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• shall be located prior to or across from the entrance to the . first room inside sai.i halltiti,zv(s) . If the detector is mounted on the gall, the complete tiriit shall not be located lo~rer than twelve (1') inches From the ceiling. •~ 1. Dwelling(s) or Quest room(s) without interior hallways. In dtirelling(s) or guest room(s) tirithout interior .>~allway(s) giving access;to~a sleeping room(s),~the detector shall be centrally located on the ceiling of the main room. Exception: Where main rooms have a cathedral-type ceiling, the ~: detector shall be placed on an individual basis to insure the placement will not interfere with the proper operation or periodic testing. 2. Two- story or studio-type dwellings. Two-story or studio-type d~rellings where sleeping rooms are on an, upper level, the detector shall be placed in the center of the ceiling directly at the top of the stairtray landing. 3. ~•iulti-level sleeping rooms. Where sleeping rooms are located on two or more levels, two or more detectors shall be required and shall be placed in the locations herein designated. 4. Enclosed common hallways. In hotels, motels, and boarding houses where guest rooms open into a common enclosed hallway(s) or in apartments, condominiums or townhouses where dwelling entrancetrays open into enclosed common hallway(s) , smoke detector(s) shall be placed in said hallway(s) on the . ceilings at distances that will insure the audibility of the alarm to, the occupants. j~lhere common rooms are shared in }~otels, motels, boarding houses, apartments, condominiums, or townhouses, a smoke detector shall be centrally located on the ceiling in such room(s) . , SECTION 4. Every duelling unit within an existing condominium, duplex, townhouse complex, and every basement or cellar within such dwellings within the City of La Porte shall ••meet the requirements of this Ordinance, as amended, within five years. The time shall begin November 1, 1977. SECTION S. Every dwelling unit within an existing apartment house, and every guest room in a hotel, motel, or boarding house,•and every basement or cellar within such dwellings within the City of La Porte shall meet the requirements of this Ordinance, as amended, wit}tin five years, with a minimum of (20~) of the total •numbcr of dwelling units having smoke detectors installed each year. Tlie time period shill begin November 1, 1977. ~~