Skokie, IL Building Safety: Carbon Monoxide Detectors (2026)

1, Carbon Monoxide Detection, for Group R occupancies. The amendment defines an 'approved carbon monoxide alarm' as one that complies with all the rules and regulations of the Illinois State Fire Marshal, bears the label of a nationally recognized testing laboratory, and meets the most recent standards of Underwriters Laboratories or the Canadian Standards Association; a device that is not independently tested and listed to those standards does not satisfy the Village's definition even if it is marketed as a carbon monoxide detector. The amendment also defines 'dwelling unit' broadly for purposes of the carbon monoxide requirement: it reaches not just single-family residences but each living unit of a multiple-family residence and each living unit inside a mixed-use building, so a unit above ground-floor retail is covered on the same terms as a detached house. 3.