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18843 <br />than six 4~ } feet from the corridor door . <br />Side wall mounted sprinkler heads may be used <br />within living units if the spray from such <br />heads will completely cover the door area to <br />be protected. <br />{19} Section 10.322 is added to the Uniform Fire <br />Code to read: <br />Sec, 10.322 _ Fire Warning Systems. ~a} Every <br />~.r~iuuu~rrr.rrrr.ri~r urr~nniom~mu~rrr i~~unrrnni~rn~~~~ <br />existing and new structure or building with a Group <br />R occupancy shall be provided with smoke detectors <br />conforming to UBC Standard 43--6 and the following: <br />1, In all Grou R occu ancies detectors <br />shall be located in accordance with approved <br />manufacturers instructions. When activated, <br />detectors shall provide an alarm in the imme- <br />diate area located, dwelling unit, <br />guest/sleeping room, cor r idor s ~ etc . In new <br />construction, required detectors shall receive <br />primary power from the building's electrical <br />wiring when such wiring is served from a com~ <br />mercial source. Wiring shall be permanent and <br />without a disconnect switch other than those <br />required for over-current protection, <br />Detectors may be battery operated when <br />installed in existing buildings, in buildings <br />without commercial power, or in buildings <br />which undergo alteration, repair, etc, and <br />when such work does not involve the creation <br />of additional units or is a change of occu- <br />pancy, <br />2. In Grou R Division 1 occupancies <br />every dwelling unit within an apartment <br />house, and every guest room designed or used <br />for sleeping purposes within a hotel or motel, <br />shall be equipped with an approved smoke <br />detector, Detectors within apartment dwelling <br />units shall be mounted on ceiling or walls in <br />each unit at a point centrally located in the <br />corridor or other area with access to the <br />rooms used for sleeping purposes. In off i~- <br />ciency or studio apartments, and within hotel <br />and motel guest units, the detectors shall be <br />centrally located on the ceiling or wall. <br />Detectors inside dwelling units or sleeping <br />rooms, if awall-mounted detector is used, <br />shall not be less than six inches or more than <br />12 inches from the ceiling. where dwelling <br />units and sleeping rooms are on an upper <br />level, additional detectors shall be placed at <br />an accessible location as close as practical <br />to the center of the ceiling directly above <br />the stairways, The owner of each hotel or <br />--13- <br />