No person shall, in the city, in any hotel, motel, rooming house, lodging house, apartment house, tenement house, convalescent home, hospital, child care facility, or similar place of abode, by any means whatsoever, through carelessness, neglect, or negligence, set fire to, or cause the burning of any bedding, furniture, rug, curtain, drape, or other household furnishing or fitting, or any other part of such buildings or premises in such a manner as to endanger the safety of any person or property.
(1980 Code, § 93.07) (Ord. 3071, passed 1-3-1974) Penalty, see § 93.99