Pompano Beach, FL Building Safety: Carbon Monoxide Detectors (2026)

33(D) sets the baseline: at the start of every tenancy, the landlord must install working, hard-wired smoke detection devices meeting NFPA requirements, or test and confirm that existing devices are properly maintained; battery-powered smoke alarms remain permitted only in single-family and two-family dwellings built before January 4, 2002. 33(E) goes further for larger rentals: "owners of single-family homes which are utilized for rental purposes and which provide housing for eight or more persons, shall provide an approved fire alarm system meeting the requirements of NFPA which contains the ability to be monitored and which is connected to a monitoring service," covering detection of both smoke and heat.

" The system needs an annual approved maintenance and testing program under NFPA standards, and the owner must keep maintenance, testing, and compliance-certificate records available for city inspection. The ordinance notes this local mandate "may be pre-empted by other Federal or state fire regulations governing the specific use or occupancy of a premises, but only to the extent of any such pre-emption," and it applies regardless of any private lease provision reallocating landlord duties under subsection (B).