Loveland, CO Building Safety: Carbon Monoxide Detectors (2026)

" The requirement assumes the smoke and carbon monoxide alarms already mandated for the dwelling under the adopted Residential Code; Loveland's local addition is the interconnection itself, aimed at the garage as a common point of origin for a slow carbon monoxide buildup from an idling vehicle or a malfunctioning furnace or water heater often located there. Because the garage heat detector is wired into the same circuit as the home's smoke and CO alarms, a fire, heat spike, or carbon monoxide event detected anywhere in that interconnected system triggers every alarm in the house at once, rather than only the alarm nearest the hazard.

1, item 1, showing the city's amendment package treats detection, interconnection, and exterior notification as one integrated life-safety package for new one- and two-family construction. The amendment traces to Ordinance No. 6372, adopted December 15, 2020, and was carried forward with the 2021 IRC re-adoption under Ordinance No. 6586 on November 15, 2022.