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Such fire alarm system shall be so designed that all occupants of the <br />building may be warned simultaneously, and shall be in accordance with <br />Section E740 -3(d), Part 3, Title 24, California Administrative Code. <br />"'(b) No signal system or intercommunicating system used for <br />any purpose other than fire warning meets the requirements of this <br />Article. <br />"'(c) Installation, inspection, and maintenance of the fire <br />alarm system shall be according to the standards set forth in NFPA <br />Pamphlet No. 72A. <br />"'(d) Stations for operating any manually operated fire alarm <br />system shall be placed immediately adjacent to the telephone switchboard <br />in the building, if there is a switchboard, and at such other locations <br />as may be required by the Chief. <br />"'(e) All residential buildings classified as Group R, <br />Division 1 or 3 occupancies, as defined in the Uniform Building Code, <br />1979 Edition, and existing upon the effective date of this section, shall <br />have installed in each unit therein an approved fire detection <br />products -of -combustion except that devices sensitive only to heat shall <br />not be acceptable. Alarm signaling devices shall be clearly audible in <br />all bedrooms when all intervening doors are closed. The building owner <br />shall be responsible for assuring that the alarm signaling devices <br />required herein shall be maintained in an operable condition. <br />"'Every such residential building shall conform to the <br />provisions hereof at such time as an addition, alteration or repair of a <br />value in excess of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) is made thereto or <br />before the close of escrow if the building is sold. <br />In any event, all residential buildings shall conform to the <br />provisions hereof by July 1, 1984. <br />-13- <br />