1525.06 HOTELS AND MOTELS.

   (a)   The owner or other responsible person having charge of a hotel or motel as defined in this section shall comply with the following requirements:

      (1)   Establish an evacuation procedure approved by the Fire Department, which procedure shall include, but not be limited to the following information:

                  A.    Fire Department notification;

                  B.    Employee's responsibilities during alarm;

                  C.    Evacuation routes for patrons;

                  D.    Safe location for patrons after evacuation;

                  E.    Proper handling of reset and notification of Fire Department.

      (2)    Conduct fire drills on a quarterly basis;

      (3)    Post fire evacuation procedures and exit routes in each rental room;

      (4)    Locate handicap rooms on a ground floor or on a floor with access to an approved area of refuge;

      (5)    Mark all rooms or spaces in which flammable or corrosive liquids or hazardous materials are stored with six-inch, red letters in approved Fire Department coding;

      (6)    Clearly label all electrical panels, in Fire Department approved manner, indicating areas controlled by electrical disconnect; and

      (7)   Mark and indicate on a plan to be given to the Fire Department all Plenum Chases and laundry chutes.

   (b)    For purposes of this section, "hotels" and "motels" means every structure kept, used, maintained, advertised or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping accommodations are offered for pay to transient guests, in which five (5) or more rooms are used for the accommodation of such guests, such sleeping accommodations being conducted in the same building or in buildings in connection therewith, and every building or other structure kept, used, maintained, advertised or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping accommodations are offered for pay to transient guests, in which five (5) or more rooms are used for the accommodation of such guests.

(Ord. 21-249. Passed 12-21-21.)