§ 8.04.090. Rear, side and basement doors—Security measures—Locking devices.

All accessible rear, side and basement doors of any building or premises used for business purposes and subject to the provisions hereof, shall comply with the following requirements:

A.

All doors of the types listed below shall comply with the requirements of Section 8.04.080 for front doors.

1.

Tempered glass doors, wood or metal doors, with tempered glass panel;

2.

Metal doors;

3.

Rolling overhead doors;

4.

Solid overhead, swinging, sliding, or accordion garage-type doors;

5.

Metal accordion grate or grill-type doors.

B.

Doors with glass panels and doors that have glass panels adjacent to the door frame shall be secured as follows:

1.

The glass panel shall be covered with iron bars of at least one-half inch round or one inch by one-fourth inch flat steel material, spaced not more than five inches apart; or

2.

Iron or steel grills of at least one-eighths-inch material of two-inch mesh.

3.

If the door or glass panel barrier is on the outside, it shall be secured with rounded head flush bolt on the outside.

4.

If the remaining portion of a door panel exceeds eight inches by twelve (12) inches (excluding door frame), is of wood, but not of solid core construction, or is less than one and three-eighths inches thick, said portion shall be covered on the inside with at least sixteen (16) gauge sheet steel attached with screws.

C.

Wood doors, not of solid core construction, or with panels therein less than one and three-eighths inches thick, shall be covered on the inside with at least sixteen (16) gauge sheet steel attached with screws.

D.

Locking Devices.

1.

A single door shall be equipped with either double cylinder dead lock that unlocks from both the outside and inside by key, with cylinder dead lock that unlocks from the outside by key and inside by turnpiece, handle, or knob, with dead locking latch having guarded bolt that unlocks from outside by key and inside by turnpiece, handle, or knob, or with approved slide bar bolt, crossbar, and/or padlock. If padlock is used, it shall be of hardened steel shackle, with minimum four pin tumbler operation.

2.

On double door the active leaf shall be equipped with a type of lock as prescribed for single doors above and the inactive leaf shall be equipped with flush bolts at head and feet.

E.

Outside hinges on all rear, side and basement doors shall be provided with nonremovable pins. Such hinge pins may be either welded, flanged, or secured by a screw.

(Prior code § 3-12.15)