ORDINANCE NO. 14,703

AN ORDINANCE to amend the Municipal Code of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, 2000, adopted by Ordinance No. 13,827, passed June 5, 2000, and amended by Ordinance No. 14,689 passed August 20, 2007 by amending Section 46-71 thereof, relating to single and multiple station smoke alarms.

Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Des Moines, Iowa:

Section 1. That the Municipal Code of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, 2000, adopted by Ordinance No. 13,827, passed June 5, 2000, and amended by Ordinance No. 14,689 passed August 20, 2007 is hereby amended by amending Section 46-71 relating to single and multiple station smoke alarms, as follows:

Sec. 46-71. Single and multiple station smoke alarms.

Listed single and multiple-station smoke alarms complying with UL 217 shall be installed in accordance with provisions of this code and the household fire warning equipment provision of NFPA 72. Smoke alarms in dwelling units shall be addressable with sounder bases and monitored by the building fire alarm system as a supervisory signal only. Mini horns in dwelling units are not required if notification from a building fire alarm system is through the smoke alarms with sounder bases. Section 46-71 only applies to the R-1, R-2, R-4 and I-1 districts as defined in the International Fire Code.

Sec. 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by law.

FORM APPROVED:

Glenna K. Frank, Assistant City Attorney

T.M. Franklin Cownie, Mayor

Attest:

I, Diane Rauh, City Clerk of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true copy of an ordinance (Roll Call No. 07-1865), passed by the City Council of said City at a meeting held September 24, 2007 signed by the Mayor on September 24, 2007 and published as provided by law in the Business Record on October 8, 2007, Authorized by Publication Order No.5863.

Diane Rauh, City Clerk