Sections 94-13, 94-14 and 94-15 of this article shall apply to all new buildings, structures and uses and to any existing structure which is found by the Fire Code Official to be dangerous or hazardous or which has sustained damages in excess of 50% of its present replacement cost or involving more than 50% of the dwelling units in the structure.
As a minimum, complete coverage with an automatic fire alarm shall be provided in the following buildings:
A. 
All apartments, rooming houses, hotels, motels and multiple-family dwellings containing three or more dwelling units.
B. 
All churches or nonprofit institutions, and commercial, industrial or public buildings which are 5,000 or more total square feet in area, or which can reasonably accommodate 100 or more persons.
C. 
All educational facilities that are used to gather six or more persons for the purpose of instruction at least four times per week.
As a minimum, complete coverage with an automatic sprinkler system shall be provided in the following buildings:
A. 
All apartment houses, rooming houses, hotels, motels and multiple-family dwellings containing 10 or more dwelling units.
B. 
All schools, nursing homes, old-age facilities, hospitals, sanatoriums and movie theaters.
C. 
All commercial, industrial or public buildings which are more than 35 feet high or which can reasonably accommodate 200 or more persons or which are 10,000 square feet or more in size.
D. 
Automobile showrooms, refueling stations or garages of more than 2,500 square feet total floor area.
E. 
Any building, regardless of size or height, which, in the opinion of the Fire Code Official, contains unusually severe fire hazards, including but not limited to spray finishing booths, dust-collecting silos and liquid fuel storage areas.
When automatic sprinkler systems are required by this code, a standard fire hydrant with the Fire Department's usual connections shall be provided within 50 feet of all Fire Department standpipe sprinkler feed connections. Hydrants shall be fed by a minimum six-inch water main.
Direct line connection shall be mandatory for all schools, educational facilities, hospitals, nursing homes, sanatoriums, old-age facilities and all buildings more than 35 feet tall.