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Division 67

SEC. 91.6716. OPENINGS OTHER THAN DOORS OR GLAZED OPENINGS.

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.)

91.6716.1. Security openings other than doors or glazed openings shall be protected in accordance with the requirements of this section.

91.6716.2. Hatchway covers of less than 1-3/4-inch thick solid wood construction shall be covered on the inside with 16–gauge sheet metal attached by screws around the perimeter spaced at six-inch maximum centers.

91.6716.3. Hatchway covers shall be secured from the inside with slide bars, slide bolts, and/or padlocks with hardened steel shackles. Hasps shall be hardened steel and bolted.

91.6716.4. Outside pin-type hinges shall be provided with non-removable pins.

91.6716.5. Openings within 40 inches of the required locking device of the door when said door is in the closed and locked position and when said door is openable without the use of a key shall not exceed two inches in their greatest dimension or shall be protected by metal bars or grilles having a pattern such that the openings of which do not exceed two inches in the greatest dimension.

91.6716.6. All other openings shall be protected by metal bars or grilles 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.

EXCEPTION: Openings which are more than 40 inches from the required locking device of a door in the closed and locked position when the door is openable from the inside without the use of a key, and which do not exceed 96 square inches in area, with no less than one dimension thereof being six inches or less.

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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
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  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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