(a) (1) An automatic fire alarm system shall be installed and maintained in full operating condition in accordance with National Fire Protection Association Standard 72A in the following buildings:
A. Buildings having an occupancy of hotel, motel, dormitory or lodging or rooming house;
B. Buildings having an occupancy or use of business, mercantile, residential, factory or industrial, when they are more than 75 feet above the lowest level of Fire Division access; and
C. Buildings having an occupancy or use of public assembly, having a use classification of A-1, A-2, A-3 or A-4 under the OBC and having a posted occupancy load greater than 300 persons.
(2) In public assembly buildings having an occupancy load exceeding 1,000 persons, and in all hotels and motels, regardless of occupancy capacity, the automatic fire alarm system required by this chapter shall be electronically monitored by an approved central station or proprietary monitoring system in accordance with National Fire Protection Association standards.
(b) The following are exempt from the provisions of subsection (a) hereof:
(1) Buildings or portions thereof that are protected by an approved and maintained sprinkler system; and
(2) Buildings having an occupancy of hotel, motel, dormitory or lodging or rooming house, in which all rooms exit directly to the outside, in which no public corridor is provided and where the building is not more than three stories in height.
(Ord. 87-86, passed 12-29-1987; Am. Ord. 10-22, passed 6-10-2010)