Clarkstown, NY Building Safety: Carbon Monoxide Detectors (2026)

Town Code § 157-21D, added by Local Law No. 1-2010 to Chapter 157's Firesafety Requirements article, states plainly that 'smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors shall be installed and maintained as per Section 704 of the Property Maintenance Code of New York State,' folding the state's device and placement standards directly into the town's own housing code so a violation can be enforced locally rather than only under the state code. This sits within Article IV, 'Firesafety Requirements,' alongside rules on prohibited flammable storage (§ 157-20) and fire-spread separations (§ 157-21A-C), reflecting that CO protection is treated as a life-safety element of every residential building covered by Chapter 157's applicability in § 157-3, one- and two-family dwellings and multiple dwellings town-wide, outside the villages of Nyack, Upper Nyack and South Nyack.

' Any deficiency found is a violation the owner must fix within 10 days under § 157-65B or face an additional separate violation. The Building Inspector administers and enforces the chapter under § 157-43A and § 157-44A, and may order in writing the remedying of any condition found in violation, including missing or nonfunctioning detectors, with a stated compliance deadline under § 157-44C(3).