(a) In addition to the conditions of approval stated in Section 785.07, the business location as shown on the police permit shall be a secured facility meeting all of the following specifications:
(1) Every perimeter doorway shall include one of the following:
A. A windowless steel security door, equipped with both a dead bolt and a doorknob lock; or
B. A windowed metal door that is equipped with both a dead bolt and a doorknob lock. If the window has an opening of five inches or more measured in any direction, the window shall be covered with steel bars of at least one-half inch diameter or metal grating of a least nine gauge affixed to the interior of the door.
(2) Every perimeter doorway shall also be provided with an interior metal grate that is padlocked and affixed to the permittee's premises independent of the door and the door frame;
(3) Every window must be covered with steel bars on the interior side of the location;
(4) Heating, ventilating, air-conditioning and service openings are secured with steel bars, metal grating and an alarm system;
(5) Any metal grate may not have a space larger than six inches wide measured in any direction;
(6) Each metal screen may not have a space larger than three inches wide measured in any direction;
(7) All steel bars shall be no further than six inches apart.
(b) Upon written request by the permittee, the Chief of Police may approve alternative security measures which he or she considers will provide equivalent or superior security to the premises as the measures required under division (a) of this section.
(c) Every firearm that is kept in the permitted place of business shall be stored out of reach of customers in secure, locked facilities approved by the Chief of Police, by which access to firearms is controlled by the permittee or seller to the exclusion of all others.
(d) All ammunition for use in firearms that is kept in the permitted place of business shall be securely stored in a manner to avoid all thefts, as well as damage caused by explosion or discharge of ammunition, including explosion or discharge caused by fire at the place of business, as approved by the Chief of Police.
(e) All exterior construction or improvements as set forth in division (a) of this section shall be subject to the provisions of Part 17 of the Codified Ordinances.
(Ord. 188-2004. Passed 11-1-04.)