Mountain View Municipal Code Div. 6 Access Control Devices

Add a new subsection 504.5 to Section 504 (Access to building openings and roofs) in the 2025 California Fire Code to read as follows:

504.5 Access control devices. When access control devices, including bars, grates, gates, electric or magnetic locks, or similar devices are installed, which would inhibit rapid fire department emergency access within and throughout the building, such devices shall be approved by the fire code official.

All electrically powered access control devices shall be provided with an approved means for deactivation or unlocking from a single location or otherwise approved by the fire code official. Access control devices shall also comply with California Fire Code Chapter 10, Means of Egress.

(Ord. No. 9.2025, § 8(Exh. C), 9/9/25.)