It shall be the responsibility of the owner
of all new and existing buildings located within the Village of Manlius
which have facilities for two or more occupied dwelling units or commercial
establishments having facilities for the overnight occupancy by three
or more persons, such as, but not limited to, motels, hotels, nursing
homes and rooming houses, to install smoke detectors in each such
dwelling unit or accommodation as hereinafter provided. Said smoke
detectors shall be capable of sensing visible or invisible particles
of combustion and providing a suitable audible alarm thereof; further,
they shall be installed by December 31, 1981, in the manner hereinafter
provided, unless any other provision of county, state or federal law
shall require installation before that date. Failure to install smoke
detectors as and where required by said date will subject the property
owner to the penalties set forth hereafter.
As an alternative to self-contained smoke detectors,
an approved fire-detection system may be installed. Each fire-detection
system must be individually approved and a permit issued therefor
by the Village Building Inspector.
All devices, combinations of devices and equipment
required herein are to be installed in conformance with the New York
State Building Code and this chapter, and approved by the Underwriters Laboratories
or Factory Mutual Testing Laboratory for the purposes for which they
are intended. Such approval shall be permanent unless the Village
Board subsequently finds that the equipment is hazardous or unreliable,
in which case, the Board may suspend or revoke approval. The Village
Building Inspector may, in any such case, determine whether replacement
of existing installation shall be required.
In new residential dwellings, smoke detectors
shall be wired directly (hard-wired) to the building's power supply.
In existing dwellings within multifamily dwellings of 10 units or
more, the detectors shall meet the multifamily building power source
requirements of state law or, in the absence of state law, the requirements
hereunder covering other existing dwellings. In other existing dwellings,
it is preferred that smoke detectors be wired directly to the power
supply; however, said detectors may be operated on a plug-in outlet
which is fitted with a plug-restrainer device, provided that the outlet
is not controlled by any switch other than the main power supply.
Every detector or system installed or maintained
under this chapter, shall have an adequate power source for proper
operation, and lack of same shall constitute a violation of this chapter.
No smoke detector or alternative system shall
be directly connected (permanently wired) to the electrical system
of the structure unless an electrical permit shall first have been
obtained from the New York Board of Fire Underwriters.
This chapter is intended to be used with and
supplemented by the applicable provisions of the Fire Prevention Code of the State of New York; however, if there shall be any
conflict between this chapter and said code, this chapter and any
rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto shall prevail.
[Amended 8-24-1982 by L.L. No. 4-1982]
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this chapter shall be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II, General Penalty.