Kane County, IL Fire Regulations: Smoke Detectors (2026)

1, Smoke Detection And Notification. 3, Location, by deleting the code's stock placement rule and inserting a version tied directly to state law: '2. ' That distance rule means a hallway or common area smoke alarm has to sit within 15 feet of the door to any bedroom it serves, not simply 'outside each sleeping area' as the unamended model code would allow without a specific distance. By cross-referencing 425 ILCS 60, the county's own building code amendment ties the local placement standard directly to the Illinois Smoke Detector Act, so a Kane County inspector checking alarm placement under the building permit process is also confirming compliance with the state statute.

This amendment was adopted with the rest of the 2021 Residential Code amendments under Ordinance 12-366 and last updated by Ordinance 21-475 on November 9, 2021. Smoke alarm installation is verified as part of the standard building inspection sequence under Section 110, administered by the Building & Community Services Division, before a certificate of occupancy issues on new or substantially altered residential construction.