Individual room detectors of Group R, Division 1 occupancies shall be monitored with an approved annunciator panel. This panel shall be located in an area that is supervised twenty-four (24) hours per day by competent and experienced personnel. This system may be interconnected to the building's fire alarm system but shall not cause a signal retransmission of alarm and shall not initiate the building's evacuation signals. (See Section 15.100.550(B) of this chapter).
Exception: When the annunciator panel is not monitored twenty-four (24) hours a day by personnel, an approved central station shall be used to notify an authorized person(s) of the owner's choice as approved by the fire department. (Prior code §§ 9.28.1217, 15.10.1002)