(2) Shall have charge, care, or control of any dwelling or dwelling unit as owner, or as executor, administrator, trustee, guardian of the estate, or duly authorized agent of the owner. Any such person thus representing the actual owner shall be bound to comply with the owner's obligations under this section.
ROOMING UNIT. Any room, which is designed or used for sleeping purposes. This term may include a room in a rooming house, a hotel, a motel, a tourist home, a school dormitory, or an apartment building, which may or may not have some additional facilities for eating or cooking contained therein.
(B) Smoke alarms required; type and placement.
(1) In all dwelling units, smoke alarms powered by a hard wire AC primary power source or a self-monitored, non-removal ten-year lithium battery shall be installed and maintained after the effective date of this section.
(2) In order to comply with this section, only ionization or photoelectric type alarms listed by a nationally recognized testing laboratory shall be installed.
(3) Smoke alarms shall be installed in accordance with applicable NFPA Standards and the manufacturer’s recommendations. Alarms may be ceiling or wall mounted, provided that they meet requirements as referenced in NFPA 72.
(4) In a dwelling unit, which contains a well-defined sleeping room separated from the other activity areas of the same unit, the alarm shall be located in the corridor within the unit or interior area giving access to the rooms used for sleeping purposes. Where sleeping areas are separated and/or where a single smoke alarm will not adequately service all sleeping areas, there shall be a smoke alarm installed adjacent to each sleeping area. In a rooming unit the alarm shall be centrally located.