West Valley City, UT Building Safety: Carbon Monoxide Detectors (2026)
Key Facts
- Alarm placement
- Every habitable level of a dwelling/sleeping unit
- Occupancy scope
- Residential Group R-4 with fuel-burning appliances
- Amends
- IFC § 908.7 (deleted and rewritten)
- IFC edition adopted
- 2024, reaffirmed Ord. No. 26-30 (06/23/2026)
- Enforcing division
- WVC Fire Dept., Fire Prevention Division
- Violation
- Class B misdemeanor, per-day offense
Summary
West Valley City's local amendment to the 2024 International Fire Code, Municipal Code Section 16-6-103(13), requires a carbon monoxide alarm on every habitable level of a dwelling or sleeping unit in Residential Group R-4 occupancies equipped with fuel-burning appliances, replacing the code's own default Section 908.7 standard.
(13) Section 908.7, Carbon Monoxide Alarms, is deleted and rewritten as follows:Carbon monoxide alarms shall be installed on each habitable level of a dwelling unit or sleeping unit in Residential Group R-4 that is equipped with fuel burning appliances.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 26-30, passed June 23, 2026).
Full Breakdown
Section 16-6-101 adopts the entire 2024 edition of the International Fire Code for West Valley City, most recently reaffirmed by Ordinance No. 26-30 on June 23, 2026, and Section 16-6-102 defines Jurisdiction under that code to mean West Valley City and Bureau or Department of Fire Prevention to mean the Fire Prevention Division of the West Valley City Fire Department, the office that administers the fire code day to day. Section 16-6-103 then lists the City's local amendments to that adopted code, and subsection (13) deletes the IFC's own Section 908.7, Carbon Monoxide Alarms, and rewrites it: carbon monoxide alarms shall be installed on each habitable level of a dwelling unit or sleeping unit in Residential Group R-4 that is equipped with fuel-burning appliances. The amendment does not itself define what counts as Group R-4; that occupancy classification is set by the 2024 International Building Code, separately adopted at Section 16-1-101, with any State of Utah amendments layered on top.
The same chapter of amendments covers a wide range of other fire-safety topics, from fire apparatus access roads and hydrant spacing to sprinkler-system requirements and fire extinguisher standards, showing this carbon monoxide rule is one item in a long, itemized list of local changes to the base IFC text rather than a standalone city ordinance written from scratch.
Violations & Fines
Failing to install or maintain the required carbon monoxide alarm is enforced under the Code's general penalty, Section 1-1-109, as a Class B misdemeanor, with each day of noncompliance treated as a separate offense. The Fire Prevention Division of the West Valley City Fire Department, designated under Section 16-6-102(2), inspects for compliance with the City's fire code amendments, including this alarm requirement.
Frequently Asked Questions
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