§ 1117-61. Security Provisions.

1117-61.1 Doors: Every door providing access to a dwelling unit shall be made tight-fitting and shall be equipped with a permanently installed operable locking device maintained by the owner or person in control.

Exceptions:

(1)

Owner-occupied single-family dwellings including single-family dwellings occupied under a land contract.

(2)

Exit doors required by § 1117-11 CBC shall be equipped with operating locking devices readily openable from the side from which egress is to be made, without the use of a tool, excessive force, special knowledge, or the insertion of a key.

1117-61.2 Window openings: Every exterior window opening shall be equipped with a permanently installed operable locking or latching device, or by the installation of bars or grilles maintained by the owner or person in control.

Exceptions:

(1)

Owner-occupied single-family dwellings including single-family dwellings occupied under a land contract.

(2)

Window openings, when all portions of which are more than 10 feet vertically above grade or any easily accessible surface, and more than six feet horizontally from any easily accessible surface.

(3)

Window openings required to be operable for egress or ventilation by the CBC and OBC shall be equipped with latching devices, bars, or grilles only, which are openable or removable from the interior without the use of a key, tool, excessive force, or special knowledge.

(Ordained by Ord. No. 67-1996, eff. Apr. 5, 1996; a. Ord. No. 59-2002, eff. March 28, 2002; a. Ord. No. 418-2010, § 36, eff. Nov. 24, 2010)