Amending Chapter 9 Entitled Smoke Detectors

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(3) "Smoke Detectors" shall be defined as equipment designed to detect visible or invisible particles of combusion, approved by Underwriters Laboratories, Incorporated, and which conform to the Uniform Building Code Standard No. 43 -6. SEC. 9 -12. Smoke Detectors Required. (a) All Multiple dwelling units and rental units as heretofore defined shall be equipped with smoke detectors. (b) The owner, manager, or agent of the heretofore defined multiple dwelling units and rental units, shall be responsible for the installation and maintenance of all smoke detectors. (c) In multiple family dwellings and existing hotels and motels, the smoke detectors shall be mounted on the ceiling or wall every fifty (50) feet,'. at a point centrally located in the corridor or area giving access to the rooms used for sleeping purposes. Where sleeping rooms are on an upper level, the detector shall be placed at the center of the ceiling directly above the stairway. (d) In apartment houses, boardinghouses, lodginghouses, rooming houses, and new construction hotels and motels or those hotels and motels which are remodeled after the passage of this article, the smoke detectors shall be centrally located on the ceiling of each room used for sleeping purposes. (e) All smoke detectors shall be located within twelve (12) inches of the ceiling, and no detector shall be recessed into the ceiling. (f) When actuated, all smoke detectors shall provide an audible alarm of at least eighty five (85) decibels at ten (10) feet, and such alarm shall be capable of persisting for at least four ( 4 ) minutes. SEC. 9 -13. Maintenance. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to tamper or remove any smoke detector except when it is necessary for maintenance or inspection purposes. (b) Any smoke detector removed for repair or replacement must be re- installed or replaced so that it is in place when the room is occupied. SEC. 9 -14. Enforcement. (a) The Building Department of the City with the assistance of the Fire Department of the City shall be charged with the duty of enforcing the terms of this Article. (b) Before a license can be issued for the operation of any hotel, motel, rooming house or lodginghouse, pursuant to Section 11 -20 of this Code, said buildings shall be inspected to ensure that all smoke detectors required by this Article are in place and operable. SEC. 9 -15. Penalties. Anyone found in violation of this Article, and upon conviction, shall be fined in the amount of not less than one hundre dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each violation. SECTION II. If any provision of this ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, the remaining provisions of this ordinance shall not be affected thereby. SECTION III. six (6) months after South Bend, Indiana, 1sf READING PUBLIC HEARING 2nd READ1o1v NOT AP ROVED This ordinance shall be in full force, and effect the passage by the Common Council of the City of approval by the Mayor, and legal ublication. L.4 AA4� =--K .1 ell� Member of the Comm Council REFERRED PASSED -2-