[Ord. 7911-14, 11/14/1979]
As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any dwelling designed for permanent living quarters including,
but not limited to, one-family dwellings, two-family dwellings, one-family
semi-detached dwellings, row dwellings and multi-family dwellings,
which is occupied by non-owners on a lease/rental basis. This Part
shall not apply to any owner-occupied dwelling unit.
Person, persons or entity which holds legal title to real
estate in question, according to the records in the Office of the
Recorder of Deeds of York County, Pennsylvania, or according to the
Red Lion Borough Property Registry.
A device which, operating on the ionization principal, emits
an audible signal when activated by smoke or fire. The smoke detector
must meet or exceed the standards set forth by Factory Mutual Research
Corporation or Underwriters' Life. The smoke detector must have
a self-contained power supply and must be capable of emitting an audible
signal of at least 85 decibels at a range of 10 feet.
[Ord. 7911-14, 11/14/1979; as amended by Ord. 2010-09-01, 9/13/2010]
The smoke detector shall always be installed on ceilings but
never closer than 12 inches from corners of interior walls. At least
one smoke detector shall be installed in each dwelling unit and should
be installed at the top of stairways or at a point between sleeping
areas and potential fire sources. In addition, in multifamily dwellings,
smoke detectors shall be installed in all common hall areas. In the
event that said common hall area is more than 20 feet in length, one
smoke detector shall be required for every 20 feet or portion thereof
of common hall area. A fire extinguisher for every floor is required
in multifamily dwellings.
[Ord. 7911-14, 11/14/1979]
1.
It shall be the owner's responsibility and duty to:
A.
Install smoke detectors.
B.
Periodically inspect smoke detectors to ensure working condition,
such inspection to be made at least semi-annually, and to maintain
a log of such inspections on a standardized form available at the
Borough Office, said log to be made available to the Fire Chief of
Leo Independent Fire Company upon request.
C.
Maintain smoke detector in proper working condition.
D.
Inform all persons residing in the dwelling unit of the presence
and purpose of the smoke detector.
2.
Should any owner or tenant or any other person wish to relocate or
temporarily render inoperative any smoke detector, he must first obtain
written approval from the Red Lion Fire Chief.
[Ord. 7911-14, 11/14/1979; as amended by Ord. 2010-09-01, 9/13/2010]
The Code Enforcement Officer is hereby authorized and empowered
to inspect each smoke detector installed under the terms of this Part
within a dwelling unit annually, or upon the occurrence of a fire
within the leased or rented dwelling unit, to determine the capability
of the smoke detector to fulfill the requirements of this Part.
[Ord. 7911-14, 11/14/1979]
Smoke detectors must be installed in any new leased or rented
dwelling unit within the Borough, either constructed or converted
at any time after the effective date of this Part.
[Ord. 7911-14, 11/14/1979]
No person shall tamper with a smoke detector so as to render
it inoperative or incapable of performing the function for which it
is intended.
[Ord. 7911-14, 11/14/1979; as amended by Ord. 2009-09-02,
9/14/2009]
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Part shall,
upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding, be sentenced to pay
a fine of not more than $1,000 and costs of prosecution and, in default
of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment for not more than
30 days. Each violation of any provision of this Part and each day
the same is continued shall be deemed a separate offense. In addition,
said fines and penalties may be collected by a suit brought in the
name of the Borough before any magisterial district judge in like
manner as debts of like amount may be sued for by existing laws and
to remit such fines and penalties.
