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Anaheim, CA Building Safety: Carbon Monoxide Detectors (2026)

Some Restrictions
Compiled from the official code textEditor Martyn O'NeillLast verified September 2026

Key Facts

Where required
Common stairways and hallways
Standard
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 13262
Maintenance duty
Owner tests and maintains
Checked at
Permit issuance, renewal, and inspections

Summary

Anaheim requires every short-term rental to install carbon monoxide devices meeting state fire code standards in its common stairways and hallways before a permit issues or renews. Section 4.05.100.0103(d) puts the owner on the hook for testing and maintaining those devices for as long as the permit stays active.

One or more carbon monoxide devices meeting the standards of Section 13262 of the California Health and Safety Code shall be installed in common stairways and hallways. The owner shall be responsible for testing and maintaining the carbon monoxide devices.

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Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-28: Code: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. 6627, passed 8-11-2026 | Zoning: Local legislation current through Ord. 6627, passed 8-11-2026).

Full Breakdown

0103(d) requires 'one or more carbon monoxide devices meeting the standards of Section 13262 of the California Health and Safety Code' to be installed in the common stairways and hallways of every short-term rental, with the owner responsible for testing and maintaining them. 7. An enforcement officer may inspect the property to confirm compliance with all of these life-safety items, including the carbon monoxide devices, though the code caps that inspection authority at what the Fourth Amendment allows. An owner who shows good cause may ask the Fire Chief to extend a compliance deadline or, in the Fire Chief's discretion, modify or waive a specific requirement.

Violations & Fines

Missing or non-functioning carbon monoxide devices found on an enforcement officer's inspection are a code violation that can hold up permit issuance or renewal under Section 4.05.100.0102 and .0103, and can support a civil citation under Section 4.05.130 or, if severe enough, an administrative move to modify, suspend or revoke the permit under Section 4.05.140.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do Anaheim short-term rentals need carbon monoxide detectors in every bedroom?
The code specifically requires them in common stairways and hallways under Section 4.05.100.0103(d), not in every individual bedroom; smoke alarms are the device required in each habitable room instead.
Who has to maintain the CO detectors at an Anaheim STR?
The owner. Section 4.05.100.0103(d) makes the owner responsible for testing and maintaining the carbon monoxide devices for as long as the short-term rental permit remains valid, alongside the smoke alarms, fire extinguisher, and other life-safety items in the same subsection.
Can the city inspect for carbon monoxide compliance?
Yes. Section 4.05.100.0103 gives an enforcement officer authority to inspect the premises to confirm compliance with the carbon monoxide device requirement and the rest of the fire and safety checklist, though the inspection can't violate the owner's Fourth Amendment rights.

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