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. . . e ORDINANCE NO. 1.-S . 1. Dwelling(s) or guest room(s) without- interior hallways. In dwelling(s) or guest room(s) without 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 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 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. ~ulti-level sleeping rooms. Where sleeping rooms are located on two or more levels, two or more detectors shall be requirep 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). SECTION 4. Responsibility for Monthly Testing, Repair or Replacement. a. It is ~he responsibility of ,the tenant of an apartment house, condominium, duplex, townhouse, hotel, motel, or boarding house to test, at least monthly, the smoke detector in the area which they have leased or rented, to insure pr:oper operation. b. ,It is the respons'i bil ity of the owner or authori zed ,representati ve of said units to test, at least monthly, the smoke detectors located in common hallways and common rooms, to insure proper operation. c. It is the responsibility of the owner or authorized representative of said units to immediately repair or replace any detector found to be defective. d. It is the responsibility of the owner 'or authorized representative of said units, when a detector is found to be defective or missing in a vacant dwelling unit or guest room, to repair or replace said detector prior to the dwelling unit or guest room being reoccupied. e. It is the respondibility of the'owner or authorized representative of said units, during the annual testing of the detectors, to remove all exist- ing batteries installed in the battery operated detectors and reinstall new batteries in the detectors which meet the manufacturer's specifications.