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Except as provided otherwise in Section 15-16-1460, a city fire alarm box shall be located within a distance of 100 feet from the principal entrance of every institutional building or theater and every assembly unit other than a theater having a capacity of more than 1,000 persons, any day care center operating between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., every type III school having a capacity of 100 children, every type I school operating as or containing a day care center class I, and every existing or preordinance building and every building thereafter erected, two stories or more in height, used in whole or in part as a type I school with 100 or more occupants or used in whole as a type II school. The fire alarm systems required for such building under this Code shall be directly connected to the city fire alarm box or to a central station service as provided in Section 15-16-1460. However, the requirements of this section shall not apply to a type III school if not in operation between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., or a type I school operating as or containing a day care center class I if not in operation between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., where all rooms occupied by the day care facilities and programs have a direct exterior exit.
(Prior code § 91-121; Amend Coun. J. 6-27-90, p. 17610; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-97, p. 57848, § 5)