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File #: 151540    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 2/9/2016 In control: COMMON COUNCIL
On agenda: Final action: 3/1/2016
Effective date: 3/18/2016    
Title: A substitute ordinance relating to the testing of battery-operated smoke alarms.
Sponsors: ALD. WITKOWSKI
Indexes: BUILDING-REGULATION
Attachments: 1. Notice Published on 3-17-16

Number

151540

Version

Substitute 1

Reference

Sponsor

Ald witkowski

Title

A substitute ordinance relating to the testing of battery-operated smoke alarms.

Sections

214-23-3    am

Analysis

The ordinance clarifies that each battery-operated smoke alarm in a building, including smoke alarms in each individual apartment within the building, must be annually tested by the property owner.

Body

The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

 

Part 1. Section 214-23-3 of the code is amended to read:

 

214-23. Battery-Operated Smoke Alarms.

3. TESTING. Every battery-operated smoke alarm >>in the building<< shall be tested by the owner not less than once every calendar year. The owner shall provide a copy of test results to the commissioner or the commissioner’s designee upon request. Test results shall include the date on which testing was performed >>, the specific location of each alarm<< and the name, telephone number and property relationship of the person who performed the test. Testing shall be performed in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications for testing >>in the building<<.

 

LRB

APPROVED AS TO FORM

 

 

 

 

____________________________

Legislative Reference Bureau

Date:  ______________________

 

 

Attorney

IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE ORDINANCE

IS LEGAL AND ENFORCEABLE

 

 

 

 

____________________________

Office of the City Attorney

Date:  ______________________

 

Requestor

 

Drafter

LRB #162785-2

Aaron Cadle

February 9, 2016