<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 12-15. - Smoke detectors required in all residential rental properties regardless of date of construction.</div>
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               (a)
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               "Residential rental property" is defined to mean every building or part of a building
               that is offered to or occupied by one or more persons, other than the owner or owners
               of the building and the owner's or owners' immediate family, for rent or lease for
               human habitation including, but not limited to, apartments, rental houses, duplex
               or triplex homes and mobile and modular homes.
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               (b)
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               The owner or owners of every residential rental property located in Jackson County,
               North Carolina, regardless of when such rental property was constructed, shall cause
               such residential rental property to be equipped with one or more approved smoke detectors,
               either battery operated or electrical hard-wired, installed in accordance with NFPA
               74.
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               (c)
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               The owner or owners of every residential rental property shall be responsible for
               testing each smoke detector system, and for making any repairs necessary for their
               proper operation, not less than once every 12 months, and prior to the occupancy of
               each new tenant.
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               (d)
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               During his or her occupancy of any residential rental property, every tenant shall
               periodically test each smoke detector system and, if any smoke detector system is
               not operating properly, the tenant shall immediately report the same to the owner
               or owners. No tenant shall tamper with, damage, disconnect or remove any smoke detector
               system from any residential rental property, nor permit any other tenant or guest
               to do the same. If any smoke detector system is damaged, disconnected or removed during
               the occupancy of any tenant or tenants, then that tenant or tenants shall be liable
               to the owner or owners of the property for the reasonable cost of repairing, re-installing
               or replacing the smoke detector system.
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               (e)
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               Any owner or tenant or residential rental property who shall violate any of the requirements
               of this section shall be subject to the civil and criminal penalties described in
               appendix A, section 1.
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               (Ord. No. 04-02, Â§ 115, 3-16-2009)
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