(a) All one, two and three-family dwellings and all dwelling units in any residential building constructed after the effective date of this Fire Prevention Code shall be equipped with one or more approved smoke detector devices installed in a manner and location in accordance with The Residential Code For One, Two-and Three-Family Dwellings as adopted in Springfield Codified Ordinances Part 13.
(b) Whenever the structural parts of a one, two or three-family dwelling are altered or improved in an amount in excess of two thousand dollars ($2,000) in value, such dwelling shall be equipped with one or more approved smoke detector devices installed in a manner and location in accordance with The Residential Code For One, Two-and Three-Family Dwellings as adopted in Springfield Codified Ordinances Part 13.
(c) All one, two and three-family dwellings occupied after the effective date of this Fire Prevention Code by any handicapped person shall be equipped with one or more approved smoke detector devices installed in a manner and location in accordance with The Residential Code For One, Two-and Three-Family Dwellings as adopted in Springfield Codified Ordinances Part 13. The term "handicapped person" means any individual whose ability to protect himself in the event of a fire is significantly limited by reason of illness, injury, age, congenital malfunction, or other permanent incapacity or disability, and whose vulnerability to the hazards of fire is appreciably greater than persons not so affected.
(d) All buildings constructed or converted for use after the effective date of this Fire Prevention Code as a hotel, motel, lodging house, boarding house or dormitory building arranged for the shelter and sleeping accommodation of more than twenty (20) persons shall have an approved automatic fire suppression system installed therein.
(Ord. 06-303. Passed 8-8-06.)