(a) Smoke detectors shall be installed and maintained in full operation in all of the following:
(1) Hotels and motels: In each guest room, suite or sleeping area;
(2) Lodging or rooming houses: In each guest room, suite or sleeping area;
(3) Dormitories: In each sleeping area;
(4) Apartments: In each sleeping area, and in or near each stairway leading to an occupied area in such a manner as to assure that rising smoke is not obstructed in reaching the detector and that rising smoke cannot effectively bypass the detector before it reaches the occupied area;
(5) One- and two-family dwellings: In each sleeping area, and in or near each stairway leading to an occupied area in such a manner as to assure that rising smoke is not obstructed in reaching the detector and that rising smoke cannot effectively bypass the detector before it reaches the occupied area; and
(6) Assembly, business, mercantile, factory and industrial buildings: Where, due to the physical arrangement of a building, the Fire Chief determines that, in consideration of the life safety of the occupants, at least one detector shall be provided at each level to a stairway leading to an occupied area, in such a manner as to assure that rising smoke is not obstructed in reaching the detector and that rising smoke cannot effectively bypass the detector before it reaches the occupied area.
(b) All smoke detectors required by this section shall be installed in conformity with the National Fire Protection Association Standard 72E and/or Standard 74, as amended.
(Ord. 87-86, passed 12-29-1987)