Smoke alarm rules follow the statewide Michigan Residential Code, not a county ordinance. Alarms are required in every sleeping room, outside each sleeping area, and on each story including basements.
Genesee County follows the Michigan Residential Code (adopted statewide), which sets smoke-alarm requirements uniformly; there is no separate county rule. Section R314 requires smoke alarms in each sleeping room, in the immediate vicinity outside sleeping rooms, and on each additional story including basements and habitable attics. Where more than one alarm is required, they must be interconnected so any one triggers all. For rentals, the owner is responsible for proper operation and maintenance. New construction and permitted alterations trigger current-code alarm placement. Cities like Flint enforce these standards through their building departments and rental inspection programs.
Enforced via the local building department and rental certification; noncompliance can block occupancy/rental certificates and trigger code-enforcement penalties.
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