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Title 7 : Fire Protection and Fireworks
Chapter 5 : Smoke Detectors

7-501 : Definitions.

  1. "Apartment building" means any building containing three (3) or more living units with independent cooking and bathroom facilities, whether designated as apartment house, tenement, garden apartment, or by any other name. The term does not include condominium projects.
  2. "Approved smoke detector" means a device which senses visible or invisible particles of combustion and has been investigated and listed in accordance with standards prescribed by:


    1. A nationally recognized and approved independent testing agency or laboratory, such as Underwriters' Laboratories' Standard for Single and Multiple Station Smoke Detectors (UL 217); or
    2. An agency authorized to make independent inspections by the state fire marshal.
  3. "Hotel" means any building providing sleeping accommodations for guests, travelers, or semi-permanent residents. The term includes motels, inns, boarding homes, lodging homes, rooming houses, tourist homes, hotels, dormitories, and so-called apartment hotels.
  4. "Mobile home" means a movable self-contained living unit designed for year-round occupancy, designed for transportation such as a trailer with axles and wheels attached, whether or not such axles and wheels remain attached when in place, moved or towed by another vehicle. (1999 Code, § 7-501)