Fire warning system.
Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 244.915
in effect244.915. - Fire warning system.
(a) Every hotel or motel sleeping room, and every dwelling unit, shared bath unit and rooming house shall be provided with an approved smoke detector as set out in this chapter. Single and multiple station smoke alarms shall be installed in the following locations:
(1) Outside of each separate sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of the bedrooms.
(2) On each additional story of the dwelling, including basements and cellars but not including crawl spaces and uninhabitable attics. In dwellings or dwelling units with split levels and without an intervening door between the adjacent levels, a smoke alarm installed on the upper level shall suffice for the adjacent lower level provided that the lower level is less than one (1) full story below the upper level.
(b) All smoke alarms shall be listed and installed in accordance with the provisions of this code and the household fire warning equipment provisions of NFPA 72.
(c) All smoke detectors shall be installed per the manufacturer's installation instructions and its listing. Hard-wired smoke detectors shall be wired to a proper unswitched circuit.
(d) Smoke alarms and smoke detectors shall not be located closer than three (3) feet from any door to a bathroom or kitchen. Smoke alarms and smoke detectors that are located within twenty (20) feet of a cooking appliance shall be equipped with a silencing switch or be of the photoelectric type in accordance with National Fire Protection Association Standard 72, Section 8-1.4.2.
(e) When interior alterations, repairs or additions requiring a permit occur, or when one (1) or more sleeping rooms are added or created in existing dwellings, the individual dwelling unit shall be provided with smoke alarms located as required for new dwellings; the smoke alarms shall be interconnected and hard wired. Exception: smoke alarms in existing areas shall not be required to be interconnected and hard wired where the alterations or repairs do not result in the removal of interior wall or ceiling finishes exposing the structure. (77-Or-017, § 1, 1-28-77; 78-Or-244, § 34, 11-22-78; 79-Or-109, § 1, 5-25-79; 80-Or-070, § 1, 4-25-80; 82-Or-106, § 30, 6-11-82; 2004-Or-025, § 1, 3-19-04)
Source: City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances, City Charter and Park and Recreation Board Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mn/minneapolis/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_TIT12HO_CH244MACO_ARTIXFIPR_244.915FIWASYFetched: 11/2/2026