It shall be the duty of every person who shall directly as owner, or as operator, manager or agent for another, keep or be concerned in keeping any hotel, roominghouse, tourist court or place renting rooms for the accommodation of the public, upon the discovery of fire burning any part of the establishment or the furniture or household fittings of any type, to immediately transmit an alarm of fire to the Fire Department of the city, reporting the location of the establishment by telephone or any other practicable means.
(1998 Code, § 54-8) Penalty, see § 32.999