Pacifica Municipal Code Art. 3 Hotel, Motel and Multiple Dwelling Security, Minimum Standards

(a) Exterior doors, doors leading from garage areas into a multiple dwelling building and doors leading into stairwells below the sixth floor level shall have self-locking (dead-latch) devices allowing egress to the interior of the building from the outside or garage area or into the hallways from the stairwell.

(b) Exterior doors, doors leading from the garage areas into multiple dwelling buildings and doors leading into stairwells shall be equipped with self-closing devices.

(c) On pairs of doors, the active leaf shall be secured with the type lock required in this chapter for single doors. The inactive leaf shall be equipped with lever flush extension bolts protected with a minimum throw of three-fourths (¾″) inch at head and foot. Multiple point locks, cylinder activated from the active leaf and satisfying these regulations may be used in lieu of flush bolts.

(§ 1, Ord. 514-C.S., eff. September 21, 1988)

(a) All wood doors used shall be solid core with minimum thickness pursuant to the standards set forth in Chapter 33 of the Uniform Building Code, or with panels not less than nine-sixteenths ( 9/16 ″) inch thick.

(b) Exterior doors shall have deadbolts in addition to deadlocking latches. The locks shall be so constructed that both deadbolt and deadlocking latch can be retracted by a single action of the inside door knob. Alternate devices equally resistant to illegal entry may be substituted subject to prior approval of the enforcing authority.

(c) All main or front entry doors to units shall be constructed so that the occupant has a view of the area immediately outside the door without opening the door. Except as provided otherwise in the Uniform Building Code, such view may be provided by a door viewer having a field of view of not less than 180 degrees through windows or through view ports.

(d) Vision panels in exterior doors or within reach of the inside activating device must be of burglary resistant material or equivalent as approved by the enforcing authority.

(e) Glazing in exterior doors, or within forty (40″) inches of any locking device, shall be fully tempered glass or rated burglary resistant glazing, including security film.

(f) Strike plate installation. In wood frame construction any open space between trimmers and wood door jambs shall be solid shimmed by a single piece extending not less than six (6″) inches above and below the strike plate.

Strike plates shall be attached to wood with not less than two (2) No. 8 by two (2″) inch screws. Strike plates when attached to metal shall be attached with not less than two (2) No. 8 machine screws.

All strike plates of doors in pairs shall be installed as recommended and designed by the manufacturers.

(g) Hinges. Hinges which are exposed to the exterior shall be equipped with nonremovable hinge pins or a mechanical interlock to preclude removal of the door from the exterior by removing the hinge pins.

(h) Locking hardware. Single swinging doors and the active leaf of doors in pairs shall be equipped with an approved exterior key-operating dead bolt which has been tested in accordance with U.B.C. Standard No. 41-1, Part I. Double keyed, double cylinder dead bolts are not permitted.

(i) On pairs of doors, the active leaf shall be secured with the type of lock as required for single doors in subsection (h) of this section. The inactive leaf shall be equipped with lever flush extension bolts or equivalent, protected by hardened material with a throw of three-fourths (¾″) inch at head and foot. Multiple point locks, cylinder activated from the active leaf and satisfying the requirements above may be used in lieu of flushbolts.

(j) Openings for delivery of mail will be allowed and those openings shall be no larger than twenty-four (24″) square inches. These openings located within three (3′) feet of any locking device shall be so constructed to prohibit access to the interior door knob.

(k) Sliding patio-type doors opening onto patios or balconies which are accessible from the outside:

(1) Single sliding patio doors may have the movable section of the door slide on the outside as well as the inside of the door.

(2) Deadlocks shall be provided on all single sliding patio doors. Mounting screws for the lock case shall be inaccessible from the outside. Lock bolts shall be of hardened material or have hardened inserts and shall be capable of withstanding a force of 800 pounds applied in any direction. The lock bolts shall engage the strike sufficiently to prevent its being disengaged by any possible movement of the door within the space or clearances provided for installation and operation. The strike area shall be reinforced to maintain effectiveness of bolt strength.

(l) Alternatives: Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to prohibit the use of alternative materials, secondary lock devices or measures when such alternate provisions are deemed by the enforcing authority as providing equivalent security.

(m) Double sliding patio doors must be locked at the meeting rail and meet the locking requirements of subsection (k)(2) of this section.

(§ 1, Ord. 514-C.S., eff. September 21, 1988)

(a) A window, skylight, or other light forming a part of the enclosure of a dwelling unit shall be constructed, installed, secured and protected as set forth below, when such window, skylight or light is not more than twelve (12′) feet above the ground of a street, highway, yard, court, passageway, corridor, balcony, patio, breezeway, portion of the building which is available for use by the public or other tenants, or similar area. A window enclosing a private garage with an interior opening leading directly to a dwelling unit shall also comply with the following provisions for window protection:

(1) Windows shall be so constructed that when the window is locked it cannot be lifted from the frame.

(2) Window locking devices shall be capable of withstanding a force of 300 pounds applied in any direction.

(3) Louvered windows shall not be used.

(b) Emergency escape or rescue windows. Compliance with Section 5-27.203(c) shall be required.

(§ 1, Ord. 514-C.S., eff. September 21, 1988)

The above described doors shall conform to the following standards:

(a) Wood doors shall have panels a minimum of five-sixteenths ( 5/16 ″) inch in thickness with the locking hardware being attached to the support framing.

(b) Overhead garage doors shall not have bottom vents except those doors having double louvered or shielded vents or approved alternate devices to protect the locking mechanism.

(c) Openings for delivery of mail will be allowed and those openings shall be no larger than twenty-four (24″) square inches. Openings located within three (3′) feet of any locking device shall be constructed to prohibit access to the interior locking device.

(d) Doors utilizing a cylinder lock shall have a locking bar or bolt that extends into the receiving guide a minimum of one inch.

(e) Doors that exceed sixteen (16′) feet in width shall have two (2) lock receiving points, or, if the door does not exceed nineteen (19′) feet, a single bolt may be used if placed in the center of the door with the locking point located either at the floor or door frame header; or, torsion spring counter balance type hardware may be used.

(§ 1, Ord. 514-C.S., eff. September 21, 1988)

(a) When required by the Crime Prevention Officer of the Department of Public Safety there shall be positioned at each entrance of a multiple-family dwelling complex an illuminated diagrammatic representation of the complex which shows the location of the viewer and the unit designations within the complex and is protected with vandal-resistant materials. In addition, each individual unit within the complex shall display a prominent identification number, not less than three (3″) inches in height, which is easily visible to approaching pedestrian traffic, and is illuminated from the rear.

(b) Aisles, passageways, and recesses related to and within the building complex shall be illuminated with an intensity of at least twenty-five one hundredths (.25) footcandles at the ground level or to the satisfaction of the Crime Prevention Officer during the hours of darkness. Exterior lighting devices shall be protected by weather and vandalism resistant covers or lenses and controlled by photocells or any other similar device.

(c) Open parking lots and carports shall be provided with a maintained minimum of one-half (.50) footcandles of light on the parking surface during the hours of darkness. Lighting devices shall be protected by weather and vandal resistant covers. The devices shall be controlled by photocells or any other similar device.

(§ 1, Ord. 514-C.S., eff. September 21, 1988)