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? Ordinance No. 2003-11 family dwelling structures sha11 have installed therein a minimum of one smoke detector per dwelling unit or an acceptable alternative approved as provided in paragraph (1). (3) The smoke detector sha11 be mounted on the ceiling, or wall not more than twelve inches from the ceiling, at a pourt centrally located in a corridor or area giving access to rooms used for sleeping purposes. In an efficiency dwelling unit the detector sha11 be centrally located on the ceiling of the main room. Where sleeping rooms are on an upper level, the detector sha11 be placed at the center of the ceiling directly above the stairway. Care should be exercised to ensure that the installation will not interfere with the operating chazacteristics of the detector. When activated the detector sha11 provide an audible alarm in the dwelling unit. Smoke detectors with D.C. power supply only are permitted, as are detectors with A.C. power supply backed up by a secondary supply which is D.C. Where A.C.-D.C. combination units are used, it is required that a11 A.C. lines be wired directly to the building's power supply. All D.C. powered detectors shall have built-in protection to warn of battery failure. (b) Residential Multiple Dwellings. All buildings containing more than two residential dvvelling units, as defined in the Zoning Ordinance of the City in Chapter 1125 and exceeding two stories and/or a height of twenty-five feet constructed after the effective date of this section (Ordinance 75-111, passed October 1, 1974.) shall have contained within each dwelling unit an approved early warning fire detection system. Such system sha11 consist of an Underwriters Laboratories Factory Mutual or Underwriters Laboratories of Canada approved detector installed and maintained adjacent to the outside of sleeping quarters within the multiple dwelling units. Alarm signaling devices shall be clearly audible in all bedrooms within the apartment or dwelling unit when a11 intervening doors are closed. In the application of the story limitation the following provisions of the Zoning Ordinance of the City shall apply: Chapter 1125, Section 1125.67 Chapter 1125, Section 1125.68 Chapter 1155, Section 1155.03(A) (c) Office Buildings. All office buildings in excess of fifly feet in height constructed after the effective date of this section (Ordinance 75-11 l, passed October 1, 1974) shall have installed and maintained on each level of the building used for offices an Underwriters Laboratories Factory Mutual or Underwriters Laboratories of Canada approved early warning fire detection system. Prior to the construction of any such building, the developer or owner thereof sha11 preseirt plans to the Building Commissioner and Fire Chief with respect to the placemern of the early warning fire detection system. Such plan shall meet the approval of the Commissianer and/or Fire Chief. Should the Commissioner and/or Fire Chief of the City deem it necessary to have additional detectors installed within the office building, the location and number of detectors sha11 be determined jointly by the Commissioner and Fire Chief. (d) Snecifications and Requirements. d (1) The early warning fire detection system detectors sha11 be sensitive to visible an invisible products of combustion. Detectors sensitive to heat alone are not acceptable 2