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

Section 4.05.100.0103(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. This sits alongside a broader inspection checklist in the same subsection: smoke alarms in all habitable rooms except the kitchen under the Anaheim Building Code, a 2A:10BC-rated portable fire extinguisher on each floor, an automatic fire sprinkler system by August 11, 2021 for any unit permitted for more than ten occupants (waivable if the owner caps occupancy at ten), a posted exit and evacuation map, an emergency-numbers packet for occupants, unlocked exterior gates, unobstructed hallway and exit doors, and pool gates meeting California Building Code Section 3109.4.1.7.

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.