Pasadena, TX requires smoke alarms in dwellings under the 2015 International Fire Code, adopted as Article VII of Chapter 13 of the Code of Ordinances. Landlords of leased single-family homes and apartments must additionally install at least one alarm in each separate bedroom under Texas Property Code Sec. 92.254 (Subchapter F).
Pasadena, Texas has adopted the 2015 International Fire Code (Chapter 13, Article VII, Sec. 13-151 of the Code of Ordinances), which incorporates IFC Section 907.2.11 requirements for single- and two-family dwelling smoke alarms — placement inside each sleeping room, outside each separate sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of bedrooms, and on each story including basements. State law (Texas Property Code Chapter 92, Subchapter F, Sec. 92.254) overlays a separate landlord duty: at least one UL-listed smoke alarm in each separate bedroom of a rental dwelling, audible to occupants, with installation that may be battery, AC, or other power source unless local ordinance requires otherwise. Replacement and testing duties on landlords appear in Sec. 92.255-92.259. Texas has no statewide carbon monoxide alarm mandate for existing dwellings, but the 2015 IFC requires CO alarms where fuel-burning appliances or attached garages are present.
Tampering with or removing a required smoke alarm in a rental violates Texas Property Code Sec. 92.2611. IFC violations enforced by the Pasadena Fire Marshal can result in citations and orders to abate; landlords who fail to install or repair alarms after written tenant notice face statutory damages under Sec. 92.260.
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