Gresham, OR Building Safety: Carbon Monoxide Detectors (2026)
Key Facts
- Requirement
- Required in residential units
- Standard applied
- Per ORS Chapter 90
- Local code
- PMC § 705.1 (GRC 10.30.035(4))
- Duty
- Install, maintain, repair
Summary
Gresham requires carbon monoxide alarms in residential units, installed, maintained and repaired according to Oregon's landlord-tenant statute, ORS Chapter 90.
705.1 Carbon Monoxide Detectors. Carbon monoxide alarms shall be installed, maintained and repaired in residential units in accordance with ORS Chapter 90. (Ord. No. 1756, Amended, 08/20/2015; Ord. No. 1669, Amended, 04/16/2009; Ord. No. 1649, Enacted, 12/18/2007) 10.30.060 Responsibility.
(1) Unless otherwise provided for, the manager shall be responsible for the ultimate enforcement of all of the provisions of the PMC. The manager may appoint such enforcement officers, technical assistants, inspectors and other employees as may be necessary for the administration of the PMC. For the purpose of the PMC, any person so appointed will be deemed a
"code official" as defined in the ICCPMC. The manager is authorized to designate an employee who shall exercise all the powers of the manager during the temporary absence or disability of the manager.
(2) Where work is required to be done to correct violations under the PMC any and all permits required for such work by the Building Code shall be obtained. All final inspections shall be approved for the associated permits prior to the violations being considered resolved. (Ord. No. 1669, Amended, 04/16/2009; Ord. No. 1649, Amended, 12/18/2007; Ord. No. 1535, Enacted, 11/01/2001) 10.30.070 Modifications.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: the cited page had not changed since it was quoted.
Full Breakdown
Gresham's Property Maintenance Code Section 705.1 requires carbon monoxide alarms in residential units, tying the installation, maintenance and repair duties to Oregon's landlord-tenant law at ORS Chapter 90 rather than setting a separate local standard. It sits alongside Section 704.2's smoke-alarm placement rule in the same set of Property Maintenance Code amendments, both enforced citywide by the city manager under GRC Article 10.30. Because the substantive duty tracks state law, owners and tenants should also check ORS Chapter 90 for who installs, tests and replaces the alarm.
Violations & Fines
A missing or unmaintained CO alarm is a Property Maintenance Code violation under GRC Article 10.30, alongside any separate ORS Chapter 90 landlord-tenant remedy.
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