2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 227 FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION 227.555 Smoke-detector and egress requirements for manufactured or mobile homes -- Notices of requirements and penalty -- Limitation on enforceability -- Relationship to local ordinances -- Specific penalty.
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227.555 Smoke-detector and egress requirements for manufactured or mobile
homes -- Notices of requirements and penalty -- Limitation on enforceability -- <br>Relationship to local ordinances -- Specific penalty.
(1) Every manufactured or mobile home as defined in KRS 227.550 shall have:
(a) At least one (1) working smoke detector located inside the home near the
bedroom areas on each floor level; and
(b) At least two (2) operable means of egress, if the home was originally equipped
with at least two (2) means.
(2) The Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction, through the promulgation
of administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A, shall design <br>and cause to be placed: <br>(a) At each vehicle entrance to a manufactured home park or community as
defined in KRS 219.320, a notice stating the requirements set out in <br>subsection (1) of this section, the penalty for noncompliance set out in <br>subsection (5) of this section, and any other information it deems necessary to <br>effect the purposes of this section; and
(b) In each county clerk's office, a notice stating the requirements set out in
subsection (1) of this section, the penalty for noncompliance set out in <br>subsection (5) of this section, and any other information it deems necessary to <br>effect the purposes of this section.
(3) No public servant with the authority to issue a citation shall enter a manufactured or
mobile home solely for the purpose of determining whether or not the manufactured <br>or mobile home is in compliance with this section.
(4) No ordinance contrary to subsections (1) and (3) of this section may be enacted by
any unit of local government, and the provisions of subsections (1) and (3) shall <br>supersede any local ordinance to the contrary. The provisions of this subsection <br>shall not apply to any city which has adopted or may in the future adopt the <br>Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act under KRS Chapter 383.
(5) The owners of manufactured homes and mobile homes located within a
manufactured home park or community which do not comply with subsection (1) of <br>this section shall be responsible for the correction of any violation.
(6) Any person who violates subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of a violation.
Effective: July 15, 2010 <br>History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 412, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended
2004 Ky. Acts ch. 74, sec. 2, effective July 13, 2004. -- Created 1996 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 66, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996.
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