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SPONSORED BY COUNCILMAN
VoRDINANCE NO.��
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AMENDING THE BUILDING
CODE, BY ENACTING ONE NEW SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS SECTION X11716.11 SMOKE
DETECTORS IN LEASED OR RENTAL UNITS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Code of the City of Jefferson is hereby amended by
amending the Building Code, by enacting one new section to be known as
Section #1716.11, Smoke Detectors in Leased or Rental Residential Units,
which shall read as follows:
Section 1716.11
A. General
Approved operable smoke detectors shall be installed by the owner in
all existing leased or rental residential units. This requirement
shall apply to every building containing ,three or more leased or
rental residential units including, but not limited to, triplexes,
multifamily dwellings, apartments, lodging houses, boarding houses,
dormitories, hotels, motels and inns.
B. Location
Each dwelling unit shall have a minimum of one smoke detector per
level, installed in accordance with manufacturer's specifications.
C. Power Source
Smoke detectors may be battery operated.
D. Standards
Smoke detectors or systems shall be listed by Underwriters Laboratory
or equal testing agency and so marked by the testing agency for its
intended use.
All components and material will be used and installed in accordance
with manufacturer's specifications, the testing agency listing, the
National Fire Protection Associations Standards 74, Household Fire
Alarm Equipment, or 72-E Automatic Fire Detectors and the Jefferson
City BOCA Building Code.
E. Time for Compliance
Existing Buildings. All buildings existing on the date of this
ordinance, or upon which construction has commenced prior to the
date .of this ordinance, are subject to the following schedule:
I. Those buildings having less than twenty (20) dwelling units
:shall be in full compliance within one year after the date
of the ordinance.
2. Those buildings having (20) or more dwelling units:
(a) Within one year after the date of this ordinance, shall
have detectors properly installed in nineteen (19)
units, or fifty percent (50%) of the units in the
'building, whichever is greater.
(b) Within two years after the date of the ordinance, shall
be in full compliance with this ordinance.
3. Apartment complexes having more than one hundred (100)
units but less than twenty (20) units per building:
(a) Within one year after the effective date of this
ordinance, shall have detectors properly installed in
twenty-five (25) units or 25% of the units in the
entire complex, whichever is greater.
(b) Within 2, years, 50 units or 50%, whichever is greater.
(c) Within 3 years, 75 units or 75%, whichever is greater.
(d) Within 4 years, full compliance.
F. Duties
1. It shall be the duty of the owner of every building regulated by
this section to provide an approved, operable smoke detector
system in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance.
Owner shall also ensure that the system is operable whenever
turnover occurs in owner's rented or leased units.
2. It shall be the obligation of the occupant of every dwelling unit
within every dwelling and apartment house regulated by this
section to maintain the smoke detector within the dwelling unit
provided as part of the building's smoke detector system; except
that this provision shall not apply to hotels, motels and inns,
lodging and boarding houses. This provision is not intended to
provide a cause of action for the owner if the occupant fails to
maintain the smoke detectors.
3. It shall be the duty of every owner of a building regulated by
this section, except lodging houses, boarding houses, hotels,
motels and inns, to file with the codes administrator a statement
of compliance that the building has smoke detectors and that the
owner will by inclusion in the lease agreement, by the means of
attachment to a contract or public posting, provide notice to the
occupants of the duties of both occupants and the owner.
4. It shall be the duty of every owner of a lodging house, boarding
house, hotel, motel or inn to file with the codes administrator
a statement that the structure is equipped with an approved smoke
detector system, that the system is operable, and that a notice
is posted in each room of the same. The notice shall be designed
to inform the occupants of the owner's duty to provide and
maintain an operable smoke detector system.
G. Non-complying Units. No owner, realtor, property management firm, or
any other person shall lease or rent any residential unit that is not
in compliance with the provisions' of this Section.
Section 2. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and approval.
Passed (.o �f - O `/ Approved L�
Presiding CWTicer Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE
WITH SMOKE DETECTOR REQUIREMENTS
PLANNING & CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT
JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI
Applicant : Complete and return to* the Codes Administrator
320 East McCarty Street
Jefferson City, Missouri 65101-3198
Date:
Name and Address of Owner:
Address of Building:
Name of Building, if any:
Type of Building (circle one) : Triplex Multi-Family
Apartment Hotel Inn
Motel Boarding House
Lodging House
I hereby certify that the structure or dwelling unit described
above is equipped with an approved operable £irewarning system as
required by the Code of General Ordinances and that I have given
the specified notice to the occupants of the above building.
Date Signature of Owner