SECTION 7. DELETIONS, ADDITIONS, MODIFICATIONS AND AMENDMENTS.

(E) Section 1007.1 shall be add to the Uniform Fire Code, 1994 Edition, to read as follows:

Section 1007.1, Smoke Detectors. In addition to the requirements of Appendix 1-A.6 of the Uniform Fire Code, smoke detectors shall be provided in all existing single family dwellings, two family dwellings, multifamily dwellings, apartment houses, and guest rooms used for the purpose in motels, hotels, inns, and rooming houses.

In all dwelling units except efficiency apartments, the smoke detector shall be mounted on the ceiling or wall at a point centrally located in a corridor or other area giving access to rooms used for sleeping purposes. In efficiency apartments, lodging houses, sleeping rooms, motel rooms, or hotel rooms, the smoke detector shall be centrally located on the ceiling of the main floor of the main room or sleeping room. Where sleeping rooms are on the upper level, the smoke detector shall be placed near the center of the ceiling directly above the stairway serving such upper level. All smoke detectors shall be located in accordance with of Appendix 1-A.6 of the Uniform Fire Code, 1994 Edition. When activated, the smoke detectors shall provide an alarm in the dwelling unit or guest room.

It shall be the duty of the owner of every building regulated by this Section to provide an approved, operable smoke detector system. It shall be the duty of the owner of every rooming house, hotel, motel, duplex, and multifamily unit to be regulated by this Section and to install an approved, operable smoke detector system. It shall be the duty of the occupant of every unit within every dwelling and apartment house regulated by this section to maintain an approved, operable smoke detector system within the dwelling unit provided as part of the building's fire warning system.

For the first offense of failure to comply with any provisions of this section, the Fire Inspector shall issue a warning ticket and instruct the owner, agent, or occupant in the proper installation and use of the smoke detector system. Said owner, agent, or occupant shall have a reasonable time to comply with said warning ticket and to meet the requirements of this Ordinance. If said owner, agent, or occupant thereafter fails to comply with said warning ticket, it shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable as provided in this Ordinance.