Section 27-2046. Duties of owner with respect to installation and maintenance of smoke detecting devices in class B multiple dwellings

It shall be  the duty of the owner of a class B multiple dwelling which  is  required
  to  be  equipped with smoke detecting devices pursuant to article six of
  subchapter seventeen of chapter one of this title to:
    (1) provide and install one or more  approved  and  operational  smoke
  detecting  devices in each dwelling unit or, in the alternative, provide
  and install a line-operated zoned smoke detecting  system  with  central
  annunciation  and  central  office  tie-in  for all public corridors and
  public spaces, pursuant to rules  and  regulations  promulgated  by  the
  commissioner of buildings.
    (2) keep and maintain smoke detecting devices in good repair.
    (3) replace any smoke detecting device which has been stolen, removed,
  missing  or  rendered  inoperable  prior  to  the  commencement of a new
  occupancy of a dwelling unit.
    (4) keep such records as the commissioner shall prescribe relating  to
  the  installation  and  maintenance  of  smoke detecting devices in each
  dwelling unit and make such records available to the  commissioner  upon
  request.