Amending Chapter 9 Smoke Detectors in Multiple Dwelling Units and Rental Units

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I (b) All family dwelling units constructed or remodeled after the effective date of this Ordinance which require a permit(s) pursuant to Section 6-24 of this Code and which are within the corporate limits of the City of South Bend, Indiana, shall be equipped with the minimum number of functional, properly located, labeled and listed, smoke detector(s) or their equivalent or better, as described in NFPA74 . See.--9-43---Mamtemamee7 fa}--It-shall-be-uniawfui-fer-amy-persem-te-tamper-w th em-memeve-amy-smeke-deteeter-emeept-whew-It- s-neeessary-fer mantemanee-er-inspeet em-purpeses- f b}-----terry---s��to-leer-deteete�--�e�noaeel---fir-- ter---ems meplaeememt-mtist--be--lee--ir t-a-rlec -er-repleteed-so--t4rft-t-mot- s emd 7-Ne7-6879-8±7--±} Sec. 9-13 . Installation; location. (a) Smoke detectors shall be installed and located as follows: (1) All smoke detectors shall meet the minimum number requirements as set forth herein and shall be installed according to the manufacturer's instructions. (2) In apartment houses and existing hotels and motels, the smoke detector shall be mounted on the ceiling or wall every thirty (30) feet, at a point centrally located in the corridor, but in no event more than fifteen (15) feet from the end of such corridor, and in the immediate vicinity of, but in no event more than fifteen (15) feet from, all sleeping areas. (3) In boardinghouses, lodging houses, rooming houses and new construction hotels and motels, or those hotels or motels in which corridors or sleeping rooms are remodeled after the effective date of this Ordinance, the smoke detectors shall be centrally located on the ceiling of each sleeping area and every thirty (30) feet along each corridor, but in no event more than fifteen (15) feet from the end of such corridor. (4) In all family dwelling units, the smoke detectors shall be installed and located outside of the bedrooms but in the immediate vicinity of the sleeping areas, within fifteen (15) feet of all rooms used as sleeping areas. (b) The smoke detector shall be installed on or near the ceiling, not less than six (6) inches from any wall, or on a wall, not less than six (6) inches nore more than twelve (12) inches from the ceiling. No smoke detector shall be recessed into the ceiling. Smoke detector installation shall be subject to the approval of the South Bend Fire Department and the Building Department of the City of South Bend, when installed in conjunction with the permit requirements of Section 6-24 of this Code. (c) Smoke detectors may be A.C. powered only if they are directly attached to a junction box not controlled by any switch other than the main bower supply. The