Smoke Detectors Required in Residential Dwellings. A smoke detector must be installed in the ceiling area of common corridors immediately adjacent to all sleeping rooms in all residential dwellings and in the ceiling area adjacent to all sleeping rooms and in common corridors in all residential buildings within the city. Said smoke detector shall either have a self-contained battery as a primary power source or shall have low voltage circuitry with a self-contained or remote battery for standby power after the principal source of power has failed. Said smoke detector will be required in all existing residential dwellings or residential buildings that are not covered by the Rhode Island Fire Safety Code of 1969, as amended, 1976.
Any person or persons who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this subsection shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and for each violation thereof shall pay a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00).
The smoke detector required of this subsection must meet at least the minimum requirements as established by Underwriters Laboratories or Factory Mutual. In addition, the smoke detector or the remote power supply control panel of the smoke detector required by this subsection must have a low battery indicator and an integral test device.
(Prior code § 14-72)