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AMENDED
BILL NO. 87-9
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMAN HALSEY
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AMENDING THE
CODE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, BY REPEALING SECTION 7-
19 WHICH ADDED A NEW SECTION 1716. 11 TO THE BUILDING CODE OF THE
CITY OF JEFFERSON, RELATING TO SMOKE DETECTORS IN LEASED OR
RENTAL UNITS AND ENACTING A NEW SECTION 7-19 RELATING TO THE SAME
SUBJECT.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI,
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Code of the City of Jefferson, Missouri, is
hereby amended by repealing Section 7-19 of the Building Code
contained therein and by enacting in lieu thereof a new Section
7-19, to read as follows:
Section 7-19. Amendments.
The building code is hereby amended by enacting one new
section which shall read as follows:
Section 1716. 11. Smoke Detectors in Leased or Rental
Residential units.
(A) Generally: Approved, operable smoke detectors shall be
installed by the owner in all existing leased or rental
residential units.
(B) Location: Each dwelling unit shall have a minimum of
(1) smoke detector per level, installed 3.n 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 an 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
Association' s Standard 74, "Household Fire Alarm
Equipment, " or Standard 72-E "Automatic Fire
Detectors, " and the Jefferson City BOCA Building Code.
(E) Time for compliance in existing buildings: All
buildings existing on July 1, 1987, or upon which
construction has commenced prior to July 1, 1987, shall
be in full compliance by September 1, 1987.
(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.
The 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 detectors 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
boardinghouses. This provision is not intended to
provide a cause of action for the owner if the
occupant fails to maintain the smoke detector.: ,
(3) It shall be the duty of every owner of a building
regulated by this section, except lodging houses,
boardinghouses, 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, provided 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, boardinghouse, 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) Noncomplying 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 Approved
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Presidi ficer Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk