(A) All rental units, including hotel/motel, and any other buildings of mixed occupancy having any residential units, shall be equipped with approved smoke alarms.
(B) Every owner, or owner’s representative, or manager of any rental unit shall install, in every dwelling unit, or rooming unit, not less than one approved smoke alarm within 15 feet of all rooms used for sleeping purposes. The installation of the smoke alarms shall be in accordance with the manufacturer’s written instruction for that location.
(C) Every owner, or owner’s representative, or manager of any rental unit shall install in every dwelling unit, or rooming unit, not less than one approved smoke alarm on the uppermost ceiling of all interior stairwells. The installation of the smoke detector shall be in accordance with the manufacturer’s written instruction for that location.
(D) All approved smoke alarms required by this section shall be either ionization or photoelectric type, either battery powered or receive their primary power from the buildings wiring when such building is served from a commercial source and when primary power is interrupted, shall receive power from a battery. Smoke alarms shall be listed and labeled in accordance with UL 217 and installed in accordance with the manufacturer’s written instructions.
(E) At every change of tenants in a rental unit, it shall be the responsibility of the owner, owner’s representative, or manager to test, and ascertain that the approved smoke detectors are in operable conditions. It is the tenants’ responsibility to replace batteries, as needed, while they occupy the rental unit, and report to the owner, owner’s representative, or manager any repairs needed to any smoke detector.
(Ord. 2014-10, passed 7-15-2014; Am. Ord. 2014-15, passed 7-15-2014) Penalty, see § 154.99