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

L. No. 17-2011 on May 3, 2011, requires carbon monoxide detectors in all residential or residentially-used dwelling units in the Town of Huntington. Subsection (A) states the baseline mandate and treats the failure, neglect or refusal to install or maintain a detector as a chapter violation. Subsection (B) fixes placement: a detector within each dwelling unit and on each floor of a building in the immediate vicinity of bedrooms, in any room used for sleeping, and on every floor where a carbon monoxide source, such as a furnace, water heater or attached garage, is located.

Subsection (C) makes it independently unlawful for an owner, occupant or person-in-charge of the property to fail, refuse or neglect to keep the detectors in operative condition at all times, meaning a detector installed once but later left dead or disconnected is its own violation, separate from the initial installation duty. The requirement sits alongside the smoke alarm mandate in Section 124-50 and the power source rules in Section 124-51, both in Article X, Fire Protection System, and both requiring the same permanent-wiring-with-battery-backup approach for powered detectors in dwellings served by commercial electricity.