CO Alarms

Question 1

CO Alarm

Answer 1

Combined carbon monoxide detector and audible alarm device that:

• is designed to sound an audible alarm upon detection of excessive concentrations of CO
• conforms to UL Standards and where electrically powered, is approved by the CSA

Question 2

Dwelling

Answer 2

Shall mean a building occupied or capable of being occupied as a home or sleeping place by one or more persons

Question 3

Dwelling Unit

Answer 3

a suite operated as a housekeeping unit, used or intended to be used as a domicile by one or more persons and usually containing cooking, eating, living, sleeping and sanitary facilities.

Question 4

Fuel burning appliances

Answer 4

appliances ssh as, but not limited to furnaces, refrigerators, cloths dryers, water heaters, boilers, fireplaces, wood stoves, charcoal grills, gas ranges and space heaters, which are fired by flammable fuels such as, but not limited to natural gas, propane, heating oil, kerosene, coal, gasoline, wood and charcoal.

Question 5

Lodging, Rooming or Boarding House

Answer 5

shall mean a dwelling in which rooms or room and board are supplied for hire or gain, for more than 2 persons, but shall not include a hotel, motel, group home or other similar establishment.

Question 6

Occupant

Answer 6

means any person or persons over the age of 18 yrs, or any firm or corporation, in possession of any dwelling unit

Question 7

Owner

Answer 7

means any person, firm or corporation having control over any portion of the building or property under consideration and includes the persons in the building or the property.

Question 8

Suite

Answer 8

means a single room or series of rooms of complementary use, operated under a single tenancy, and includes dwelling units, boarding houses dormitories and rooming houses.

Question 9

Rooming, boarding or lodging house shall be considered…..

Answer 9

to be one dwelling unit or suite

Question 10

Every owner of a dwelling unit shall operate and maintain…..

Answer 10

-heating
-ventilating
- air conditioning systems
including appliances, chimneys and flue pipes,

so as to not create a hazardous condition.

Question 11

Every owner of a dwelling unit shall repair and maintain the dwelling unit to conform with….

Answer 11

….the standards for carbon monoxide alarms set out by the by-law.

Question 12

Every owner shall ensure that a minimum of 1 CO alarm be installed in each of the following dwelling units

Answer 12

1-each dwelling unit containing a fuel burning appliance
2-for a building containing multiple occupancies, each dwelling unit located on the same floor level as a fuel burning appliance
3-for a building containing multiple occupancies, each dwelling unit located on the first and second floor levels of the building above a floor level containing a fuel burning appliance

Question 13

Every owner of a dwelling unit shall ensure that each CO alarm installed in accordance with this by-law is…

Answer 13

….maintained in good operating condition and in accordance with the manufacturers instructions

Question 14

Every owner shall ensure that CO alarms are installed in accordance with manufacturers instructions and shall…

Answer 14

….be equipped with an alarm that is audible within bedrooms when the intervening doors are closed.

Question 15

Electrically powered CO detectors.

Answer 15

• be equipped with visual indicators that it is in operating condition
• have no switch between the CO alarm and the distribution panel.