As used in this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivatives shall have the meaning given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular number and words in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and the word "may" is always permissive.
(A) General definitions are as follows.
(1) "Building Official" means the city’s principal planning and building official or his or her designated agent.
(2) "Nonresidential building" means a building or structure, or portion thereof, or accessory buildings related thereto, not used, designed or intended to be used for the purpose of human habitation.
(3) "Residential building" means any building or structure, or portion thereof, or accessory building related thereto, designed, used or intended to be used for the purpose of human habitation.
(B) Technical definitions are as follows.
(1) “Burglar-resistant material” means framed glass or glass-like materials, including, but not limited to, poly-carbonate sheet plastic, acrylic sheet plastic and tempered glass that will withstand the impact of a five-pound steel ball dropped from a height of 40 feet and five impacts from a height of ten feet concentrated within a five-inch diameter area of the surface without breaking or release from frame; or other materials compliant with UL 972 or other nationally recognized standards acceptable to the Building Official.
(2) "Combination dead latch and dead bolt" means a device combining a dead latch operable by knobs from inside and outside and a dead bolt operable from inside by thumb turn and from outside by key, both of which can be retracted from inside by turning a knob or similar actuator and from the outside by a key.
(3) "Cylinder guard" means a hardened steel ring or plate surrounding the otherwise exposed portion of a cylinder lock to prevent cutting, drilling, prying, pulling or wrenching with common tools.
(4) "Dead latch" means a latch which is positively held in latched position with a strike by an added integral bolt-type mechanism and is released by a key from the outside and a knob or similar actuator from the inside.
(5) "Dead bolt lock" means a locking device with a bolt, not spring loaded, which engages and disengages a strike by the use of a key from the outside and a key, "T" handle, knob, thumb turn, lever or similar device from the inside.
(6) "Door scope" means a system of lenses encased for convenient installation in entrance doors permitting an inside viewer to observe a 180 degree area of the outside with the door closed.
(7) "Double cylinder dead bolt" means a dead bolt lock actuated by a key from the inside and outside.
(8) "Insert" means a hardened steel roller or pin inside unhardened bolts to prevent bolt cutting with common tools.
(9) "Latch" means a spring-loaded device which automatically holds a swinging door shut upon closing by engaging a strike and which is again released by turning a knob, lever or similar actuator from inside or outside.
(10) "Louvers" means a series of removable fixed, slanted or movable slats. (Glass louvered is descriptive of jalousies. Glass, wood or metal jalousies are considered to be louvers. Awning windows having sections more than 12 inches in depth are not considered to be louvers.)
(11) "Multiple-point lock" means a system of lever-operated bolts that engage a door opening, at least at the head and sill, operated by a single knob or handle from the inside and, optionally, a cylinder locked handle from the outside.
(12) "Single cylinder dead bolt" means a dead bolt lock actuated from the outside by a key and from the inside by a "T" handle, knob, thumb turn, lever or similar actuator.
(13) "Sliding door dead bolt" means a single dead bolt which, after penetration of the strike, expands, or is pivoted hook type, to resist sliding of the door by force.
(14) "Strike" means a stationary, metal plate designed to momentarily depress a moving latch for final secure engagement requiring a separate operation for disengagement.
(15) "Panic hardware" means a bar which extends across at least one-half the width of each door leaf, which will open the door if subjected to pressure.
(`78 Code, § 15.52.030.) (Ord. 3357 § 13, 2022.)