(A) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to set forth minimum standards of construction for resistance to unlawful entry to residential structures located in the city.
(B) Alternatives. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the use of alternate materials, devices or measures when such alternate provisions are deemed by the Building Commissioner as providing equivalent security.
(C) Doors generally. A door forming a part of the enclosure of a dwelling unit shall be of solid core construction, installed and secured as set forth in divisions (D) and (E) below when such door is accessible from a street, highway, yard, court, passageway, corridor, balcony, patio, breezeway, private garage, portion of the building which is available for use by the public or other tenants or similar area. A door leading to a dwelling unit shall also comply with those divisions.
(D) Swing doors.
(1) A single swing door, the active leaf of a pair of doors and the bottom leaf of a Dutch door shall be equipped with a dead bolt with a minimum throw of one inch and a deadlocking latch. Dead bolts shall contain hardened inserts or equivalent so as to repel cutting tool attack. The lock shall be key operated from the exterior side of the door and engaged or disengaged from the interior side of the door by a device not requiring a key, special knowledge or effort.
(2) A flushbolt with a minimum throw of five-eighths of an inch shall be provided at the head and foot (floor and ceiling) of the inactive leaf of a double door and at the top and bottom of the upper leaf of a Dutch door.
(3) Door stops on wooden jambs for inswing doors shall be of one-piece construction with the jamb jointed by a rabbet.
(4) Nonremovable pins or interlocking stud-type hinges shall be used in pin-type hinges which are accessible from the outside when the door is closed.
(5) A cylinder guard shall be installed on a mortise or rim-type cylinder lock whenever the cylinder projects beyond the face of the door or is otherwise accessible to gripping tools.
(E) Overhead and sliding doors.
(1) A metal or wooden overhead or sliding door shall be secured with a cylinder lock, padlock with a hardened steel shackle, metal slide bar, bolt or equivalent on the inside when not otherwise locked by electric power operation. If this type of door provides the only entrance to a garage, the cylinder lock or padlock may be on the outside.
(2) A cylinder guard shall be installed on a mortise or rim-type cylinder lock which projects beyond the face of the door or is otherwise accessible to gripping tools.
(2000 Code, § 15.28.230)