[Adopted 9-5-1989 as Part 6, Ch. 1, Art. E, of the 1989 Code]
[Amended 2-23-2000 by Ord. No. 421]
Every hotel or motel, nursing home, rooming house or sleeping room within the Township and every apartment house shall be provided with approved smoke detectors as set out hereafter. Said smoke detectors must meet the requirements of the Fire Underwriters Laboratory Tests UL 167, UL 168 or UL 217, or other nationally recognized testing agency.
[Amended 7-7-2004 by Ord. No. 516]
The units as described in this article shall be provided with a detector of products of combustion other than heat. The same shall be permanently wired to an appropriate circuit for new construction after June 1, 1978. When activated, the smoke detectors must sound an alarm which is audible in the area.
[Amended 7-7-2004 by Ord. No. 516]
Each separate sleeping area of a newly constructed or substantially remodeled housing unit after June 1, 1978, shall be equipped with smoke detectors as provided by this article to protect each separate sleeping area and at the head of each basement stairs. Detectors shall also be installed in all other major areas and rooms of the unit, including any basement.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Sec. 6-1244, Requirements for existing buildings, which immediately followed this section, was deleted 2-23-2000 by Ord. No. 421.
Smoke detectors shall be located on the ceiling at a minimum of six inches from the wall or on walls at a minimum of six inches from the ceiling.
It shall be the responsibility of the owner of every establishment referred to in § 93-4 to maintain each smoke detector in a reliable condition and to make periodic inspection and tests to ensure that each smoke detector is in proper working condition.
[Amended 2-23-2000 by Ord. No. 421]
All smoke detection equipment installed pursuant to this article shall be of a type approved by the Fire Underwriters or other nationally recognized testing agency.
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall for every such violation, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100 or more than $1,000 and costs of prosecution and, in default of payment of fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than 30 days.