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• • ORDI\:\\'C F. ~~. 1093 :\ . AN ORDI\T;\\'CE AMENDING TffE 1079 EDITIOV OF"TFIE ST:\,~'D?-RD BUILDING CODE, OR CURRENTLY ENFORCCD BUILDI\'G CODE, AS A`•tENDED, .\\D :\LSO KN01YN AS THE BUILDING CODC OF TF[E CITY OF LA PORTS; BY AME\DI~;(; SECTION 1127, FIRE DETECTION SYSTEMS, REQUIRI\'(; AND REGUL:\TING SMOKE DETECTORS; PROVIDING A SE\'ER:IBILITY CLt1USE; PRO\'IDI\'G THAT ANY PERSON ~VIOLr\TING. TIC TERMS OF TItIS ORDINANCE SFI:ILL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A DIISDE~iE:\NOR AND UPON CONVICTIO,~' SFIALL BE FINED IV ANY SU;•1-NOT AtORE TFIAN TlYO F{UNDRED DOLLARS (5200.00) ; CO~,'TAI`'INC A REPEALING CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE iYITfI TF[.E OPEN ~1EETI\G LAtY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTS: SECTION 1. Section 1127 of the Standard Building Code, . 1979 Edition, or currently enforced building code, ..heretofore adopted by the City Commission of the City of La Porte, be, and _ the same is hereby amended to read as follows, to-wit: - "Section 1127. FIRE DETECTION SYSTEMS. Every newly constructed dwelling and every newly constructed dwelling unit within an apartment house, condominium, duplex, townhouse, and every guest room in a hotel, motel, or boarding house, and every basement or cellar within such dwellings shall be proti•ided with an Underwriters Laboratories Incorporated rated or Factory Ivlutual approved smoke detector, which may be either 120-volt A.C, or battery operated. Care shall be exercised to insure that the installation • of all smoke detectors herein required will not interfere with the operating characteristics of the detector. _ Audibility of the alarm. Z~Vhen activated, all.the detectors herein required shall provide an audible alarm recognizable as such when sleeping room(s) door(s) is completely closed." SECTION 2. FINAL APPRO~:aL 1. Final approval for all smoke detector location(s) herein required for all ne~a and existing construction shall be ':the responsibility of the Fire Marshal or his duly authorized representative. 2. Final approval and inspection for all smoke detector installation(s) herein required for all ne~a and existing construction shall be the responsibility of the chief building inspector or his duly authorized representative. SECTION 3. LOCATION OF SMOKE DETECTORS Unless otherwise specified herein, a smoke detector s}iall be mounted on the ceiling or wall in the hall ray(s) giving access to the room(s) used for sleeping purposes. The detector Q