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ORDINANCE N0 . 2456
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
BY AMENDING SECTION 17. 04. 080 PERTAINING TO
BUILDING SECURITY
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does
ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. The Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended by amending section 17- 04. 080 to read as follows:
17- 04.080 The Uniform Building Code is hereby amended
by adding thereto new Chapter 41 entitled , "Building Security,"
to read as follows :
"Sec. 4101 Purpose. The purpose of this code is to estab-
lish minimum standards of construction for protection against
unlawful entry.
"Sec. 4102 Scope. The provisions of this chapter shall
apply to all new construction for which building permits are
issued after February 9, 97 2 1 6.
"Sec. 4103 Limitations . No provision of this chapter
shall impose or be construed as imposing any requirements con-
trary to those contained in Chapter 33 of the Uniform Building
Code.
"Sec. 4104 Alternative security provisions . When approved
by the chief of police, the fire chief and the building official,
site security systems may be provided in lieu of the specific
security provisions of section 4111, 'Garages--Multiple dwellings. '
"Sec. 4105 Definitions . For the purpose of this chapter,
certain terms used herein are defined as follows:
" 'Cylinder guard' means a hardened ring surrounding the ex-
posed portion of the lock cylinder or other device which is so
fastened as to protect the cylinder from wrenching, prying,
cutting or pulling by attack tools.
" 'Deadlocking latch' means a latch in which the latch bolt
is positively held in the projected position by a guard bolt,
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plunger or auxiliary mechanism.
" 'Dead bolt' means a bolt which has no automatic spring
action and which is operated by a key cylinder, thumb turn, or
level, and is positively held fast when in the projected position.
" 'Latch' means a device for automatically holding a door shut
after being closed.
" 'Light' means any glazed opening whether glazed with glass,
plastic, metal , wood or composition sheets or panels, or similar
materials, and shall include windows , skylights, view ports or
view panels and similar openings.
"Sec. 4106 Tests. (a) Sliding Glass Doors. Panels shall
be closed and locked. Tests shall be performed in the following
order:
11 (1 ) Test 'A. ' With the panels in the normal position, a
concentrated load of three hundred (300) pounds shall be ap-
plied separately to each vertical pull stile incorporating a
locking device, at a point on the stile within six (6 ) inches
of the locking devices , in the direction parallel to the plane
of glass that would tend to open the door.
" (2) Test ' B. ' Repeat above Test ' A' while simultaneously
adding a concentrated load of 150 pounds to the same area of the
same stile in a direction perpendicular to the plane of glass
toward the interior side of the door.
" (3 ) Test ' C. ' Repeat above Test ' B' with 150 pound force
in the reversed direction toward the exterior side of the door.
I' M Tests 'D, ' 'E' and 'F. ' Repeat Tests 'A , ' 'B' and
' C ' with the movable panel lifted upwards to its full limit
within the confines of the door frame.
" (b) Sliding Glass Windows. Sash shall be closed and
locked. Tests shall be performed in the following order:
11 (1 ) Test 'A. ' With the sliding sash in the normal posi-
tion, a concentrated load of 150 pounds shall be applied sep-
arately to each sash member incorporating a locking device, at a
point on the sash member within six (6) inches of the locking
device , in the direction parallel to the plane of glass that
would tend to open the window.
11 (2 ) Test 'B. ' Repeat above Test ' A' while simultaneously
adding a concentrated load of seventy-five (75 ) pounds to the
same area of the same sash member in the direction perpendicular
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to the plane of glass toward the interior side of the window.
" (3 ) Test ' C. ' Repeat above Test ' B' with the seventy-five
( 75 ) pound force in the reversed direction toward the exterior
side of the window.
I' M Tests 'D, ' 'E' and 'F. ' Repeat above Tests ' A, '
' B' and ' C' with the movable sash lifted upwards to its full
limit within the confines of the window frame.
"Sec. 4107. Entry vision. In Groups H and I occupancies ,
all entry doors to dwelling units shall be arranged so that the
occupant has a view of the area immediately outside without
opening the door. Such view may be provided by a door viewer
or view port or by window or other opening located and con-
structed as required by this chapter. Such area shall be pro-
vided with a light.
"Sec. 4108. Doors . (a) General. A door forming a part
of the enclosure of a dwelling unit or of an area of a building
occupied by one tenant shall be constructed, installed, and se-
cured as set forth in this section.
" (b) S winging doors.
" (1) Swinging wooden doors which can be opened from
the inside without using a key shall be of solid core construc-
tion or shall be covered on the inside face with sixteen ( 16)
gauge sheet metal attached with screws at six (6 ) inch maximum
centers around the perimeter or equivalent. Lights in doors
shall be as set forth in this chapter.
11 (2) A single swinging door, the active leaf of a pair
of doors , and the bottom leaf of Dutch doors shall be equipped
with a dead bolt and deadlocking latch. The dead bolt and latch
may be activated by one lock or by individual locks . Dead bolts
shall contain hardened inserts , or equivalent, designed to repel
cutting tool attack. The lock or locks 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 which requires no key,
special knowledge or effort.
" (3) A straight dead bolt shall have a minimum throw
of one (1) inch and the embedment shall be not less than
five-eighths (5/8) inch into the holding device receiving the
projected bolt, a hook shape or expanding lug dead bolt shall
have a minimum throw of three-fourths (3/4) inch. All dead bolts
of locks which automatically activate two (2) or more dead bolts
shall embed at least one-half ( 1/2) inch but need not exceed
three-fourths (3/4 ) inch into the holding devices receiving the
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projected bolts.
"EXCEPTIONS :
111 ) Locks may be key, or other wise , operated
from the inside when not prohibited by Chapter 33 of the
Uniform Building Code or other laws and regulations.
112) A swinging door of a width greater than
five (5) feet may be secured the same as overhead and
sliding doors .
11 (4) A deadlocking latch shall be provided with a
bolt projecting not less than five-eighths (5/8) inches from
the edge of the door in which it is installed.
" (5 ) The inactive leaf of a pair of doors and the
upper leaf of Dutch doors shall be equipped with a dead bolt
or dead bolts as set forth in subsection (b) (2) above.
"EXCEPTIONS:
"1 ) The bolt or bolts need not be key operated,
but shall not be otherwise activated, from the exterior
side of the door.
112 ) The bolt or bolts may be engaged or dis-
engaged automatically with the dead bolt or by another de-
vice on the active leaf or lower leaf.
"3 ) Manually operated hardened bolts at the
top and bottom of the leaf and which embed a minimum of
one-half (1/2) inch into the device receiving the projected
bolt may be used when not prohibited by Chapter 33 of the
Uniform Building Code or other laws and regulations .
11 (6 ) Doorstops on wooden jambs for in-swinging doors
shall be of one piece construction with the jamb or joined by a
rabbet.
" (7 ) Nonremovable pins shall be used in pin-type
hinges which are accessible from the outside when the door is
closed.
11 (8 ) Cylinder guards shall be installed on all mor-
tise or rim-type cylinder locks installed in doors whenever the
cylinder projects beyond the face of the door or when otherwise
accessible to gripping tools .
11 (9 ) Unframed glass doors shall be of fully tempered
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glass not less than one-half (1/2) inch thick.
11( 10) Narrow-framed glass doors shall be of fully
tempered glass not less than one-quarter (1/4) inch thick.
" (c) Sliding glass doors. Sliding glass doors shall be
equipped with locking devices and shall be so installed that they
remain intact and engaged when subjected to tests specified in this
chapter. Movable panels shall not be rendered easily opened or
removed from the frame during or after the tests . Cylinder guards
shall be installed on all mortise or rim-type cylinder locks in-
stalled in doors whenever the cylinder projects beyond the face
of the door or is otherwise accessible to gripping tools."
"Sec. 4109. Windows and similar openings. (a) General.
Windows , skylights , or other similar openings in which glass is
utilized in dwelling units or portions of buildings , designed
for occupancy by one person only, shall be constructed, in-
stalled and secured as set forth in this section when located
not more than sixteen ( 16) feet above any surface available for
use by the public.
" (b) Materials. Only fully-tempered glass , of approved
burglar-resistant material, or approved metal bars , screens , or
grills shall be used for any opening in which glass is utilized
which is located within forty ( 40) inches of the locking device
on a door.
" (c) Locking devices . Locking devices which cannot be
disassembled or disengaged when subjected to the tests prescribed
in this chapter shall be provided on all sliding glass windows.
Sliding glass panels shall not be easily opened or removed from
the window frame during or after the tests .
" (d) All windows which are designed to be opened shall
be provided with locking devices as required by this section to
make the building as secure as possible.
" (e) Louvers . Louvered windows , except those in H and I
occupancies , located more than twelve (12) feet above any surface
which is available for use by the public, shall be protected by
approved metal bars, grills or screens , and when closed, can only
be opened from the inside by means of a mechanical device. "
"Sec. 4110. Other openings. (a) General. Openings other
than doors and windows which are utilized in dwelling units or
portions of buildings designed for occupancy by one person only,
the bottoms of which are not more than sixteen (16) feet above a
surface available for use by the public, shall be constructed
as set forth in this section.
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" (b) Hatchways , scuttles and similar o enin s . (1 ) Solid
wooden hatchways less than one and three-fourths 1 3/4) inches
thick shall be covered on the inside with sixteen ( 16) gauge
sheet metal attached with screws at six (6) inch maximum centers
around the perimeter, shall be secured from the inside with a
slide bar, slide bolts , and/or padlock with hardened steel shackle,
and nonremovable pins shall be used in all outside pin-type hinges .
11 (2) All other openings in excess of ninety-six (96)
square inches with a dimension in excess of eight (8) inches shall
be secured by metal bars, screens , or grills in an approved manner. "
"Sec. 4111. Garages--Multiple dwellings. Whenever a de-
velopment includes three 3 or more dwelling units , all covered
parking required by other provisions of the Huntington Beach
Ordinance Code shall be provided by fully-enclosed garages .
Garage space for each tenant shall be separated by partitions
of three-eighths ( 3/8 ) plywood or any approved equivalent with
studs set not more than twenty-four (24) inches apart on one
side. Doors and windows in such garages shall be constructed,
equipped and secured as required by this chapter."
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days
after its adoption. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance and cause same to be published within fifteen
days after adoption in the Huntington Beach Independent, a news-
paper of general circulation.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 6th
day of October 1980.
P.
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk Ci y J, Attorn y
REVIEWED AND APPROVED: INITIATED AND APPROVED:
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Ord. No. 2456
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the said City, do hereby certify that the whole number
of member$ of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 15th day of September
19 80 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 6th day of October 19 80 , and
was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of
all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
Pattinson, Finley, Bailey, MacAllister, Mandic, Kelly
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Thomas
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City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the CityCouncil of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
I, Alicia M. Wentworth CITY CLERK of the City of
HUM.rtglon Beach and ex-offkir Clerk of the City
Couric:, .:-f tse.eby certify that a synopsis of this
ordillOnCt - been published in .ae Huntinston
?each ,n•�ert G 19
In accor:!a-ce 'ifh the City Charter of said City,
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Deputy city E:k*