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. . Ordinance No. 1093 , Page 2. . Section 2. Every dwelling unit within an existing apartment, condominium, townhouse, and every guest room in a hotel or motel, and every basement or cellar within such dwellings in the City of La Porte, shall meet the require- ment of Section 1127, as amended, within five (5) years, with a minimum of twenty per cent (20%) of the total number of dwelling units having smoke detectors installed each year. The time period shall begin November 1, 1977. Section 3. The owner or operator of each apartment house, condominium, townhouse, hotel and motel situated within the City of La Porte, shall annually, not later than November 1 of each year, file an affidavit with the Fire Marshal of the City of La Porte, certifying that each said smoke detector has been tested and is in an operable condition. Section 4. Smoke detectors must be installed in one- or two-family dwellings when interior alterations, repairs, or additions are made that require a building permit be obtained from the building department. Section 5. If any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or provision of this Ordinance shall be judged invalid or unconstitutional, the same shall not effect the validity of this Ordinance as a whole or any part or portion thereof, other than the portion so decided to be invalid or unconstitutional. Section 6. In the addition to and cumulative of all other penalties, the City shall have the right to seek injunctive relief for any and all violations of this Ordinance. Section 7. Any person, as defined in Secti9n 1.07(27), Texas Penal Code, who shall violate any provision of this Ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). Section 8. This Ordinance shall be effective fourteen (14) days after its passage and approval. The City Clerk . . .