Manitou Springs, CO Fire Regulations: Smoke Detectors (2026)
Key Facts
- Standard
- NFPA 74 smoke detector in each sleeping area, every level
- Power source
- battery-operated or hardwired, audible or interconnected
- Maintenance
- batteries checked yearly, replaced per manufacturer
- Governing section
- § 15.08.080(F)(1), Housing Habitability Code
- Max penalty
- $500 fine or 90 days jail, or both
- Waiver route
- Fire Code Official, appeal to fire board of appeals
Summary
Manitou Springs requires a smoke detector installed per NFPA 74 in each sleeping area on every level of a dwelling unit, Municipal Code section 15.08.080(F)(1). Detectors must be battery-operated or hardwired, clearly audible or interconnected, with batteries checked annually and replaced on the manufacturer's schedule.
1.Smoke detectors. A smoke detector installed in accordance with NFPA 74 in each sleeping area, on each level, and be battery operated or hardwired, be clearly audible or interconnected. Batteries must be checked annually and changed per manufacturer's specifications.
Full Breakdown
080(F), that requires CO detectors, a kitchen fire extinguisher of at least two and a half pounds, and maintenance of any installed fire-suppression or alarm system per fire department requirements. 140 giving an owner five to sixty working days to fix a missing or dead detector. 200 must route the request to the Fire Code Official rather than the neighborhood services officer, with appeal going to the fire board of appeals instead of city council; that decision is final. 12, adopts the 2021 International Fire Code for the broader building stock, but it is this Housing Habitability Code subsection, not the Fire Code chapter, that sets the specific dwelling-unit smoke-alarm standard tenants and landlords deal with day to day.
Violations & Fines
Violating the smoke-detector requirement is punishable under section 15.08.210 by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, imprisonment of not more than ninety calendar days, or both, with each day the violation continues counted as a separate offense. If a missing detector contributes to a dangerous or hazardous condition, the city administrator can placard the unit as unfit for human habitation under section 15.08.160 until it is repaired.
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