Pico Rivera, CA Building Safety: Carbon Monoxide Detectors (2026)

Municipal Code Chapter 15.60 amends Section 705.1, General, of the International Property Maintenance Code to require carbon monoxide alarms in dwellings, cross-referencing two state technical standards rather than restating the installation specifics locally. Dwellings generally must install alarms in accordance with Section 1103.9 of the California Fire Code, while dwellings covered by the California Residential Code instead follow Section R311 of that code for alarm placement. Because Section 705.1 sits within the property maintenance code's amended Chapter 7 provisions alongside the fire-protection and life-safety amendments (including the smoke alarm interconnection and power-source rules in Sections 704.6.2 and 704.6.3), the carbon monoxide requirement is enforced the same way: the code official can find a structure or premise in violation of the code, require correction, and use the placarding and abatement authority in Sections 109.7 through 109.10 if the owner does not comply.

As with the rest of the property maintenance code, this obligation applies to the continued occupancy and maintenance of existing structures, not solely to new construction, since Chapter 15.60 was adopted to establish minimum ongoing health and safety requirements for occupied premises citywide.