(1)  Subject to Subsection (2), a municipality may not enforce an ordinance, rule, or regulation requiring the installation or maintenance of a carbon monoxide detector in a residential dwelling against anyone other than the occupant of the dwelling.

Terms Used In Utah Code 10-8-53.5

  • Municipality: means :
(a) a city of the first class, city of the second class, city of the third class, city of the fourth class, city of the fifth class;
(b) a town, as classified in Section 10-2-301; or
(c) a metro township as that term is defined in Section 10-2a-403 unless the term is used in the context of authorizing, governing, or otherwise regulating the provision of municipal services. See Utah Code 10-1-104
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
    • (2)  Subsection (1) may not be construed to affect:

    (a)  a building permit applicant’s obligation to comply with a building code that requires the installation of a carbon monoxide detector as part of new construction; or

    (b)  a municipality’s ability to require a building permit applicant to comply with a building code that requires the installation of a carbon monoxide detector as part of new construction.

    Enacted by Chapter 304, 2009 General Session

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