[Code 1975 §13.01; CC 1989 §9-1]
The Board of Aldermen, by ordinance, may contract for mutual
assistance for fire protection services with any other political subdivision
as permitted by the laws of the State.
[Code 1975 §13.02; CC 1989 §9-2]
The Board of Aldermen, by ordinance, may contract to furnish
the services of the City fire protection units to other political
subdivisions for compensation in accord with the laws of the State.
[Code 1975 §13.03; CC 1989 §9-3]
Any contract for mutual assistance fire protection, or to furnish
fire protection for compensation, shall provide, in addition to other
provisions, that the other political subdivision shall have adopted
a Building Code or building regulations acceptable to the City, and
shall have appointed an official who shall enforce its Building Code
or regulations and shall have adopted a Fire Protection Code or regulations
for fire protection, and shall have appointed an official who shall
enforce the Fire Protection Code or regulations for fire protection.
[Code 1975 §19.04; CC 1989 §9-4; Ord. No. 996 §2, 4-28-1986]
A.
DWELLING UNIT
OWNERS
SLEEPING AREA
SMOKE DETECTOR
Definitions. For the purpose of this Section, the
following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the
meaning given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words
used in the present time include the future. Words not defined shall
be given their common and ordinary meaning.
A structure, building, area, room or combination of rooms
occupied by persons for sleeping or living.
Any person who alone or jointly or severally with other persons,
firms, partnerships has legal title to any premises. The term "owner" includes any person, partnership or corporation,
who has charge, care or control over any premises as an agent, officer,
fiduciary, or employee of the owner; the conservator, or legal guardian
of an owner who is non compos mentis, a minor, or otherwise under
a disability; a trustee elected or appointed, or a person required
by law to execute a trust, other than a trustee under a deed of trust
to serve the payment of money; or an executor, administrator, personal
representative receiver, fiduciary, officer appointed by any court
or other similar representative of the owner or his/her estate. The
term "owner" does not include a lessee, sublessee
or other person who merely has the right to occupy or possess a premises.
A bedroom or room intended for sleeping, or a combination
of bedrooms or rooms intended for sleeping within a dwelling unit,
which are located on the same floor and are not separated by another
habitable room, such as a living room, dining room, or kitchen but
not a bathroom, hallway or closet. A dwelling unit may have more than
one (1) sleeping area.
A device which detects visible or invisible particles of
combustion and shall be either the ionization chamber or the photoelectric
type.
B.
Installation Required Prior To Occupancy Of Dwelling Unit. The owner of each dwelling unit which is constructed or rehabilitated
shall install smoke detectors prior to the occupancy of such dwelling
unit.
C.
Installation In Pre-Existing Dwelling Units. The
owner of each existing dwelling or newly constructed or rehabilitated
unit that was not at the effective date of Ordinance No. 996, April
28, 1986, required to be protected by a smoke detector shall have
installed smoke detectors as required by this Section within one (1)
year of the effective date of such ordinance, April 28, 1986.
D.
Location. The owner of each existing dwelling or
newly constructed or rehabilitated unit shall install at least one
(1) smoke detector to protect each sleeping area. In an efficiency
apartment, the owner shall install the smoke detector in the room
used for sleeping. In all other dwelling units, the owner shall install
the smoke detectors outside the bedrooms, but in the immediate vicinity
of the sleeping area. An owner subject to this Section shall install
each smoke detector on the ceiling at a minimum of four (4) inches
from the side wall to the near edge of the detector or on a wall located
four (4) to twelve (12) inches from the ceiling to the top of the
detector and within fifteen (15) feet of all rooms used for sleeping
purposes, with not less than one (1) detector per level containing
a habitable room and in the basement or cellar. The smoke detector
shall not be installed in dead air space, such as where the ceiling
meets the wall. Where one (1) or more sleeping areas are located on
a level above the cooking and living area, the smoke detector for
such sleeping area(s) shall be placed at the top of the stairway.
An owner shall also install not less than one (1) smoke detector on
the upper most ceiling, not less than four (4) inches from any wall,
or on a wall, located four (4) to twelve (12) inches from the uppermost
ceiling of all interior stairwells. For good cause shown, the Fire
Marshal or his/her designated representatives have the authority to
modify the location requirements of this Section.
E.
Type Of Detector. The owner shall install a smoke
detector which is capable of sensing visible or invisible particles
of combustion and emitting an audible signal and may be wired directly
or plugged to the building power supply, or may be powered by self-monitored
battery. The smoke detector shall comply with all the specifications
of the Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. Standard UL217 (Standard
for Safety-Single and Multiple Station Smoke Detectors) 2nd Edition
October 4, 1978 as revised May 19, 1983 or any recognized standard
testing laboratory that certifies the detector meets the requirements
of National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standards 72E and 74.
Smoke detectors shall bear the label of a nationally recognized standards
testing laboratory that indicates that the smoke detectors have been
tested and listed under the requirements of UL217 2nd Edition or NFPA
72E and 74.
F.
Responsibility Of Owner And Tenant. It shall be
the responsibility of the owner to supply and install all required
detectors. The owner shall be responsible for testing and maintaining
detectors in common stairwells. It shall be the responsibility of
the tenant to provide and maintain functional batteries for each detector,
to test and maintain detectors within dwelling units, and to notify
the owner or authorized agent in writing of any deficiencies. The
owner shall be responsible for providing each tenant with written
information regarding detector testing and maintenance.
G.
Enforcement And Inspection. The Fire Marshal or
his/her designated department representative shall have jurisdiction
to inspect dwelling units for the installation of any smoke detector
required to be installed under this or any other ordinance. Such inspections
may be held between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., Monday through
Friday.
H.
Unlawful To Render Inoperable. It shall be unlawful
for any person to remove batteries, unplug or in any way make smoke
detectors inoperable.
