§ 4529.08. Installation required.

The owner of a new dwelling unit shall install required smoke detectors therein according to the Building Code standards in C.C. Titles 41 and 43. If an existing dwelling unit is occupied, the owner shall install required smoke detectors therein according to the standards of this chapter (see 4529.13).

If such unit is vacant, the required smoke detectors shall be installed prior to occupancy. Each alarm should be clearly audible in all bedrooms on the floor where each such alarm is located over the noise of a humidifier or air conditioner with all intervening doors closed.

Hard-wired smoke detectors are required in any one-, two-, or three-family residential building constructed after April 26, 1978. Smoke detectors powered solely by battery shall be permitted in any dwelling units constructed prior to April 26, 1978 regardless of the number of dwelling units in said structure.

The hard-wiring and location requirements of Sections 4529.03, 4529.08, and 4529.09 of the City Code shall not apply to existing structures which have smoke detectors and which otherwise comply with the smoke detector wiring and location requirements in effect at the time of the construction of said structures.

Compliance with the location requirements of this chapter may be achieved by installing battery powered smoke detectors.

(Ord. 2525-90.)