(a) Any hotel, motel, apartment building, or other similar multiple-occupancy facility having more than three (3) floors above ground level shall be equipped with an emergency lighting system, including exit lights, corridor lights, exit stairway lights, and an emergency source of power capable of furnishing sufficient power to operate the emergency lighting system in the building in case of failure of the main lighting system.
(b) The emergency lighting system required in this section shall be so designed that it will be automatically activated by a disruption of electrical power for any reason.