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(Title and Section Amended by Ord. No. 171,175, Eff. 7/25/96.)
Metal or wooden overhead and sliding doors shall be secured with a cylinder lock, padlock with a minimum 9/32-inch diameter hardened steel shackle bolted, hardened steel hasps, metal slide board, bolt or equivalent device unless secured by an electrical power operation.
Cylinder guards shall be installed on all mortise or rim-type cylinder locks whenever the cylinder projects beyond the face of the door or is otherwise accessible to gripping tools.
(Title and Section Amended by Ord. No. 171,175, Eff. 7/25/96.)
Metal accordion-grate or grille-type doors shall be equipped with metal guides at the top and bottom and cylinder locks or padlocks having minimum 9/32-inch hardened steel shackles with hardened steel hasps, bolted in place. Cylinder guards shall be installed on all mortise or rim-type cylinder locks whenever the cylinder projects beyond the face of the door or is otherwise accessible to gripping tools.
(Amended by Ord. No. 185,587, Eff. 7/16/18.)
Glazed openings within 40 inches (1016 mm) of the required locking device of the door, when the door is in the closed and locked position and when the door is operable from the inside without the use of a key, shall be fully tempered glass, conforming to the provisions of CBC Section 2406, or approved burglary-resistant material, or shall be protected by metal bars, screens or grilles having a pattern such that the maximum dimension of any opening does not exceed 2 inches (50.8 mm).
EXCEPTION: The provisions of this section shall not apply to sliding glass doors which conform to the provisions of LAMC Section 91.6710 or to view ports or windows which do not exceed 2 inches (50.8 mm) in their greatest dimension.
(Title and Section Amended by Ord. No. 171,175, Eff. 7/25/96.)
In Group B, F, M, S Occupancies, panes of glazing with at least one dimension greater than six inches, but less than 48 inches, shall be constructed of fully tempered glass or approved burglary-resistant material or shall be protected by metal bars or grilles which are constructed to preclude human entry. Such bars or grilles shall have a pattern such that at least one dimension of any opening shall be no greater than six inches.
(Added by Ord. No. 171,175, Eff. 7/25/96.)
91.6715.1. (Amended by Ord. No. 185,587, Eff. 7/16/18.) Sliding glass windows shall be provided with locking devices and shall be so constructed and installed that they remain intact and engaged when subjected to the tests specified in LAMC Subsection 91.6717.2. A device shall be installed in the upper channel of the moving panel to prohibit the raising and removal of the moving panel from the track while in the closed or partially open position.
91.6715.2. Other openable windows shall be provided with substantial locking devices which render the building as secure as the devices required by this section. In Group B, F, M, S Occupancies, such devices shall be glide bars, bolts, cross bars and/or padlocks with minimum 9/32–inch hardened steel shackles and bolted, hardened steel hasps.
91.6715.3. Special. Louvered windows shall be protected by metal bars or grilles which are constructed to preclude human entry. Such bars or grilles shall have a pattern such that no less than one dimension of any opening shall be six inches or less.
91.6715.4. Any release for metal bars, grilles, grates or similar devices constructed to preclude human entry that are installed shall be located on the inside of the adjacent room and at least 24 inches from the closest opening through such metal bars, grilles, grates or similar devices that exceed two inches in any dimension.
EXCEPTION: Metal bars, grilles, grates or similar devices may be padlocked in position where such padlocks or similar devices are not prohibited by law.
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