PASSED

This enacted ordinance requires carbon monoxide alarms in new and existing R-3 and R-4 residential occupancies when the building has a fossil-fuel-burning appliance or an attached garage. Building owners must supply, install, maintain, and replace the alarms, while tenants are responsible for regular testing, battery replacement, and reporting damaged or missing alarms; the ordinance also sets alarm location and power requirements.

Amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled, "The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code," by amending Subcode "F" ("The Philadelphia Fire Code"), by adding a new subsection requiring the installation of carbon monoxide alarms in all new and existing R-3 and R-4 occupancies; by making conforming amendments to Subcode "B" ("The Philadelphia Building Code"), Subcode "EB" ("The Philadelphia Existing Building Code") and Subcode "R" ("The Philadelphia Residential Code"); and by making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.