Livermore, CA Fire Regulations: Smoke Detectors (2026)

070(B)(2) makes a working smoke detector mandatory equipment for every short-term rental 'at all times,' listed alongside the carbon monoxide protector and fire extinguisher a host must keep on the property. 070(B)(6): before a renter arrives, the host must supply, in electronic form, and also post in hard copy on site during the stay, 'a diagram of exits and fire extinguisher locations,' 'police and fire contact numbers,' the host and responsible party's contact information, and a copy of the City's short-term rental ordinance and noise ordinance.

070(A) makes the host responsible for 'all violations of this chapter committed by the host, or renter, or occupant,' the smoke-detector and fire-safety-disclosure duties cannot be delegated away to a renter or booking platform; the permit holder answers for a missing detector or an absent exit diagram regardless of who was actually staying in the unit when an inspector or fire official checks. 90 does not set a specific smoke-detector brand, placement, or testing interval, leaving those specifics to the locally adopted fire and building codes that apply to residential structures generally, but it does make possession of a functioning unit a standing condition of the short-term rental permit itself.