Clarksville, TN Building Safety: Carbon Monoxide Detectors (2026)

Sec. § 68-120-101, into the city's own Property Maintenance Code rather than writing a separate local standard. The rule applies to construction begun on or after January 1, 2016, and ties compliance to whatever minimum statewide building construction safety standards the state fire marshal has promulgated for that construction, so the installation location, alarm type, and testing requirements track the state fire marshal's rules rather than a city-specific spec. The section carries one exemption: a developer or property owner who had already complied with the state fire marshal's standards before the city's ordinance took effect doesn't have to retrofit to meet a later version of the rule.

This CO alarm duty sits alongside the smoke detector requirement in the same subsection, which requires a UL 217 listed smoke detector with an audible alarm in every dwelling unit, and both are part of the broader minimum standards for basic equipment and facilities that a Clarksville building inspector checks when a rental or owner-occupied dwelling is inspected for a habitability complaint. A. Title 68, Chapter 120, rather than a stand-alone city alarm ordinance.