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ATTACHMENT C 1612 necessary repairs 1613 c.Removal of or tampering with appurtenances. Locks, gates, doors, barricades, 1614 chains, enclosures, signs, tags and seals that have been installed by or at the 1615 direction of the fire code official shall not be removed, unlocked, destroyed or 1616 tampered with in any manner. 1617 d.Termination of monitoring service. For fire alarm systems required to be 1618 monitored by the Minnesota State Fire Code, notice shall be made to the fire code 1619 official whenever alarm monitoring services are terminated. Notice shall be made 1620 in writing by the provider of the monitoring service being terminated. 1621 7. Fire department connection. Where the fire department connection is not visible to 1622 approaching fire apparatus, the fire department connection shall be indicated by an 1623 approved sign mounted on the street front or on the side of the building. Such sign shall 1624 have the letters "FDC" not less than 6 inches (152 mm) high and words in letters not less 1625 than 2 inches (51 mm) high or an arrow to indicate the location. Such signs shall be subject 1626 to the approval of the fire code official. 1627 a. Fire department connection access. Ready access to fire department connections shall 1628 be maintained at all times and without obstruction by fences, bushes, trees, walls or any 1629 other fixed or movable object. Access to fire department connections shall be approved 1630 by the fire chief. 1631 Exception: Fences, where provided with an access gate equipped with a sign complying with the 1632 legend requirements of Section 912 of the Minnesota State Fire Code and a means of 1633 emergency operation. The gate and the means of emergency operation shall be approved by the 1634 fire chief and maintained operational at all times 1635 b.Clear space around connections. A working space of not less than 36 inches (914 mm) 1636 in width, 36 inches (914 mm) in depth and 78 inches (1981 mm) in height shall be 1637 provided and maintained in front of and to the sides of wall-mounted fire department 1638 connections and around the circumference of free-standing fire department connections. 1639 1640 8. Smoke Alarms. Single or multiple-station smoke alarms shall be installed and 1641 maintained in rental propertieswithin all residential occupancies regardless of occupant 1642 load at all of the followinglocations:existing Group I-1 and R occupancies in accordance 1643 with Section 907 of the Minnesota State Fire Code and the following: 1644 a. On the ceiling or wall outside of each separate sleeping area in the 1645 immediate vicinity of bedrooms. 1646 b.In each room used for sleepingpurposes. 1647 c. In each story within a dwelling unit, including basements and cellars but not including 1648 crawl spaces and uninhabitable attics. In dwellings or dwelling units with split 1649 levels and without an intervening door between the adjacent levels, a smoke alarm 1650 installed on the upper level shall suffice for the adjacent lower level provided that 1651 the lower level is less than one full story below the upper level. 1652 d.Single or multiple-station smoke alarms shall be installed in other groups in 1653 accordance with the International Fire Code. 1654 1655 a.Where required. Existing Group I-1 and R occupancies shall be provided with 1656 single-station smoke alarms. 1657 b.Interconnection and power sources shall be in accordance with Section 907. 37