Section 27-2046.2. Duties of owner and occupant with respect to installation and maintenance of carbon monoxide detecting devices in class B multiple dwellings


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  • a. It shall be the duty of the owner of a  class  B  multiple  dwelling  which  is  required  to  be  equipped  with one or more carbon
      monoxide detecting devices  pursuant  to  article  seven  of  subchapter
      seventeen of chapter one of this title to:
        (1)  provide  and  install one or more approved and operational carbon
      monoxide detecting devices in each dwelling unit or in the  alternative,
      provide  and  install  a  line-operated  zoned carbon monoxide detecting
      system with central annunciation  and  central  office  tie-in  for  all
      public corridors and public spaces, pursuant to rules promulgated by the
      commissioner  in  consultation  with the department of buildings and the
      fire department;
        (2) keep and  maintain  carbon  monoxide  detecting  devices  in  good
      repair;
        (3)  replace  any  carbon  monoxide  detecting  device  which has been
      stolen, removed, found 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 carbon monoxide detecting devices in
      the building and make such records available to  the  commissioner  upon
      request.
        b.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person to tamper with or render
      inoperable a carbon monoxide detecting device  that  is  required  under
      article  seven  of  subchapter  seventeen  of chapter one of this title,
      except for replacing the batteries or for other maintenance purposes.
        c. The provisions of this section may be enforced by  the  department,
      the  department  of buildings, the fire department and the department of
      health and mental hygiene.