HomeMy Public PortalAbout1986_02_26_O015The Town of Leesburg in Virginia
ORDINANCE NO. 86-0-15
PRESENTED
ADOPTED
February 26, 1986
February 26, 1986
AN ORDINANCE:
AMENDING ARTICLE XXI, SECTIONS 7-440 AND 7-441 OF THE TOWN CODE
PERTAINING TO SMOKE DETECTORS
ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Leeaburg in Virginia as follows:
SECTION I. Article XXI, Sections 7-440 and 7-441 of the Town Code are amended as
follows:
ARTICLE XXI. SMOKE DETECTORS
Sec. 7-440. Smoke Detectors required.
(a) The owner thereof shall install, service, repair or replace smoke detec-
tors in locations specified in the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code in
the following structures or buildings constructed prior to the adoption of the
Uniform Statewide Building Code:
(1) Any l~ building containing four one or more dwelling units;
(2) Any hotel or motel regularly used, offered for, or intended to be used
to provide overnight sleeping accommodations for one or more persons;
(3) Rooming houses regularily used, offered for, or intended to be used to
provide overnight sleeping accommodations; and which contain ?our or more units
(4) Smoke detectors shall be installed in all common areas, hallways and
stairwells described in (1), (2) or (3) above and shall be installed in accor-
dance with Section 171G.G (Distances) of the building code, but in no instances
shall the distance exceed 200 feet between detectors and they shall be effec-
tively heard above all other sounds by all occupants in every occupied space
within such buildin9.
(b) "Smoke detectors," when used in this article, shall mean battery-
operated or alternating current powered devices capable of sensing visible pro-
ducts of combustion that sound an audible alarm and satisfying the requirements
of the 80CA Basic Building Code for smoke detectors. (Ord. No. 82-0-24. § 1,
6-23-82; Ord. No. 83-0-9, § 1, 2-23-83)
Sec. 7-441. Responsibilities in multifamily buildings.
(a) The owner of a dwelling unit, which is rented or leased in a muitifamiiy
buiidtng containing four or more dwelling units shall furnish the tenant, at the
beginning of each tenancy and at least annually thereafter, with written cer-
tification that all smoke detectors required by section 7-440 have been
inspected and are in good working order.
(b) The tenant shall be responsible for reasonable care of the smoke detec-
tors and for interim testing and for providing written notice to the owner for
repair of any malfunctioning smoke detector. The owner shall be obligated to
provide and pay for service, repair or replacement of any malfunctionin9 smoke
detector. Such service, repair or replacement must occur within five days of
receipt of written notice from the tenant that a smoke detector is in need of
repair.
(c) The owner of a dwellin9 unit which is rented or leased in a muitifaaiiy
building containing four or more dwelling units, shall provide written notifica-
tion to the tenant of the responsibilities and duties imposed by paragraph (b)
of this section. (Ord. No. 82-0-24, § 1, 6-23-82)
Sec. 7-442. Exemption
Any building containing fewer than four dwelling unitsf and which was not in
compliance with this chapter on 3u1¥ 1~ 1984~ shall be exempted from the
requirements of this chapter until such a time as that buildinq, or any dwelling
unit located therein~ is sold or is rented to another person.
SECTION II. All prior ordinances and resolutions in conflict herewith are
repealed.
SECTION III. This ordinance shall be in effect upon its passage.
PASSED this 26th day of February
AT[EST:
Clerk of Touncil
1986.
Town of Leesburg
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