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Editor's Note: Ordinance No. 994, adopted June 13, 1988, amended Ch. 6 of the Code, but did not specify the exact nature of inclusion thereon. At the editor's discretion, therefore, §§ 1(1)—(7) of Ord. No. 994 have been included herein as Art. II, Div. 3, §§ 6-38—6-44.
[Ord. No. 994, § 1(1), 6-13-1988]
When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall, for the purpose of this article, have the meanings given them by this section:
BUSINESS AND MERCANTILE
As used herein, the word "business" shall mean all structures used primarily for office purposes, and the word "mercantile" shall mean all structures used primarily for the sale of merchandise of any nature, whether of any nature, whether at wholesale or retail.
SMOKE DETECTOR
Is defined as a hard-wired device capable of sensing visible and invisible particles or products of combustion and which, when activated thereby, provides an alarm audible within the building as well as an alarm connected to a central monitoring station, which device shall be approved by the Underwriters Laboratory, Inc., or other comparable testing agency.
[Ord. No. 994, § 1(2), 6-13-1988; Ord. No. 1103, § 1, 5-11-1992]
(a) 
The installation of hard-wired smoke detectors in each structure shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 72(e) of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) fire code dealing with standards on automatic fire detectors.
(b) 
The installation of smoke detectors is hereby required for all new business and mercantile structures constructed subsequent to the effective date of this division which are classified as Class A or Class B mercantile occupancies under chapter 24, New Mercantile Occupancies, and chapter 26, New Business Occupancies, requiring detection, alarm and communications systems of the NFPA 101 as defined in section 6-1(c) of this Code, unless such structure is in compliance with the detection, alarm and communications systems requirements under the aforesaid chapters of the NFPA 101.
(c) 
Within six (6) months of the effective date of this division, or at the time of any change in ownership, whichever shall first occur, smoke detectors shall be installed in all existing business or mercantile structures constructed subsequent to the effective date of this division which are classified as Class A or Class B mercantile occupancies under chapter 25, Existing Mercantile Occupancies, and chapter 27, Existing Business Occupancies, requiring detection, alarm and communications systems of the NFPA 101 as defined in section 6-1(c) of this Code, unless such structure is in compliance with the detection, alarm and communications systems requirements under the aforesaid chapters of the NFPA 101.
[Ord. No. 994, § 1(3), 6-13-1988]
It shall be the responsibility of the owner of each business or mercantile structure to maintain all smoke detectors in good working order.
[Ord. No. 994, § 1(4), 6-13-1988]
The owner of each business or mercantile structure shall, in the month of January of each year, certify to the fire marshal that the required maintenance has been performed on all detectors required in the owner's structures and that said devices are in good working condition as of the date of certification.
[Ord. No. 994, § 1(5), 6-13-1988]
Code enforcement officers of Plymouth Township may inspect all residential structures required to install smoke detectors and may issue such orders as may be required to insure compliance with this division.
[Ord. No. 994, § 1(6), 6-13-1988]
The removal or destruction of smoke detector equipment by the owner-occupant of any business or mercantile structure is a summary offense punishable by fine or imprisonment as provided herein.
[Ord. No. 994, § 1(7), 6-13-1988; Ord. No. 1076, § 1, 6-10-1991]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this division shall be subject to a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days. Where the offense charged is failure or refusal to install smoke detectors, or failure or refusal to maintain smoke detectors, each day of violation shall be a separate offense punishable by fine or imprisonment as provided herein.