(a) Criteria for Smoke Detectors.
(1) The location and number of smoke detectors required shall be based upon NFPA 74-1975 as now existing and as from time to time amended hereafter, captioned “standard for the installation, maintenance and use of household fire warning systems.”
(2) There shall be a smoke detector installed:
A. In the basement or the ceiling at the top of the basement stairs or in any house without a basement within ten feet of the furnace area.
B. In hallways immediately outside sleeping areas.
(3) No smoke detector shall satisfy the requirements herein unless it shall bear the label of a nationally recognized testing laboratory.
(4) All detectors shall be sensitive to both visible and invisible products of combustion and shall not be acceptable if such smoke detectors are sensitive to heat only.
(b) Criteria for Carbon Monoxide Detectors.
(1) There shall be a carbon monoxide (CO) detector installed in each dwelling and dwelling unit, to be located in the boiler, furnace or similar utility room, and to be located in any room which has access to an enclosed motor vehicle parking garage.
(2) When required for purposes of this chapter, at least one carbon monoxide (CO) detector shall be installed in the immediate vicinity of each sleeping area, as per manufacturer’s specifications.
(3) The carbon monoxide (CO) detectors shall be approved by a recognized testing agency by the State of Ohio or NFPA 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. (Ord. 2008-23. Passed 12-10-08.)