San Clemente Municipal Code Art. I General

The purpose of this section is to provide minimum standards to safeguard property and public welfare by regulating and controlling the design, construction, quality of materials, use and occupancy, location and maintenance of all buildings and structures within the City, as required in Section 14051 of the California Penal Code relating to building security.

(Prior code § 29A-1)

A. .....The provisions of this section shall apply to all new construction and to existing multiple-family dwelling units which are converted to privately owned family units.

B. .....Any existing structure which converts from its original occupancy group as designed in the Uniform Building Code shall comply with the provisions of this section.

C. .....Any building as defined in the Uniform Building Code and Title 19, California Administrative Code, requiring special type releasing, latching, or locking devices, other than described herein, shall be exempt from the provisions hereof relating to locking devices of interior and/or exterior doors.

(Prior code § 29A-2)

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings set forth in this section:

"Approved" shall mean certified as meeting the requirements of this section by the enforcing authority or its authorized agents, or by other officials designated by law to give approval on a particular matter dealt with by the provisions of this section with regard to a given material, mode of construction, piece of equipment or device.

"Auxiliary locking device" shall mean a secondary locking system added to the primary locking system to provide additional security.

"Bolt" is a metal bar which, when actuated, is projected (or thrown) either horizontally or vertically into a retaining member, such as a strike plate, to prevent a door or window from moving or opening.

"Bolt projection" or "bolt throw" is the distance from the edge of the door, at the bolt center line, to the farthest point on the bolt in the projected position.

"Burglary resistant glazing" shall mean those materials as defined in U.L. Bulletin 972.

"Commercial building" shall mean a building, or portion thereof used for a purpose other than dwelling.

"Component," as distinguished from a part, is a subassembly which combines with other components to make up a total door or window assembly. For example, the primary components of a door assembly include: door, lock, hinges, jamb/wall, jamb/strike and wall.

"Cylinder" shall mean the subassembly of a lock containing the cylinder core, tumbler mechanism and the keyway. A double cylinder lock is one which has a key-actuated cylinder on both the exterior and interior of the door.

"Cylinder core" or "cylinder plug" is the central part of a cylinder containing the keyway, which is rotated by the key to operate the lock mechanism.

"Cylinder guard" shall mean a tapered or flush metal ring or plate surrounding the otherwise exposed portion of a cylinder lock to resist cutting, drilling, prying, pulling, or wrenching with common tools.

"Deadbolt" is a bolt which does not have a spring action as opposed to a latch bolt, which does. The bolt must be actuated by a key or a key and a knob or thumb turn and when projected becomes locked against return by end pressure.

"Dead latch" or "deadlocking latch bolt" shall mean a spring actuated latch bolt having a beveled end and incorporating a plunger which, when depressed, automatically locks the projected latch bolt against return by end pressure.

"Door assembly" is a unit composed of a group of parts or components which make up a closure for an opening to control passageway through a wall. For the purposes of this section, a door assembly consists of the following parts: door; hinges; locking device or devices; operation contacts (such as handles, knobs, push plates); miscellaneous; hardware and closures; the frame, including the head, threshold and jambs plus the anchorage devices to the surrounding wall and a portion of the surrounding wall extending thirty-six (36) inches from each side of the jambs and sixteen (16) inches above the head.

"Door stop" shall mean the projection along the top and sides of a door jamb which checks the door's swinging action.

"Double cylinder deadbolt" shall mean a deadbolt lock which can be activated only by a key on both the interior and the exterior.

"Dwelling" shall mean a building or portion thereof designed exclusively for residential occupancy, including single-family and multiple-family dwellings.

"Enforcing authority" is the agency or person having the responsibility for enforcing the provisions of this section.

"Flushbolt" is a manual, key, or turn operated metal bolt normally used on inactive door(s) and is attached to the top and bottom of the door and engaged in the head and threshold of the frame.

"Fully tempered glass" shall mean those materials meeting or exceeding ANSI Standard Z 97.1 - Safety Glazing.

"Jamb" shall mean the vertical members of a door frame to which the door is secured.

"Jamb/wall" is that component of a door assembly to which a door is attached and secured; the wall and jamb used together are considered a unit.

"Key-in-knob" shall mean a lockset having the key cylinder and other lock mechanisms contained in the knob.

"Latch" or "latch bolt" is a beveled, spring-actuated bolt which may or may not have a deadlocking device.

"Lock (or lockset)" is a keyed device (complete with cylinder, latch, or deadbolt mechanism, and trim such as knobs, levers, thumb turns, escutcheons, etc.) for securing a door in a closed position against forced entry. For the purposes of this chapter, a lock does not include the strike plate.

"Locking device" is a part of a window assembly which is intended to prevent movement of the movable sash, which may be the sash lock or sash operator.

"Multiple-family dwelling" shall mean a building or portion thereof designed for occupancy by two (2) or more families living independently of each other, including hotels, motels, apartments, duplexes and townhomes.

"Panic hardware" shall mean a latching device on a door assembly for use when emergency egress is required due to fire or other threat to life safety. Devices designed so that they will facilitate the safe egress of people in case of an emergency when a pressure not to exceed fifteen (15) pounds is applied to the releasing device in the direction of exit travel. Such releasing devices are bars or panels extending not less than two-thirds (⅔) of the width of the door and placed at heights suitable for the service required, not less than thirty (30), not more than forty-four (44) inches above the floor.

"Part," as distinguished from component, is a unit (or subassembly) which combines with other units to make up a component.

"Primary locking device" shall mean the single locking system on a door or window unit whose primary function is to prevent unauthorized intrusion.

"Private or single-family dwelling" means a building designed exclusively for occupancy by one (1) family.

"Rail" shall mean the horizontal member of a window or door. A meeting rail is one which mates with a rail of another sash or a framing member of the door or window frame when the sash is in the closed position.

"Sash" is an assembly of stiles, rails, and sometimes, mullions assembled into a single frame which supports the glazing material. A fixed sash is one which is not intended to be opened. A movable sash is intended to be opened.

"Sill" is the lowest horizontal member of a window frame.

"Single cylinder deadbolt" shall mean a deadbolt lock which is activated from the outside by a key and from the inside by a knob, thumbturn, lever or similar mechanism.

"Solid core door" shall mean a door composed of solid wood or composed of compressed wood equal in strength to solid wood construction.

"Stile" is a vertical framing member of a window or door.

"Strike" is a metal plate attached to or mortised into a door or door jamb to receive and to hold a projected latch bolt and/or deadbolt in order to secure the door to the jamb.

"Swinging door" shall mean a door hinged at the stile or at the head and threshold.

"U. L. listed" shall mean tested and listed by Underwriters Laboratory, Inc.

"Window assembly" is a unit which includes a window and the anchorage between the window and the wall.

"Window frame" is that part of a window which surrounds and supports the sashes and is attached to the surrounding wall. The members include side jambs (vertical), head jamb (upper, horizontal), sill and mullions.

(Prior code § 29A-3)

A. .....Upon submission of plans to the City for those buildings and structures set forth in Section 15.28.020, the Building Department shall ascertain, prior to issuance of a building permit, that such plans comply with all provisions of this chapter.

B. .....The Building Division of the City of San Clemente shall inspect those buildings and structures set forth in Section 15.28.020 to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Chapter and, upon approval, sign the final map for such building or structure.

C. .....The enforcing authority for this division shall be the Building Division.

(Ord. 1266 § 6, 2002; prior code § 29A-4)

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to erect, construct or convert any building or structure in the City or cause same to be done, contrary to or in violation of any of the provisions of this section.

(Prior code § 29A-5)