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INTRODUC;ED BY COIJNCILMAN
J:AGK W. CAVANAGH, JR.
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ORDLNANGE NO.. 14~'~ N.C.S.
SECONDED BY GOUNCILMAN
ALBERT L: BATT.AGLIA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDI'NG SUBSECTION C OF SECTIQN 17.20.070'
OF THE PETAL,UMA MU_NICIPAL.GODE TO REQUIRE° INSTALLATION
OF PRODUCTS OF CQMBUSTION DETf CTOR•S ("SMOKE DETEGTORS")
IN ALL RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY UPON~SALE OR OTHER
TRANSFER THEREOF, AND IN ANY CASE, BY JULY 1, 1983.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PETqLUMA AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1. Subsection G of Section 17.20.070 of the Petaluma Municipal
Code is hereby amended to~read as follows:
°C. Section 13..307(A) is amended and changed„~:to read as follows:
(1) :Alarm~Sys;tems
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Every apartmen;t house and hotel,,.constr.ucted or remodeled after the
effective date of this code, shall' have installed throughou,~t, an approved auto-
matic fire alarm system, desi,gned to warn the occupants of the building in the
event of a fire. Such fire alarm system shall 6e so desi°gned that all occupants
of the building will be war-ned simultaneoasly.
(2) Produc.ts of~Combustion Retec-tors
a. No person or persons shall buy or otherwi'.se receive legal or
equitable tit]e in real' property or permit a change of tenancy in owned real
property improved~with one or more dwellings or apartments.capable of human
habitation unless the,re is instal1ed therein one or more products of combustion
detectors (commonly called a°smoke detector°), listed by Underwriter's Laboratories
or a similar tes~ting organiz'ati'on approved by the Fire Chief and listed by the
State Fire Marshal, except that no such device shall be sensitive to heat only.
Ord. No. 1423 N.C.S.
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Such devices shall be installed in the same locations requi,red~ by the Building
Code for new structures, and may be powered by battery, house current or any
means authorized for such devices. No owner of residential real property shall
ma.int:a°in the same after July l., 1983, unless such produ;cts of combustion detectors
are ins'talled as herein set out.
b. Every Person who buys or wlio permi'ts a change of tenancy in
owned residential real property as descri6ed herein sha'l1 certify, by declaration
made under penalty of perjury., that this section has been complied with and the
detector or detectors required by this section has or have been installed in
and are operational in sai.d dwelling, to the stand~ards set out herein. The
original said certificate shall be forwarded to the Petaluma Fire Prevention
Bureau."
Section 2. .Findings. The•City Council her.eby finds that due to
budgetary constraints on expansi~on of pubTic services, it is necessa"ry to
include measures for early fi're detection and warni~ng in resi~dential occupancies.
Requiring such devi`°ces wil:l assist in reducing fire response times and evacuation
time's to a level more manageab}e by existing fire suppression services, and are
therefore found to 6e necessary because of local conditions.
Section 3. The City C.lerk is hereby directed to post/publish this
ord:inance f.or the period :and in the manner required by the City Charter.
ADOPTED THIS ?nd day of June , T980, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen.Balshaw,, Battaglia, Uice-Mayor Bond, Cavanagh,
Harberson., Perry, and Mayor Mattei
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lC~ ayor
Attest:
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City torney
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