[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
It shall be the responsibility of the owner
of each new or existing multifamily dwelling unit to install smoke
and/or heat detectors in each such multifamily dwelling unit as hereinafter
provided. Said smoke detectors shall be capable of sensing visible
or invisible particles of combustion; heat detectors shall be capable
of sensing abnormally high temperatures or rate of temperature rises;
and both types shall be capable of providing a suitable, audible alarm
thereof.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ACCEPTED
Approved by the Fire Marshal of the Town/Village of East
Rochester or his designated representative.
APARTMENT HOUSE
A structure arranged, intended or designed to be occupied
by three or more families living independently of each other with
separate housekeeping facilities for each family.
APPROVAL
Accepted by the Fire Marshal of the Town/Village of East
Rochester or his designated representative.
ATTIC
Space between the top of the uppermost floor construction
and the underside of the roof.
HABITABLE SPACE
Space occupied by one or more persons for living, sleeping,
eating or cooking. Restaurants for employees and occupants, kitchens
serving them and kitchenettes shall not be deemed to be habitable
space.
HEAT DETECTOR
A protection device that can sense an abnormally high air
temperature or an abnormal rate of heat rise and, on sensing such
a condition, can automatically initiate a signal indicating the condition.
LODGING HOUSE OR ROOMING HOUSE
Includes any building or portion thereof not an apartment
house or hotel used by families or single individuals as a place of
shelter or lodging, but not including a building where less than three
persons are received or lodged.
MAINTAIN
To keep in operating condition at all times.
MULTIFAMILY DWELLING
A building occupied or intended to be occupied as a residence
or home by three or more families or persons living independently
of each other, except, however, an apartment house as herein defined.
The term "multifamily dwelling" shall include, but is not limited
to, flats, hotels, motels, lodging houses, rooming houses, boardinghouses,
boarding schools, school dormitories, furnished room houses, clubhouses
or fraternal houses, homes for the indigent and single-family dwellings
with one or more transient or permanent boarders, roomers or lodgers.
NONHABITABLE SPACE
Space used as kitchenettes, pantries, bath-, toilet, laundry,
rest, dressing, locker, storage, utility, heater and boiler rooms,
closets and other spaces for service and maintenance of the building
and those spaces used for access and vertical travel between stories.
OWNER
Applied to a building or land, shall include any part owner,
joint owner, tenant in common, tenant in partnership, joint tenant
or tenant by the entirety of the whole or of a part of such building
or land.
SLEEPING AREAS
The area or areas of the family living unit in which the
bedrooms or sleeping rooms are located. Bedrooms or sleeping rooms
separated by other use areas, such as but not limited to kitchens
or living rooms (except bathrooms), shall be considered as separate
sleeping areas for the purposes of this chapter.
STORAGE AREA
Includes all areas of buildings, structures or areas thereof
utilized primarily for the storage or sheltering of goods, merchandise,
products, vehicles or animals.
Fire alarm systems shall, at each floor level:
A. Have manually operated fire alarm signaling devices,
be mounted in durable boxes and be designed to transmit an alarm signal
to sounding devices on the premises.
B. Be located in a public hall or passageway in the natural
path of escape from fire and be accessible on every story without
the necessity of first passing through a fire door or fire zone.
C. Be located within 200 horizontal feet of any room
or any point on a story not divided into rooms.
D. Be ready to operate at all times when activated.
E. Be readily identifiable as such and have a conspicuous
exterior color and label.
F. Be designed and used only for fire protection purposes.
Fire alarm systems shall:
A. Be provided with devices designed to sound a clear,
audible alarm signal that is distinct from all signals made by other
sounding devices used in the vicinity. All fire alarm sounding devices
within a building shall be of the same type.
B. Have sounding devices so located that the alarm is
audible in all parts of the building.
Fire alarm systems shall:
A. Be supplied with electrical energy from both a main
source and from an auxiliary source, such as a battery supply or generator.
If a generator is used as an auxiliary source, automatic transfer
shall occur within 15 seconds of main power interruption.
B. Have circuits for the transmission of alarms used
only for fire protection.
C. Have all wiring and equipment installed in accordance
with Article 760, Fire Alarm Systems, National Electrical Code NFPA
No. 70.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
It shall be the responsibility of the property
owner or agent to test, inspect and maintain any smoke or heat detector
and emergency lighting in accordance with the manufacturer's warranty
and/or suggested maintenance and to have a minimum of at least two
detectors on the site to replace defective detectors that cannot be
repaired. In addition, the property owner shall provide any tenant
access to a copy of the maintenance schedule, operating manual and
any other instructions or precautionary literature which the manufacturer
may supply.
Any person who violates or maintains a violation
of any provision of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of an offense
punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 15 days, or both. Each day the violation continues shall
be deemed a separate offense.