Livermore, CA Building Safety: Carbon Monoxide Detectors (2026)
Key Facts
- CO detector
- Required at all times
- Also required
- Smoke detector and fire extinguisher
- Liability
- Host answers for renter/occupant failures
- Missing equipment
- Separate § 5.90.120(A)(5) violation
- Enforcement path
- Warning, suspend, then revoke
Summary
Every short-term rental operating in Livermore must have a working carbon monoxide detector on site at all times, alongside a smoke detector and fire extinguisher, as a standing condition of holding a short-term rental permit under the City's host operating requirements.
A short-term rental shall, at all times, be operated subject to the following standards: 1. The short-term rental must be operated under a valid short-term rental permit issued by the City in accordance with this chapter. 2. The short-term rental shall have a smoke detector, carbon monoxide protector, and fire extinguisher.
Full Breakdown
' This sits alongside other host duties in the same section, including keeping the permit current (B)(1), posting the City-issued permit number in every advertisement (B)(3), notifying the Director in writing within 10 calendar days of any change to the application information (B)(4), and complying with the rest of the Municipal Code (B)(5). 070(B)(6) layers on a disclosure duty tied to the safety equipment: hosts must give renters, in both electronic form before arrival and hard copy on site, a diagram of exits and fire extinguisher locations, police and fire contact numbers, the host and responsible party's contact information, and a copy of the City's short-term rental and noise ordinances.
070(A) makes the host 'responsible for all violations of this chapter committed by the host, or renter, or occupant,' so a missing or nonfunctional carbon monoxide detector is squarely the host's liability even if a guest or property manager was actually on site when it failed.
Violations & Fines
Failing to maintain the required carbon monoxide detector breaches the host obligations in § 5.90.070 and is a separate violation under § 5.90.120(A)(5), which covers a 'fail[ure] to comply with the host obligations set forth in LMC § 5.90.070.' That violation feeds directly into the three-strike ladder in § 5.90.140: a first finding draws a warning or administrative citation, a second within a year can suspend the permit for a full year, and a third can revoke it outright.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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