[Adopted as Ch. 7, § 7-1000, of the Codified Ordinances]
Every building or structure containing six or more dwelling
units which is not regulated by MGL c. 148, §§ 26A
and 26B, shall, within six months of the date this article is approved,
be equipped with an automatic smoke or heat detector in each dwelling
unit and each hallway floor and basement. Approved battery-powered
smoke detectors shall be allowed in the dwelling units of such buildings.
Detectors used in the hallways and basements of such buildings
shall be a series of interconnected, approved, electrically powered
smoke detectors with an AC primary source of power installed in accordance
with the design approved pursuant to 527 CMR 24:04.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See now 527 CMR 1.00, the Massachusetts Comprehensive
Fire Safety Code.
The head of the Fire Department shall enforce the provisions
of this article.
Whoever is aggrieved by the head of the Fire Department's interpretation,
order, requirement, direction or failure to act under the provisions
of this article may, within 45 days after the service of notice thereof,
appeal from such interpretation, order, requirement, direction or
failure to act to the Board of Appeals as provided in the State Building
Code and MGL c. 23B, § 23.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: MGL c. 23B, § 23, was repealed by
L. 1984, c. 348. See now MGL c. 143, § 100, Building code
appeals board.
Any owner of a building who, within six months after having
received an order to comply with this article, fails to comply with
the requirement of such order shall be punished by a fine of $200.
The imposition of a fine shall not restrict the ability to impose
noncriminal dispositions as provided in these ordinances.
