19.80.060 Security requirements for designated hotels and apartment houses.
A. The following requirements shall apply to all residential hotels and apartment houses two or more stories in height or containing more than four rental units, where the following interior areas of the building are accessible by exterior access doors: corridors; stairways; foyers; lobbies; enclosed parking garages; laundry or utility rooms or similar areas; and where such door(s) provide(s) access to or can be reached from a street, yard, court, passageway, corridor, balcony, patio, breezeway, private garage or similar area.
B. All existing or future exterior access doors to areas and buildings, specified in this section shall be secured from unauthorized entry by means of a locking device meeting the following specifications:
1. All doors described in this chapter and subject to the provisions hereof shall be equipped with a one (1) inch, single cylinder deadlock with hardened cylinder guard which unlocks from the outside with a key and inside by a handle or knob. Such doors shall also be equipped with a deadlocking latch having a guarded bolt which unlocks from the outside by key and inside by a handle or knob.
2. Deadbolts shall contain hardened inserts or equivalent, so as to repel cutting tool attack. The lock or locks shall be key operated from the exterior side of the door and shall be openable from the inside without the use of a key or special knowledge or effort. Both deadbolt and latch must be able to be retracted from the inside by a single turn of the interior knob on all main tenant exit doors.
3. Outside hinges on all doors described herein shall be provided with nonremoval pins. Such hinge pins may be either welded, flanged, or secured by a screw.
4. The striker plates shall be attached to the door jamb with screws having a minimum length of two and one-half (2-1/2) inches, except when the door has a steel jamb, or where a wood jamb is installed in a concrete or masonry wall, the fasteners may be shorter than two and one-half (2-1/2) inches, provided that the striker plate is securely attached to the jamb. (Ord. 6591-NS § 1)