Lake Havasu City, AZ Building Safety: Carbon Monoxide Detectors (2026)

Section 5.20.050(P)(1) sets three owner duties for every vacation rental, and the first is fire and CO detection: owners shall install and maintain a working smoke alarm and carbon monoxide alarm system, which may require several detection units depending on the unit's layout, and that system must be maintained annually as required by NFPA 72, the national fire alarm and signaling code. This is not a one-time install-and-forget rule; the code ties compliance to an ongoing recordkeeping duty, requiring the owner to keep and make available for inspection, upon request by the Fire Marshal, a record of all inspections and maintenance activities.

The same subsection also requires a portable multi-purpose fire extinguisher in the kitchen and on each floor, plus a posted evacuation map showing egress routes, detection and suppression equipment locations, and emergency contact information, so the CO alarm requirement sits inside a broader life-safety package the Fire Marshal can audit. Because this rule lives in Chapter 5.20, it applies specifically to units operating under a vacation rental permit issued under § 5.20.025, not to every residence citywide; a vacation rental owner who cannot produce maintenance records when the Fire Marshal asks is out of compliance with § 5.20.050 even if the alarm itself is currently working.