[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Aldermen
(now City Council) of the City of Chicopee as indicated in article
histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 10-4-1983]
The purpose of this article is to provide a
basic minimum standard for the installation and maintenance of automatic
smoke and heat detectors in buildings. The installation of said devices
is intended for the protection of life.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A building containing six or more dwelling units with independent
cooking and bathroom facilities.
Equipment or materials listed or labeled or included on a
list published by an organization acceptable to the Board of Fire
Prevention Regulations or the State Fire Marshal, which organization
is concerned with product evaluation, maintains periodic inspections
or production of listed equipment or materials and whose listing states
whether the equipment or materials meet appropriate standards or have
been tested and found suitable for use in a specific manner.
A device which automatically detects abnormally high temperature
or acts of temperature rise and automatically indicates an audible
alarm that can be effectively heard above the maximum noise level
obtained under normal conditions of occupancy.
A device which automatically detects the visible or invisible
particles of combustion and automatically indicates an audible alarm
that can be effectively heard above the maximum noise level obtained
under normal conditions of occupancy.
A building in which separate sleeping rooms are rented providing
sleeping accommodations for persons on either a transient or a permanent
basis, with or without meals, but which may have separate cooking
facilities for individual occupants.
A building or space in a building where group sleeping accommodations
are provided for persons not members of the same family group, in
one room or in a series of closely associated rooms under joint occupancy
and single management, as in college dormitories, fraternity houses,
military barracks and ski lodges, with or without meals, but without
individual cooking facilities.
A single living unit consisting of one or more rooms and
providing complete independent living facilities for one or more persons,
including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, cooking and sanitation.
A building or a group of buildings under the same management
in which there are more than 15 sleeping accommodations for hire,
primarily, but not solely, used by transients who are lodged with
or without meals, whether designated as a hotel, inn, club, motel
or by any other name.
A.Â
Each dwelling unit used for residential purposes shall
be equipped with an approved automatic smoke or heat detector located
on the highest habitable level on each floor.
B.Â
Each hotel, boarding- or lodging house shall be equipped
with an approved automatic smoke or heat detector for each sleeping
accommodation, unless said hotel, boarding- or lodging house is equipped
with a sprinkler system.
C.Â
Each dormitory shall be equipped with an approved
automatic smoke or heat detector for each sleeping accommodation.
Newly constructed or substantially rehabilitated
buildings shall be governed by the State Building Code for the installation
of automatic heat or smoke detectors.
[Amended 1-17-1984]
The Fire Department may inspect all residential
buildings and may issue orders as may be necessary to ensure compliance
with this article.
The owner of the premises is responsible to
ensure compliance with this article.
[Amended 2-15-2000 by Ord. No. 00-19]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any
provisions of this article shall be fined $100 for each offense; and
a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or
on which a violation occurs or on which a violation continues.
[Adopted 3-20-2007 by Ord. No. 07-30]
Permit fees shall be as follows:
|
Type
|
Fee
|
|---|---|
|
Sprinkler system installation/plan review
|
$50
|
|
Aboveground tank installation/removal
|
$25 per tank
|
|
Oil burner equipment
|
$25
|
|
Gun powder
|
$25
|
|
Fire alarm systems
|
$50
|
|
Fire suppression systems
|
$50
|
|
FP290 renewal
|
$25
|
|
Flammable fluid/waste oil storage
|
$25
|
|
Fireworks display
|
$25
|
|
Propane
|
$25 per tank
|
|
Vent-free gas appliances
|
$25
|
|
Print review business/residential remodel/new
construction
|
$50
|
|
Underground storage tank installation/removal
|
$50 per tank
|
|
Research of underground/aboveground tank records
|
$25
|
|
Commercial fire alarm test/install
|
$25 (reinspection $20)
|
|
Miscellaneous fire department permits (cutting/welding,
dumpster, etc.
|
$25
|
