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ORDINANCE NO~093 A, PAGE 2 . e shall be located prior to or across from the entrance to the first room inside said hallway(s). If the detector is mounted on the wall, the complete unit shall not be located lower than twelve (12) inches from the ceiling. 1. Dwelling(s) or guest room(s) without interior hallways. In dwelling(s) or guest room(s) \~ithout interior hallway(s) giving access to a sleeping room(s), the detector shall be centrally located on the ceiling of the main room. Exception: Where ma1n 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 dwellings 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 stairway landing. 3. Multi-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 entranceways 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. Where common rooms are shared in hotels, motels, boarding houses, apartments, condominiums, or townhouses, a smoke detector shall be centrally located on the ceiling in such room(s). - e SECTION 4. Every dwelling 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, within five years, with a minimum of (20%) of the total number of dwelling units having smoke detectors installed each year. The time period shall begin November 1, 1977.