Stockton, CA Building Safety: Carbon Monoxide Detectors (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- 2024 International Property Maintenance Code (April 2025)
- Local amendment
- IPMC § 705.1 rewritten, SMC § 15.24.030 item PP
- Standard
- CO alarms per IFC § 1103.9 or CRC § R311
- Code official
- Community Development Director or Deputy Director, Building & Safety
- Enforcement
- Notice of violation, SMC Title 1 Ch. 1.28/1.32
Summary
Stockton's Property Maintenance Code rewrites the International Property Maintenance Code's carbon monoxide alarm rule, requiring CO alarms in every dwelling under Stockton Municipal Code Section 15.24.030. Alarms must meet International Fire Code Section 1103.9, or California Residential Code Section R311 for dwellings covered by that code, effective under the City's April 2025 IPMC adoption.
PP. Chapter 7, Section 705.1 "General" is hereby amended and shall be read as follows: Carbon monoxide alarms shall be installed in dwellings in accordance with Section 1103.9 of the International Fire Code, except that alarms in dwellings covered by the California Residential Code shall be installed in accordance with Section R311 of that code.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4970744; v11 updated 2026-07-07).
Full Breakdown
030 amendments ordinance. 9, except that dwellings covered by the California Residential Code install alarms under CRC Section R311 instead. The amendment sits alongside item OO, which addresses smoke detection systems, in the same Chapter 7 fire-safety rewrite of the Property Maintenance Code. 030, item B, meaning the Director of the Community Development Department or the Deputy Director of the Building and Safety Division, or a delegated representative. 32. 44 Administrative Hearing track reserved for the sanitation, sidewalk, weed, rodent, vehicle, defacement, and rubbish sections listed in that same amendment.
Violations & Fines
A dwelling without a code-compliant carbon monoxide alarm is a Property Maintenance Code violation, subject to a notice of violation under Stockton Municipal Code Title 1, Chapters 1.28 and 1.32, followed by prosecution or administrative code enforcement if uncorrected. Owners may appeal the code official's determination to the board of appeals established by the Section 15.24.030 amendments before penalties or abatement orders become final.
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