SMC 22.206.140 Requirements.
A. The following requirements shall apply to housing units and
buildings which contain housing units, except detached single-family
dwellings, to provide a reasonable security from criminal actions to
the permanent and transient occupants thereof and to their
possessions.
1. All building entrance doors, except building entrance doors which
open directly into a single housing unit, shall be self-closing,
self-locking, and equipped with a deadlatch with at least a one-half
inch ( 1/2") throw which penetrates the striker at least one-quarter
inch ( 1/4"); provided, that the main entrance door need not be
self-locking if an attendant is present and on duty twenty-four (24)
hours per day.
2. All building entrance doors, other than a main entrance door which
opens into a common area, shall be solid or, if provided with glazed
openings, shall have wire or grilles to prevent operation of the door
latch from outside by hand or instrument. Main entrance doors which
open into a common area may be framed or unframed nonshattering glass
or framed one-quarter inch ( 1/4") plate glass.
3. When garage-to-exterior doors are equipped with an electrically
operated remote control device for opening and closing,
garage-to-building doors need not be self-locking. When either the
garage-to-exterior doors or garage-to-building doors are equipped for
self-closing and self-locking, the other need not be so equipped.
4. Entrance doors from interior corridors to individual housing units
shall not have glass openings and shall be capable of resisting
forcible entry equal to a single-panel or hollow-core door one and
three-eighths inches (1 3/8") thick.
5. Every entrance door to an individual housing unit shall have a
dead bolt or deadlatch with at least a one-half-inch ( 1/2") throw
which penetrates the striker not less than one-quarter inch ( 1/4").
The lock shall be so constructed that the dead bolt or deadlatch may
be opened from inside without use of a key. In hotels and other
multi-unit buildings that provide housing for rent on a daily or
weekly basis, every entrance door to individual units shall have a
chain door guard or barrel bolt on the inside.
6. Every entrance door to an individual housing unit, other than
transparent doors, shall have a visitor-observation port which port
shall not impair the fire-resistance of the door. Observation ports
shall be installed at a height of not less than fifty-four inches
(54") and not more than sixty-six inches (66") above the floor.
7. In all leased or rented housing units in buildings other than
hotels and other multi-unit buildings having transient occupancies,
lock mechanisms and keys shall be changed upon a change of tenancy,
except that such change of locks and keys will not be required where
an approved proprietary key system is used.
8. All building entrance doors shall be openable from the interior
without use of keys.
9. Doors to storage, maintenance and building service rooms shall be
self-closing and self-locking.
10. Dead bolts or other approved locking devices shall be provided on
all sliding patio doors and installed so that the mounting screws for
the lock cases are inaccessible from the outside.
11. Openable windows shall be equipped with operable inside latching
devices, except that this requirement shall not apply to any window
whose sill is located ten (10) or more feet above grade or above any
deck, balcony or porch that is not readily accessible from grade
except through a single housing unit.
12. Where private baths and toilets are not provided in each housing
unit, doors to community toilets and bathrooms shall be self-closing,
and in lieu of a self-locking device, may be equipped with a dead bolt
having a minimum one-inch (1") throw. Tenants shall be furnished with
a key for this lock.
13. Windows may be located adjacent to and within the wall plane of a
building entrance door, but if located within twelve inches (12") of
such door, as measured from a closed position, then such windows shall
be made of either framed or unframed nonshattering glass, or glass
with sufficient wire or grilles so as to make the glass visible and to
prevent operation of the door latch from outside by either hand or
instrument.
B. The following requirements shall apply to detached single-family
dwellings to provide reasonable security from criminal actions to the
permanent and transient occupants thereof and to their possessions.
1. Building entrance doors shall be capable of locking and shall be
equipped with a dead bolt or deadlatch with at least a one-half-inch (
1/2") throw which penetrates the striker not less than one-quarter
inch ( 1/4"). The lock shall be so constructed that the dead bolt or
deadlatch may be opened from the inside without use of a key.
2. Windows may be located adjacent to and within the wall plane of an
entrance door, but if located within twelve inches (12") of such door,
as measured from a closed position, then such windows shall be made of
either framed or unframed nonshattering glass, framed one-quarter-inch
( 1/4") plate glass, or glass with sufficient wire or grilles so as to
both make the glass visible and prevent it from being used to operate
the door latch from outside by either hand or instrument.
3. Garage-to-exterior doors may be equipped with a remote-control
electrically operated opening and closing device in lieu of a
deadlatch. When garage-to-exterior doors are equipped with such
remote-control devices, garage-to-building doors need not be locking.
4. Every entrance door shall have a visitor-observation port of glass
side light. Observation ports shall be installed at a height of not
less than fifty-four inches (54") and not more than sixty-six (66")
from the floor.
5. Dead-bolts or other approved locking devices shall be provided on
all sliding patio doors and openable windows and shall be installed so
that the mounting screws for the lock cases are inaccessible from the
outside, except that locks shall not be required on any window whose
sill is located ten (10) or more feet above grade or above any deck,
balcony or porch that is not readily accessible from grade except
through the building.
C. Subject to approval by the Director, alternate security devices
may be substituted for those required herein if the devices are
equally capable of resisting illegal entry, and installation of the
devices does not conflict with the requirements of this Code or the
requirements of other ordinances regulating safe exits.
(Ord. 115671 Section 16, 1991; Ord. 113545 Section 5(part), 1987.)
