each dwelling unit in or adjacent to (within 15 feet of) all sleeping areas. They shall be both AC and DC (battery) powered, and detectors remote to one another shall be interconnected.
D. Existing Apartment Buildings: Carbon monoxide detectors shall be installed within each dwelling unit in or adjacent to (within 15 feet of) all sleeping areas. They shall be either AC or DC (battery) powered.
E. New And Existing Hotels/Motels: One carbon monoxide detector shall be installed on each floor where occupants will be sleeping in a common area as approved by the building official. An approved carbon monoxide detection system, designed to warn occupants, or sound a warning in a constantly attended location, may be installed in lieu of individual floor detectors. Floor detectors and/or systems shall be installed in lieu of individual floor detectors. Floor detectors and/or systems shall be both AC and DC (battery) powered. Individual sleeping rooms with fuel burning appliances located within the room shall each have a carbon monoxide detector installed within each room, where not protected by an otherwise approved detection system.
F. New And Existing Healthcare/Institutional Occupancies: One carbon monoxide detector shall be installed on each floor where occupants will be sleeping, in a common area as approved by the building official. An approved carbon monoxide detection system, designed to warn occupants, or sound a warning in a constantly attended location, may be installed in lieu of individual floor detectors. Floor detectors and/or systems shall be both AC and DC (battery) powered. Individual sleeping rooms, with fuel burning appliances located within the room, shall each have a carbon monoxide detector installed within each room, where not protected by an otherwise approved detection system. (Ord. 07-04-15)