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Division 67

SEC. 91.6715. WINDOWS.

Los Angeles Building Code — LAMC Chapter IX · 2026-08 edition · updated 2026-09-09 · Los Angeles

(Added by Ord. No. 171,175, Eff. 7/25/96.)

91.6715.1. (Amended by Ord. No. 185,587, Eff. 7/16/18.) Sliding glass windows shall be provided with locking devices and shall be so constructed and installed that they remain intact and engaged when subjected to the tests specified in LAMC Subsection 91.6717.2. A device shall be installed in the upper channel of the moving panel to prohibit the raising and removal of the moving panel from the track while in the closed or partially open position.

91.6715.2. Other openable windows shall be provided with substantial locking devices which render the building as secure as the devices required by this section. In Group B, F, M, S Occupancies, such devices shall be glide bars, bolts, cross bars and/or padlocks with minimum 9/32–inch hardened steel shackles and bolted, hardened steel hasps.

91.6715.3. Special. Louvered windows shall be protected by metal bars or grilles which are constructed to preclude human entry. Such bars or grilles shall have a pattern such that no less than one dimension of any opening shall be six inches or less.

91.6715.4. Any release for metal bars, grilles, grates or similar devices constructed to preclude human entry that are installed shall be located on the inside of the adjacent room and at least 24 inches from the closest opening through such metal bars, grilles, grates or similar devices that exceed two inches in any dimension.

EXCEPTION: Metal bars, grilles, grates or similar devices may be padlocked in position where such padlocks or similar devices are not prohibited by law.

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▸Contents — Los Angeles Building Code — LAMC Chapter IX
Los Angeles Building Code — LAMC Chapter IX
  1. Chapter IX
  2. Chapter IX — BUILDING REGULATIONS
  3. Division 1
  4. Division 2
  5. Division 3
  6. Division 4
  7. Division 5
  8. Division 6
  9. Division 7
  10. Division 8
  11. Division 9
  12. Division 10
  13. Division 11
  14. Division 12
  15. Division 13
  16. Division 14
  17. Division 15
  18. Division 16
  19. Division 17
  20. Division 18
  21. Division 19
  22. Division 20
  23. Division 21
  24. Division 22
  25. Division 23
  26. Division 24
  27. Division 25
  28. Division 26
  29. Division 27
  30. Division 28
  31. Division 29
  32. Division 30
  33. Division 31
  34. Division 32
  35. Division 33
  36. Division 34
  37. Division 35
  38. Division 61
  39. Division 62
  40. Division 63
  41. ▸Division 67
    Overview
    1. SEC. 91.6701. PURPOSE.
    2. SEC. 91.6702. GENERAL.
    3. SEC. 91.6703. LIMITATIONS.
    4. SEC. 91.6704. ALTERNATE SECURITY PROVISIONS.
    5. SEC. 91.6705. DEFINITIONS.
    6. SEC. 91.6706. ENTRY VISION.
    7. SEC. 91.6707. APPURTENANT ACCESS.
    8. SEC. 91.6708. DOORS – GENERAL.
    9. SEC. 91.6709. SWINGING DOORS.
    10. SEC. 91.6710. SLIDING GLASS DOORS.
    11. SEC. 91.6711. OVERHEAD AND SLIDING DOORS.
    12. SEC. 91.6712. METAL ACCORDION-GRATE OR GRILLE-TYPE DOORS.
    13. SEC. 91.6713. GLAZED OPENING – GENERAL.
    14. SEC. 91.6714. GLAZING.
    15. SEC. 91.6715. WINDOWS.
    16. SEC. 91.6716. OPENINGS OTHER THAN DOORS OR GLAZED OPENINGS.
    17. SEC. 91.6717. TESTS – GENERAL.
  42. Division 70
  43. Division 71
  44. Division 72
  45. Division 82
  46. Division 83
  47. Division 85
  48. Division 88
  49. Division 89
  50. Division 90
  51. Division 91
  52. Division 92
  53. Division 93
  54. Division 94
  55. Division 95
  56. Division 96
  57. Division 5 — REGISTRATION
  58. Division 16A
  59. Division 17
  60. Division 18
  61. Division 19
  62. Division 20
  63. Division 21
  64. Division 17
  65. Division 18
  66. Division C
  67. Division D

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