Midwest City, OK Building Safety: Carbon Monoxide Detectors (2026)
Key Facts
- Applies to
- short-term rental license applicants
- Enforcing office
- Engineering & Construction Services Dept.
- Standard
- sized to unit square footage
- Noncompliance
- license denial, suspension, or revocation
- Citation
- Code of Ordinances § 20-206(b)(9)
Summary
Midwest City requires short-term rental owners to install and maintain sufficient carbon monoxide detectors based on the property's square footage as a condition of getting or renewing a rental license.
Has sufficient number of operational smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors based on the square footage of the short-term rental as required by the building code and appropriate number and location of fire extinguishers based on the square footage of the short-term rental as required by the fire code;
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 21).
Full Breakdown
Under Code of Ordinances § 20-206(b), an owner applying for a short-term rental license must attest to having a sufficient number of operational smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors sized to the unit's square footage, as required by the building code, plus fire extinguishers sized under the fire code. The engineering and construction services department reviews this at application and during the required annual fire and life safety inspection; noncompliance is grounds to deny, suspend, or revoke the license under §§ 20-209 and 20-210. The requirement applies only to licensed short-term rentals, not to owner-occupied homes generally.
Violations & Fines
Missing or nonoperational CO detectors is grounds to deny, suspend, or revoke the short-term rental license (§§ 20-206, 20-210); operating without a valid license is separately prohibited under § 20-206(a).
Frequently Asked Questions
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