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

Section 17.74.060(C) of the Bakersfield Municipal Code puts safety equipment squarely on the STR operator: 'The STR operator shall provide and maintain working fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, and carbon monoxide detectors, in compliance with life, fire, and safety codes; and information related to emergency exit routes on the property, emergency contact, and emergency response contact information.' The obligation is continuous, 'maintain,' not just install at first inspection, so a detector that stops working mid-permit-term puts the operator out of compliance even if it passed the initial city inspection required before permit issuance under Section 17.74.030(B)(12).

The requirement dovetails with the posted in-unit notice mandated by Section 17.74.050(C), which must tell guests the evacuation plan showing 'emergency exit routes, exits, and fire extinguisher locations' along with emergency contact numbers for police, fire, and medical services. Because Section 17.74.050(L) separately requires STRs to 'comply with all applicable laws and regulations of the city including those pertaining to health, safety, building, and fire protection,' a missing or dead CO detector implicates both the STR-specific equipment mandate and the general building/fire code cross-reference. A lapse here is not merely advisory: Section 17.74.070(A)(7) treats conduct that constitutes 'a hazard to public peace, health, or safety' as an enforceable chapter violation, and any resulting citation counts toward the two-citation threshold in Section 17.74.040(D) that blocks the operator's next permit renewal.