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HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD10221 BILL NO. 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 M M r v s r P / 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