Oxnard, CA Fire Regulations: Smoke Detectors (2026)
Key Facts
- Local amendment
- Oxnard Code § 14-25(HH)
- Amends
- CFC § 704.6.4 (2025 ed.)
- Detector listing standard
- UL 268
- Enforcing agency
- Oxnard Fire Prevention Bureau
- Max penalty
- $1,000 fine and/or 6 months jail
Summary
Oxnard's local amendment to California Fire Code Section 704.6.4 lets UL 268-listed smoke detectors wired into a building's fire alarm system stand in for individual smoke alarms, so long as activation notifies the affected dwelling or sleeping unit without sounding building-wide unless a supervisory signal is monitored elsewhere.
Section 704.6.4: Amend Section 704.6.4 to read as follows: 704.6.4. Smoke Detection System. Smoke detectors listed in accordance with UL 268 and provided as part of the building's fire alarm system shall be an acceptable alternative to single- and multiple-station smoke alarms and shall comply with the following: 4. The fire alarm system shall comply with all applicable requirements of the California Fire Code. 5. Activation of a smoke detector in a dwelling or sleeping unit shall initiate alarm notification in the dwelling or sleeping unit in accordance with the California Fire Code. 6. Activation of a smoke detector in a dwelling or sleeping unit shall not activate alarm notification appliances outside of the dwelling or sleeping unit, provided that a supervisory signal is generated and monitored in accordance with the California Fire Code.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Contains Supplement current through 1-26-2026).
Full Breakdown
Article XV (Sec. 14-24) adopts the 2025 California Fire Code by reference for Oxnard, and Sec. 14-25 sets out the city's local amendments to that code. Subsection (HH) rewrites CFC Section 704.6.4 so that smoke detectors listed to UL 268 and integrated into a building's fire alarm system are an acceptable substitute for single- and multiple-station smoke alarms, provided the fire alarm system otherwise meets all California Fire Code requirements. Under the amended standard, activating a smoke detector inside a dwelling or sleeping unit must trigger alarm notification within that unit, but must not sound alarm notification appliances outside the unit unless a supervisory signal is also generated and monitored consistent with the Fire Code. The Oxnard Fire Prevention Bureau, created by Sec. 14-25(B) and headed by the fire code official, administers and enforces this chapter, including plan review and inspection of the alarm and detection systems installed under it.
Violations & Fines
Sec. 14-25(I), amending Fire Code Section [A]113.4, makes violating any provision of the Fire Code, including the smoke detection amendments, a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $1,000, imprisonment of up to six months, or both. Each day a violation continues after the fire code official gives notice counts as a separate offense.
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