Carbon monoxide detectors required

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(KIRKSVILLE) Kirksville City Council members voted 4-0 (Councilman Tim Crist was not present) Wednesday night to require all homes that have an attached garage or heat sources that produce carbon monoxide to have carbon monoxide detectors.

In December 2006, seven Kirksville residents in the same home died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Those are the most memorable incidents of carbon monoxide poisoning in recent history, but Kirksville City Manager Mari Macomber told KTVO that incident did not necessarily inspire the ordinance. According to memo by the city code administrator, "The council, as a public safety measure, wishes to alert residents to carbon monoxide exposure by early detection."

Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless gas that is sometimes called "the silent killer" because there is no way to know that one is being exposed without a detector.

Penalties for violating the ordinance include misdemeanor charges and, in some cases, a fine of up to $500.