3. (a) With respect to multiple dwellings which are occupied for
permanent residential purposes only, other than any portion of any such
dwelling used for single room occupancy, and notwithstanding the
provisions of sections forty and one hundred seventy-four or any other
provision of this chapter, or of any other law or requirement, state or
local, the duties of the owner and tenant with respect to smoke
detecting devices installed pursuant to this section shall be as
provided in subdivisions four and five of this section.
(b) With respect to multiple dwelling units as specified in paragraph
(b) of subdivision two of this section, or any portion of any multiple
dwelling used for single room occupancy, the provisions of subdivision
five of this section shall not apply, and smoke detecting devices
installed as required by this section shall be subject to the provisions
of section forty or one hundred seventy-four of this chapter.
(c) The owner of every multiple dwelling shall keep such records as
the state fire prevention and building code council shall prescribe
relating to the installation and maintenance of smoke detecting devices
in the building and make such records available to any local code
enforcement official on request.
4. In addition to initially providing and installing the smoke
detecting devices, the owner shall:
(a) replace within thirty days after the receipt of written notice any
such device which becomes inoperable within one year of the installation
of such device due to a defect in the manufacture of such device and
through no fault of the occupant of the apartment or other unit;