HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1193QRDUTANCE NO, 1193
A'd ORDINI��TGE TO i2E0UIRE, 4?gnKE DETECTORS
Ind ALL HOTELS BY JANUARY 1 1932
The CITY C0U_7CIL of the City of Burlingame does 0RD.4IN
as .follows:
Section 1., Section 18,08.186 of the Bur_l.ingame
T-lunicipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"18,03.186 Section 1310(x) amended _ fire warning
and fire extinguisher system.
Section 1310(x) is amended to read as folloa7s:
"(1) ?dEW UNITS. Every dwelling unit within an
apartment house and every guest room in a hotel used
for sleeping purposes shall be provided with smoke
detectors conforming to U.B.C. Standard No. 43-6.
In dwelling units, detectors shall be mounted on the
ceiling or wall at a point centrally located in the
corridor or area giving access to rooms used for sleeping
burposes. In an efficiency dwelling unit, hotel sleeping
room and in hotel suites, the detector shall be centrally
located on the ceiling of the main room or hotel sleeping
room. Where sleeping rooms are on an upper level, the
detector shall be placed at the center of the ceiling,
directly above the stairway. All detectors shall be
located within 12 inches of the ceiling. Care shall be
exercised to insure that the installation will not
interfere with the operating characteristics of the
detectors. The detector alarm, when actuated, shall
be sufficiently audible to be heard through closed
sleeping room doors.
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(2) EXISTIMi UNITS, Smoke detectors shall be
installed in all dwelling units within apartment 'houses
and all guest rooms in hotels upon the parcel whenever:.
(a) ALTERATIO"wS, REPAIS OR ADDITIO'SS. Interior
or exterior alterations repairs or additions are made
to any dwelling units or guest rooms in excess of $500
in any 12 -month period, Such installations shall be
mounted in a manner similar to new units.
(b) SALE OR TRANSFER OF TITLE; Any apartment house
or hotel is to be transferred to, or vested in any other
person or persons, or entity, The installation shall
be the joint responsibility of the transferor and trans-
feree. The use of the transferred premises without
compliance herewith shall constitute a public nuisance,
(c) COMPLIANCE: W
hether or not alterations, repairs,
additions, sale or transfer of title has taken place,
every apartment house shall conform to the requirements
for new units by January 1, 1983, and every hotel shall
conform to such requirements by January 1, 1982."'
Section 2, This ordinance shall be published as
required by lava.
I., EVELYN H. HILL, City Clerk of the City of
Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was
introduced at a regular meeting of the Burlingame City Council
held on January 19, 1931, and was adopted thereafter at a
regular meeting of the City Council held on the 2nd day of
February, 1981, by the following vote;
AYES: COUNCILIMENc AMSTRUP,BARTON,CROSBY,MANCINI,MARTIN
iMES: COUNCILMEN: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN; NONE
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