Passaic, NJ Building Safety: Carbon Monoxide Detectors (2026)
Key Facts
- Applies to
- Every multiple dwelling in Passaic
- Governing standard
- N.J.A.C. § 5:10-25.3
- Single-station repair window
- 24 hours
- Wired-system repair window
- 72 hours
- Tampering penalty
- Min. $100 fine, first offense
- Common-area duty
- Owner/landlord/agent solely responsible
Summary
Every multiple dwelling in Passaic must have carbon monoxide detectors, alongside smoke detectors and alarms, installed to the standard set by N.J.A.C. § 5:10-25.3, under City Code § 219-86A. A nonworking detector is itself a Code violation, and tenants who disable one face a minimum $100 fine for a first offense.
Every multiple dwelling shall be required to install smoke detectors and/or smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors in conformance with Section 5:10-25.3 of the New Jersey Administrative Code or such other additional regulations as the state may promulgate.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4978046; v41 updated 2026-07-01; through 07-01-2026).
Full Breakdown
3 of the New Jersey Administrative Code, or any additional state regulation the state later adopts. C. 3(d) that the unit is malfunctioning, or once the City itself has notified the owner of a malfunction. Subsection C fixes repair deadlines, 24 hours to fix or replace a single-station unit, 72 hours for a multiple-station, electrically wired system. C. 3(f) requires, and subsection E imposes a minimum $100 fine on any tenant who willfully or maliciously damages, disables or removes a smoke- or carbon-monoxide detection system or device, whether in their own unit, another unit, or a common area.
Violations & Fines
Allowing a nonworking or incomplete detector to remain in place, missing the 24-hour (single-station) or 72-hour (wired multi-station) repair windows in § 219-86C, or a tenant's failure to test units or report a malfunction under § 219-86D, are Code violations; a tenant who willfully damages or disables a detector faces a minimum $100 fine on a first offense under § 219-86E.
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