[Ord. No. 31, 5/8/1979, § 1]
From and after the effective date of this Part, all residential
dwelling units (single, multiple and apartments) which are constructed
or purchased or in which over $500 in repairs or remodeling is done
shall be equipped with one UL-approved smoke detector warning device
sensing visible or invisible particles of combustion for every 800
square feet of floor space, per floor.
[Ord. No. 31, 5/8/1979, § 2]
The location and installation of the aforementioned smoke detecting
device shall be in a manner and location approved by the Sugarloaf
Township Fire Chief, or his designee.
[Ord. No. 31, 5/8/1979, § 3; as amended by A.O.]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a Magisterial District Judge in the manner provided for the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs,
and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues
or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate offense.
