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Inspections and enforcement actions will be conducted through regularly scheduled inspection activities. There may be a minimal increase in revenues as a result of reinspection fees and/or citations.
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FOURTH SUBSTITUTE - Creating Sec. 34.42, amending Sec. 27.05(2)(w) and creating Secs. 32.06(2)(a)1.j. and 32.06(4) of the Madison General Ordinances to govern installation and maintenance of smoke alarms in residential buildings.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This ordinance will govern installation and maintenance of smoke alarms, including placement of alarms, responsibility for maintenance in residential buildings and responsibility for testing and review with tenants and landlords.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Section 34.42 of the Madison General Ordinances entitled “Smoke Alarms” is hereby created to read as follows:
“34.42 SMOKE ALARMS
(1) Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms are defined as follows:
(a) “Residential building” means any building located in the City of Madison used in whole or in part for sleeping or lodging purposes including, but not limited to, any single family home, duplex, multifamily house, apartment house, rooming house, hotel, motel, children's home, dormitory, community-based residential facility and any other building used for sleeping or lodging purposes, but does not include a hospital or nursing home.
(b) "Sleeping area" means the area of the unit in which the bedrooms or sleeping rooms are located. Bedrooms or sleeping rooms separated by another use area such as a kitchen or living room are separate sleeping areas but bedrooms or sleeping rooms separated by a bathroom are not separate sleeping areas. Sleeping area includes the area within an efficiency unit for sleeping purposes.
(c) “Smoke alarm” means a single or multiple station alarm system responsive t...
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