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. e ORDINANCE NO. 1093 . AN ORDINANCE AHENDING THE 1976 EDITION OF THE STANDARD BUILDING CODE, AS AMENDED, AND ALSO KNOWN AS THE BUILDING CODE OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, BY k~NDING SECTION 1127, FIRE DETECTION SYSTEMS, TO REQUIRE THAT EVERY NEWLY CONSTRUCTED DWELLING OR UNIT WITHIN AN APARTMENT HOUSE, CONDOMINIUM, TOWNHOUSE, AND EVERY GUEST ROOM IN A MOTEL OR HOTEL, AND EVERY BASEMENT OR CELLAR WITHIN SUCH DWELLINGS, HAVE A U.L. APPROVED SMOKE DETECTOR PE&~NENTLY INSTALLED; REQUIRING EVERY ~XISTING DWELLING UNIT WITHIN AN APARTMENT HOUSE, CONDOMINIUM, TOWNHOUSE, AND EVERY GUEST, ROOM IN A MOTEL OR HOTEL, AND EVERY BASEMENT OR CELLAR WITHIN SUCH DWELLINGS TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 1127 WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIME PERIOD SET OUT IN SECTION TWO OF THIS ORDINANCE; REQUIRING EVERY EXISTING ONE-OR TWO- FAMILY DWELLING TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ORDINANCE WHEN INTERIOR ALTERATIONS, REPAIRS, OR ADDITIONS REQUIRE THAT A BUILDING PERMIT BE OBTAINED FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTr4ENTi PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TER~S OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEE!{ED GUILTY OF A MISDE~mANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN ANY SUM NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00); AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. . BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY CO~~ISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. Section 1127 of the Standard Building Code, 1976 Edition, 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, townhouse, and every guest room in a hotel or motel, and every basement or cellar within such dwellings, shall be provided with an . Underwriters Laboratories Incorporated approved smoke detector, which may be either 120-vo1t A.C. or battery operated. Detectors shall be mounted on the ceiling or wall at a point centrally located in the corridor or area giving access to rooms used for sleeping purposes. In an efficiency dwelling unit, the detector shall be centrally located on the ceiling of the main room. Where sleeping rooms are of an upper level, the detector shall be placed in the center of the ceiling directly above the stairway. All detectors shall be located within 12 inches of the ceiling. Care shall be exercised to insure that the installation will not interfere with the . operating characteristics of the detector. When activated, the detector shall provide an audible alarm."