Redondo Beach, CA Fire Regulations: Smoke Detectors (2026)
Key Facts
- Who must comply
- Dwelling units, hotel/lodging sleeping rooms
- Standard
- Smoke detectors per manufacturer instructions
- Enforcing agency
- Redondo Beach Fire Department
- Noncompliance consequence
- Building vacated within 6 months of notice
- Governing law
- Municipal Code § 3-4.115, Fire Code A115.4
Summary
Every dwelling unit and every hotel or lodging-house guest room used for sleeping in Redondo Beach must have a smoke detector, installed to the manufacturer's instructions, under the city's Fire Code Appendix A amendment. The rule sits inside the city's broader existing-building life-safety chapter, alongside corridor fire-rating and occupancy-separation standards enforced by the Fire and Building Departments.
A115.4 General. Dwelling units and hotel or lodging house guest rooms that are used for sleeping purposes shall be provided with smoke detectors. Detectors shall be installed in accordance with the approved manufacturer's instructions.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4889554; v14 updated 2026-05-12).
Full Breakdown
6. 4, General: "Dwelling units and hotel or lodging house guest rooms that are used for sleeping purposes shall be provided with smoke detectors. 5 requires occupancy separations per the California Building Code. 6: once the Redondo Beach Fire Department or the Building and Safety Department notifies an owner that a structure violates the chapter, the building must be vacated within six months unless brought into conformance, though the Fire Chief may grant extensions for good cause on a filed correction plan. For alterations needed to comply, plans must be filed with the Building Official within 18 months of notification, work must start within 30 months, and the work must be completed within five years, all measured from the date of owner notification.
Violations & Fines
A dwelling unit or sleeping guest room found without a working smoke detector under Section 3-4.115, Appendix A115.4, is a fire code violation enforceable by the Redondo Beach Fire Department; for buildings cited under the broader life-safety chapter, the Department can order the structure vacated within six months of notice if the violation, including missing detectors, is not corrected or a compliance plan is not filed.
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