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.,, 'r .. ORDINt\\'C F: \0. 1093 :\ AN ORDIN,\~'CE A'~IE\DING TIME 1979 EDITION OF"THE STr1NDaRD BUILDING CODE, OR CURRENTLY ENFORCED QUILDING CODE, AS A`tENDED, A\D .a LSO KNO(VN AS THE BUILDING CODE OF TEiE CITY OF LA PORTS; BY A.~1E\DIN'G SECTION 1127, FIRE DETECTION SYSTEMS, REQUIRi~'r, AND REGUL.aTING SMOKE DETECTORS; PROVIDING A SE\'ERABILITY CLf1USE; PRO\'IDIL'G THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATIN(; THE TER~(S OF T!{IS ORDINANCE SEIALL BE DE~~IED GUILTY OF A D9ISDE~tE:\NOR AND UPON CONVICTION SEiALL BE FINED Iv ANY SUi•1 NOT AIORE TEIAN T{VO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) ; CONT:\I~'ING A REPEALING CLAUSE; FINDING C0~[PLIANCE IVITH TEI~ OPEN MEETING LA(V; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY C0~1~IISSION 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 pro~•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. ~'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 APPROVAL 1. Final approval for all smoke detector location(s)• herein required for all new and existing construction shall be ':the responsibility of the Fire iviarshal 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 shall be mounted on the ceiling or wall in the hallway(s) giving access to the room(s) used for sleeping purposes. The detector