[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of
Cheltenham 3-17-1981 as Ord. No. 1511.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Cheltenham Township
Security Code."
The purpose of this chapter is to protect the occupants and the property
of the occupants of commercial and residential buildings from criminal activity.
As hereinafter set forth, the provisions of this chapter shall apply
to all new construction of commercial, multiple-dwelling and residential buildings
and to all alteration of existing commercial, multiple-dwelling and residential
buildings. The provisions of this chapter shall also apply to existing commercial
and multiple-dwelling buildings.
No portion of this chapter shall supersede any local, state or federal
laws, regulations or codes dealing with the life safety factors.
A.
The provisions of this chapter are not intended to prevent
the use of devices or methods of construction other than those provided herein,
provided that such other devices or modes of construction provide the same
or a greater degree of security than the minimum requirements of this chapter.
B.
When a person responsible for compliance desires to use
such other device or mode of construction, the burden of proving to the enforcing
authority that the requirements of this chapter have been met or surpassed
shall be on the person responsible for compliance.
C.
Such device or mode of construction may only be used
upon the approval of the enforcing authority. The enforcing authority may
require the person responsible for compliance to submit the device or mode
of construction to such tests as the enforcing authority deems necessary and
proper to determine if it meets or surpasses the requirements of this chapter.
Such tests shall be performed at the expense of the person responsible for
compliance.
D.
A person may appeal a decision of the enforcing authority
to the Building and Zoning Committee of the Board of Commissioners.
Responsibility for security shall be as follows:
A.
Commercial buildings. The legal owner and/or his designated
agent shall be responsible for compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
B.
Multiple-family dwellings. Responsibility shall be that
of the builder for construction and the legal owner and/or designated agent
of the building for maintenance.
C.
Residences. Responsibility shall be that of the builder
for construction of the building.
A.
The present tense includes the future; the singular number
includes the plural, and the plural the singular; the word "occupy" includes
the words "designed or intended to be occupied"; and the word "shall" is always
mandatory.
B.
ACCESS POINTS
APPROVED
APPROVED GLAZING MATERIAL
ARMORED FRONT
ASTRAGAL
BACKSET
BOX STRIKE
COMMERCIAL BUILDING
COORDINATOR
CRIME HAZARD
CYLINDER GUARD
CYLINDRICAL (BORED) LOCK
CYPHER LOCKS
DEAD BOLT (OF A LOCK)
DEAD LATCH
DEADLOCK
DOOR
DOOR SCOPE
DOUBLE CYLINDER DEADLOCK
ELECTRIC STRIKE
ENFORCING AUTHORITY
FOOTCANDLE
GLAZED DOOR
HATCHWAY
INSERT
JALOUSIE WINDOW
LATCH BOLT
LEVER HANDLE
MORTISE LOCK
MULTIPLE DWELLING
MULTIPLE POINT BLOCKING DEVICE
OPEN BACK STRIKE
PANIC DEVICE
PIVOTED DEADLOCK
SECURITY BOLTS/SCREWS
SECURITY HASP
SECURITY HINGE
SECURITY LATCH SET AND DEADLOCK
SECURITY PADLOCK
SECURITY STRIKE
SELF-CLOSING DEVICE
RESIDENCES
SLIDING DOOR BAR
SLIDING DOOR (PATIO TYPE)
SLIDING WINDOW
SOLID DOOR (HOLLOW METAL)
SOLID DOOR (KALAMEIN)
SOLID DOOR (WOOD CORE)
SUBSTANTIALLY ALTERED
TAMPER GUARD
THROW
THUMB TURN
UNIT LOCK SET
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the words and phrases
defined in this section shall be construed throughout this chapter to have
the meanings indicated:
Any opening in the exterior of a building or structure, as well as
places of ingress and egress.
As applied to a material, mode of construction, piece of equipment
or device, means approved as meeting the requirements of this chapter by the
enforcing authority.
Glazing material which is transparent or translucent, such as tempered
glass, laminated glass or wire glass meeting the specifications of the United
States of American Standards Institute 297.1-1966 entitled "USA Standard Performance
Specifications and Methods of Test Transparent Safety Glazing Material" used
in buildings dated 1966, or Underwriters' Laboratories Burglary Resisting
Glazing Material as listed under Underwriters' Laboratories No. UL-972-1972.
A lock front which consists of two (2) plates. One (1), the underplate,
is fastened to the case; two (2), the finish plate, is fastened to the underplate
and, when in place and fastened, covers the cylinder set screws, thus protecting
them from tampering (used on mortise locks).
Metal strips whose purpose is to cover or close the gap between the
edges of a pair of doors.
The horizontal distance from the face of the lock to the center line
of the knob, keyhole or cylinder.
A strike which also provides a complete housing to protect the belt
opening.
All buildings and structures or parts thereof shall be classified
as "commercial" which are used for the transaction of business, for the rendering
of professional services, for display and sales purposes involving stocks
of goods, wares or merchandise incidental to such purposes and accessible
to the public; including, among others, retail stores, shops, salesrooms and
markets.
A device used on a pair of doors to ensure that the inactive leaf
is permitted to close before the active leaf.
A building that, in the discretion of the enforcing authority, presents
a potential source of criminal activity.
A hardened free turning ring encircling the exposed portion of the
cylinder to prevent cutting, drilling, prying, pulling or wrenching with common
tools.
A locking device that incorporates the key-in-knob principle. These
locks shall be lockable on the inside by a push button or a thumb turn (in
the knob) and are able to be unlocked by a key from the outside. Turning the
inside knob retracts the latch bolt allowing egress from the building. Latch
bolts shall have a minimum of one-half-inch throw and shall be provided with
a deadlocking or guarded latch feature. All lock sets shall be provided with
a wrought box strike. Knobs shall be able to withstand three hundred (300)
pound inches of torque without being twisted off. The deadlocking latch bolt
shall be able to withstand four hundred fifty (450) pounds of force without
being depressed.
An electronic combination push-button device which remotely unlocks
the door when the proper combinations of buttons are pressed.
A lock bolt having no spring action or bevel and which is operated
by a key or a turn piece.
A spring-loaded latch which is positively held in a locked position
by means of an integral slide trigger mechanism when the door is closed. It
is operated by a key from the outside and a push or thumb turn from the inside.
A lock equipped with a dead bolt only. All "deadlocks" must have
a minimum one-inch throw and must be equipped with case hardened steel inserts
to prevent cutting. A wrought box strike must be used.
A movable structure for opening or closing an entrance to a building
or room. It may swing on hinges, slide in a groove or revolve on an axis.
An optical device consisting of a system of lenses, encased for convenient
installation in a solid door, permitting the inside viewer to observe a one-hundred-seventy-five-degree
area of the outside with the door closed. It must be nationally listed to
resist fire.
A locking device with a dead bolt that is positively held fast when
in the projected position, minimum throw one (1) inch, operated by a cylinder
from both sides, and shall be supplied with a wrought box strike.
An electrical device that permits the unlocking of a door from a
remote location or by remote means such as a card reader or cypher lock.
The Building and Zoning Department of the Township of Cheltenham
is hereby authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
A term used to describe the electronically measured flux emitted
by a light source.
A door containing approved glazing material, in any quantity which
is transparent or translucent.
A covering lid or trap door in the roof of a building, designed for
the purpose of access to the roof area of the building.
A hardened steel roller, laminated or fixed core, running the length
of a bolt to prevent cutting with a common tool.
A window or opening furnished with a series of sloping, slanted or
movable slats, arranged so as to admit light or air. These slats may be fixed
or movable. Glass louvered is a description of "jalousies."
A beveled spring bolt usually operated by a knob, handle or thumb
turn that automatically holds the swinging door closed by engaging a strike.
A metal handle or lever, turned by hand which operates the mechanism
of a locking device.
A lock designed to be cut into the edge of the door; not applied
to the surface, that operates with a cylinder outside and knobs, handles or
levers both inside and outside. It can be locked or unlocked by the outside
cylinder, push buttons in the edge of the lock face plate or by a thumb turn
on the inside of the door. The "mortise lock" shall always be operable by
the inside knob, handle or lever and shall have a wrought box strike and cylinder
guard.
All buildings and structures or parts thereof shall be classified
as a "multiple dwelling" in which three (3) or more families or households
live or in which sleeping accommodations are provided for three (3) or more
families or households.
A system of lever-operated bolts which engages a door opening in
at least two (2) points. The bolts may be operated by a turn handle or lever
on the inside and by a key on the outside.
A strike that is open in the back for use with a mortise lock set
or a mortise panic device when used in conjunction with a vertical rod panic
device on a pair of doors. The "open back strike" allows either door to be
opened independent of the other door.
A door-locking device designed to allow instant exit by pushing on
a cross bar [that extends at least two-thirds (2/3) of the way across the
door] that releases the locking bolt or the latch.
A locking device with a bolt, not spring-loaded, the bolt of which
swings on a pivot pin and is of the hooked or straight construction. It is
used on narrow stile doors. It is operated by a keyed cylinder on the outside
and a cylinder or thumb turn on the inside.
Carriage bolts or nonreversible screws designed to prevent removal.
A hinged metal fastening for a door, window or hatchway; a metal
piece fitted over a staple and fastened by a padlock constructed with a case
hardened staple and locking bar so that the mounting screws or bolts are concealed
when the hasp is closed.
A device on which a door, gate, window hatchway or lid swings and
constructed with nonremovable pins. If the mounting screws or bolts are accessible
from the exterior of the structure, they shall be attached with security screws
or bolts.
A locking device for use as an entrance lock set on a residential
or multiple-dwelling unit. It shall be constructed with a minimum of one-half-inch
throw on the latch set and a minimum of one-inch throw on the dead bolt. When
the inside latch set knob is turned, the dead bolt will retract for immediate
egress.
A padlock constructed of a one (1) piece hardened steel, forged brass
or laminated case with a hardened steel shackle with heel and toe locking
and a cylinder containing five (5) or more paracentric pin tumblers.
A heavy gauge strike with at least four (4) off-center screws one
and one-half (11/2) inches long, permitting full penetration through the jamb
into the rough buck or the reinforcing area of the strike on a metal door.
A device combining both spring and hydraulics to control the closing
and latching of a door and is listed by Underwriters' Laboratories.
All buildings and structures or parts thereof shall be classified
in this group in which not more than two (2) families or households live.
An aluminum or steel bar, permanently mounted on the inside of an
aluminum or steel sliding door, which is designed to swing down into a bracket
to prevent opening the door when closed.
A door consisting of one (1) or more movable sections sliding on
guide tracks in a horizontal direction. If it is of aluminum construction,
it must comply with Architectural Aluminum Manufacturers Association (AAMA)
1303.4 - 1973. If it is of wood construction, it must comply with NWMA industry
standard I.S. 2-71.
A window consisting of one (1) or more movable sections sliding on
guide tracks in a horizontal direction. If it is of aluminum construction,
it must comply with Architectural Aluminum Manufacturers Association (AAMA)
1302.4 - 1973. If it is of wood construction, it must comply with NWMA industry
standard I.S. 2-73.
A metal-covered wood door having no glazed panels. It may be steel
reinforced core, honeycomb core or composition core with a minimum thickness
of one and three-eighths (13/8) inches and an eighteen-gauge minimum steel
skin.
A metal-covered wood door having no glazed panels with a minimum
thickness of one and three-fourths (13/4) inches.
A flush solid core or paneled wood door containing no glazed panels.
It must be a minimum thickness of one and three-fourths (13/4) inches, with
panels being a minimum thickness of one-half (1/2) inch.
Any substantial alteration in or addition to the supporting or structural
members of a building, such as bearing walls, bearing columns, bearing beams
or bearing girders; provided that a substantial alteration shall not include,
inter alia, repairs to roof, walls or interior; exterior or interior painting
or redecoration; heating systems; modernization of kitchens or bathrooms,
including moving or replacement of utility lines, gas, water, sewer and electric;
and installation or replacement of kitchen or bathroom equipment.
A steel cover protecting the strike and locking device on doors swinging
out to the exterior of the building. The "tamper guard" shall extend at least
six (6) inches above and below the center line of the strike or bolt. The
"tamper guard" shall be at least one-eighth (1/8) inch thick and shall be
fastened from the inside of the door with through bolts or by security bolts.
The length of travel the portion of a dead bolt or latch is exposed
from its recess in the lock case.
A metal device used to operate the mechanism of a locking device,
normally requiring only the pressure of the thumb and index finger.
A lock set that has all the parts assembled as a unit at the factory
and, when installed in a rectangular notch cut into the door, requires little
or no disassembly. Knobs shall be able to withstand three hundred (300) pound
inches of torque without being twisted off. The dead locking latch bolt shall
be able to withstand four hundred fifty (450) pounds of force without being
depressed. All lock sets shall have wrought box strikes and a deadlocking
or guarded latch feature.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
to construct, erect or build any new commercial building or to alter any existing
commercial building without incorporating into such building the minimum security
devices and designs set forth in the following subsections of this section.
B.
Single out-swinging doors of solid construction, when
used as main entrance doors, shall be secured by an approved lock set or panic
device. These doors shall be equipped with a self-closing device, cylinder
guard and a door scope. Occupants must be able to exit through these doors
without the use of a key.
C.
Single out-swinging doors of glazed construction, when
used as main entrance doors, or doors having glazed areas within forty (40)
inches of the locking device, shall be secured with a double cylinder deadlock
or an approved panic device and cylinder guard.
D.
Pairs of out-swinging doors of solid construction, when
used as main entrance doors, shall have the active leaf secured at the meeting
rails by an approved lock set or mortise panic device, self-closing device,
cylinder guard, security hinge and a door scope. The inactive leaf shall be
equipped with an approved vertical rod panic device and a self-closing device.
Out-swinging pairs shall have an astragal on the active leaf or a fixed or
removable mullion. To ensure positive latching, coordinators or open back
strikes shall be used when mullions are not used.
E.
Pairs of out-swinging doors of glazed construction, when
used as main entrance doors, or such doors having glazed areas within forty
(40) inches of the locking device shall be glazed with an approved glazing
material. The active leaf shall be secured by an approved vertical rod panic
device or a double cylinder deadlock and shall be equipped with a self-closing
device and cylinder guard. The inactive leaf shall be equipped with flush
bolts or an approved vertical rod panic device and a self-closing device.
Out-swinging doors with panic devices shall have a fixed or removable mullion.
F.
Metal accordion grate or grill-type doors shall be equipped
with a metal guide track top and bottom. The bottom track shall be so designed
that the door cannot be lifted from the track when the door is in the locked
position and shall be secured with a security padlock and a security hasp.
However, the use of accordion grate or grill-type doors shall not be permitted
to exist on any exit door required by the Cheltenham Township Fire Code,[1] the State Department of Labor and Industry or the Building Code
of Cheltenham Township,[2] except for obvious main entrance doors.
G.
Exterior basement access or delivery doors flush with
a walkway, drive or parking area shall be a minimum of one-eighth-inch steel
plate with either a key-operated cylinder dead bolt on the inside of the door
or an externally mounted security padlock and hasp. Where the manufacturer
of the door has made no provisions for a padlock, a security padlock and hasp
shall be provided by the owner and shall be through-bolted with security bolts.
These requirements shall not apply to any exit door required by the Cheltenham
Township Fire Code[3] or the State Department of Labor and Industry; or the Building
Code of Cheltenham Township.[4]
H.
All doors from a common hallway or entranceway into commercially
used spaces shall be solid wood or metal and shall be required to have a mortise,
unit or cylindrical lock set, a self-closing device, a cylinder guard, security
hinges (out-swinging doors) and an approved door scope.
I.
All exterior in-swinging doors shall be mounted with
jambs so constructed to protect and prevent violation of the function of the
strike.
J.
All single out-swinging exterior doors shall be equipped
with a hardened and protective tamper guard protecting the area of the strike
and the locking device.
K.
All exterior doors with externally exposed hinges shall
be equipped with security hinges.
L.
Single sliding metal or wood-framed doors of glazed construction,
when used as main entrance doors, and such doors having glazed panels within
forty (40) inches of the locking device shall be equipped with a double cylinder
hooked dead bolt, cylinder guard and reinforced armor strike. The bolt shall
engage the strike sufficiently to prevent it from being disengaged by any
movement of the door within the space or clearance provided for installation
or operation. The upper track shall be shimmed or arranged in such a manner
that it will prevent the door from being lifted off its track when in the
locked position. The glazed areas in the door, and within forty (40) inches
of the locking device, shall be of an approved glazing material. The stile
of the doors shall be sufficient to accept a 31/32-inch back set deadlock.
M.
Double sliding metal or wood-framed doors of glazed construction,
when used as main entrance doors, and such doors having glazed panels within
forty (40) inches of the locking device shall be equipped with a double cylinder
hooked dead bolt with inserts, cylinder guards and reinforced armor strikes.
The bolt shall engage the strike sufficiently to prevent it from being disengaged
by any movement of either or both doors in the space or clearance provided
for installation or operation. The upper track shall be shimmed or arranged
in such a manner that will prevent the doors being lifted from their tracks
when in the locked position. The glazed areas in the doors and within forty
(40) inches of the locking devices shall be of approved glazing material.
N.
Overhead doors.
(1)
Metal, wood or fiberglass overhead doors, swinging, sliding
or roll-type garage doors, when not otherwise controlled or secured by electric
power operation, due to type and operation of the doors and glazing, shall
have one (1) of the following types of locking devices:
(a)
Manually operated torsion spring-type door throw-bolt-type
with pin cylinder lock, mounted on the end stile of the door.
(b)
Manually operated extension spring door with heavy sliding
lock bars engaging both tracks with pin cylinder and back latch.
(c)
Chain hoist operated doors, bracket required for locking
in hand chain mounted on track or door jamb, can be locked or opened from
the inside only.
(d)
Throw-bolt-type mounted on the end stile of the door,
engaging the track, can be locked or opened from the inside only.
(e)
If secured by a padlock on the interior or exterior,
a security padlock and a security hasp are required.
(2)
All cylinders are to be equipped with a cylinder guard.
(3)
All glazing in the door or in the area of forty (40)
inches of any locking device must be of approved glazing material.
O.
All exterior doors, excluding ground-mounted basement
doors, shall be provided with and maintain illumination to value of not less
than two and zero-tenths (2.0) footcandles measured at the walking surface
on the outside of the building. The lighting fixture shall be equipped with
a vapor cover or a cover of equal break-resistant material.
P.
Side and rear windows not viewable from the street and
less than ten (10) feet from grade shall be glazed with an approved glazing
material and shall be secured from the inside with a forged locking device
that is capable of withstanding a substantial force applied in any direction,
and, in addition, aiding windows shall be installed and shimmed or arranged
so that they cannot be lifted from their track when in the locked position.
Q.
Jalousie windows shall not be installed within ten (10)
feet of ground level, adjacent structures or fire escapes.
R.
All other exterior exit doors must be secured by an approved
panic device which may be equipped with a built-in alarm. If these doors are
of glazed construction or have glazed areas within forty (40) inches of the
locking device, such glazed areas must be of approved glazing material. These
doors must be equipped with a tamper guard (mortise panic devices only), a
self-closing device, a cylinder guard and security hinges.
S.
Outside hinges on all accessible side and rear windows
shall have security hinges. If the hinge screws are accessible from the exterior,
they shall have security screws.
T.
All exterior transoms less than ten (10) feet from grade
shall be glazed with an approved glazing material and, if capable of being
opened, must be equipped with a forged locking device that is capable of withstanding
a substantial force in any direction.
U.
Glass skylights.
(1)
All glass skylights on the roof of any building used
for commercial purposes shall be provided with any of the following:
(a)
Approved glazing materials.
(b)
Iron bars of at least one-half-inch round or one by one-fourth
(1 x 1/4) inch flat steel material spaced six (6) inches apart under the skylight
securely fastened so that the entire opening is protected.
(c)
A steel grill of at least one-eighth-inch material of
two-inch mesh under the skylight securely fastened, installed in such a manner
that the entire opening is protected.
(2)
In the event that the skylight is used as an automatic
smoke or heat vent, there shall be an arrangement incorporated into the grill
or bars that will permit servicing of the skylight.
V.
All hatchway openings in the roof of any building used
for commercial purposes shall be secured as follows:
(1)
If the hatchway is of wooden material, it shall be covered
with a minimum of sixteen-gauge sheet steel attached with screws at six-inch
centers maximum around the perimeter on the inside.
(2)
The hatchway shall be secured from the inside with a
cross bar and a security padlock.
(3)
Outside hinges on all hatchway openings shall be security
hinges.
W.
Air ducts or air vents.
(1)
All air ducts or air vent openings exceeding eight by
twelve (8 x 12) inches on the roof or exterior wall of any building used for
commercial purposes shall be secured by covering the same with either of the
following:
(2)
If the barrier is on the outside, it shall be secured
with security bolts.
X.
Doors leading to rooftop areas shall be of solid construction,
equipped with double cylinder dead bolt, security hinges, cylinder guard and
a self-closing device.
Y.
All buildings having parking lots and access thereto
providing more than ten (10) parking spaces shall be provided with illumination
to values of not less than two and zero-tenths (2.0) footcandles average with
proper uniformity measured at the parking areas and adjacent walking surface.
The lighting fixtures shall be provided with a vapor cover or a cover of equal
break-resistant material.
Z.
All buildings shall be provided with exterior illumination
to values of not less than one and zero-tenths (1.0) footcandle average with
proper uniformity measured at the walking surface. The lighting fixture shall
be provided with a vapor cover or a cover of equal break-resistant material.
There shall be a minimum of one and zero-tenths (1.0) footcandle throughout
a ten-foot radius of any exterior door.
A.
All multiple dwellings shall at all times be so secured
as to provide the maximum possible security to the permanent and transient
occupants, in accordance with the specifications provided.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
to construct, erect or build any new multiple-dwelling building or to alter
any existing multiple-dwelling building without incorporating into such building
the minimum security devices and designs set forth in the following subsections
of this section.
C.
Overhead garage doors may be operated electrically by a key-operated control on the outside and inside or electronically by use of a push-button remote control activating device from the outside and inside. These doors shall be equipped with a time-delayed, self-closing device, having automatic reverse action, contact activated. However, the door may be arranged in such a manner that it can be left in the raised position if and when a garage attendant is on duty. If manual operation is used, the provisions of § 234-8N shall apply.
D.
All single doors leading from the exterior of the structure
into the garage area shall be secured with a self-latching lock set or panic
device, with a minimum throw of one-half inch operated by a cylinder on the
outside and by pressing a panic bar or turning a knob on the inside. These
doors shall be equipped with a self-closing device, tamper guard and security
hinges.
E.
All single doors leading from the garage area into the
dwelling area shall be secured with a self-latching lock set with a minimum
throw of one-half inch, operated by a cylinder and knob on the garage side
of the door and by turning the knob on the dwelling area side of the door.
These doors shall be equipped with a self-closing device. Doors shall be labeled
one-and-one-half hour hollow metal.
F.
All swinging entry doors to individual dwelling units
shall be a listed or approved labeled door, secured with an approved lock
set. The doors shall be equipped with a self-closing device, cylinder guard,
listed door scope, and the jamb shall be so constructed as to present violation
of the strike. Out-swinging doors shall have a maximum dimension of three-sixteenths
(3/16) inch between door and frame on the latch side.
G.
All single sliding patio doors shall have the movable
section of the door slide on the inside of the fixed section of the door and
shall be glazed with approved glazing material. They shall be secured with
a single cylinder, pivoted hooked dead bolt, with insert and shall be operated
on the outside by a key in the cylinder and on the inside by a thumb turn
or lever handle. These doors shall be equipped with a cylinder guard, sliding
door bar and reinforced armor strike to maintain the effectiveness of the
bolt strength. The mounting screws for the lock case shall be inaccessible
from the outside. The bolt shall engage the strike to prevent it from being
disengaged by any possible movement of the door within the space or clearance
provided for installation and operation. The upper track shall be shimmed
or arranged to prevent the door from being lifted from the track when in the
locked position.
H.
All double-sliding patio doors shall be glazed with approved
glazing material and shall be secured at the meeting rails with a single cylinder
dead lock, having a pivot, hooked with insert, and shall be operated on the
outside by a key in the cylinder and on the inside by a thumb turn or lever
handle. These doors shall be equipped with a cylinder guard and reinforced
armor strike to maintain the effectiveness of the bolt strength. Mounting
screws for the lock case shall be inaccessible from the outside.
I.
Exterior areas, other than exterior door areas to individual
dwelling units, shall be provided with illumination to values of not less
than two and zero-tenths (2.0) footcandles measured at the walking surface
on the outside of the buildings. The lighting fixture shall be equipped with
a vapor cover or a cover of equal break-resistant material.
J.
Jalousie windows shall not be used within ten (10) feet
of ground level, adjacent structures or fire escapes.
K.
All windows shall be equipped with a forged locking device
that is capable of withstanding a substantial force applied in any direction.
L.
Windows shall be so constructed that they cannot be lifted
from their track when in a locked position.
M.
Sliding windows shall have the movable section of the
window slide on the inside of the fixed section.
N.
All multiple-dwelling buildings shall be provided with
illumination values of one and zero-tenths (1.0) footcandle average with proper
uniformity measured on the parking and walking surface surrounding the building.
The lighting fixture shall be provided with a vapor cover or a cover of equal
break-resistant material.
O.
All parking areas under or within multiple-dwelling buildings
shall be provided with illumination to values of not less than two and zero-tenths
(2.0) footcandles average with proper uniformity measured at the parking or
walking surface. The lighting fixture shall be provided with a vapor cover
or a cover of equal break-resistant material.
P.
All buildings with vestibule areas shall have illumination of not less than two and zero-tenths (2.0) footcandles at any point inside the vestibule and must have sufficient glazed area so that anyone inside the vestibule is clearly visible from the street, sidewalk or parking area. Vestibule doors to a common hallway or lobby shall be secured consistent with the locking requirements specified in § 234-8B, C, D and E and, in addition, shall be equipped with an electric strike or an electric dead bolt, intercom and push-button release from the tenant space. In lieu of an intercom and push-button release system, it shall be acceptable as an alternate to have a doorbell for each apartment on the outside of the main entrance door and for the tenants to manually open the main entrance door.
[Amended 2-19-1985 by Ord. No. 1591]
Q.
There shall be no obstruction (bushes, trees, etc.) to
block visibility of any exterior doors from the street, sidewalk or parking
areas.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
to construct, erect or build any new residence or substantially alter any
existing residences without incorporation into such new residence or altered
area of any existing residence the minimum security requirements and designs
set forth in the following subsections of this section.
B.
Single swinging exterior doors of solid construction
shall be secured by an approved locking device. These doors shall be equipped
with a cylinder guard, wrought box strike and door scope.
C.
Single swinging exterior doors of glazed construction
or doors having glazed panels adjacent to the door, when such glazed areas
are within forty (40) inches of the locking device, shall be glazed with an
approved glazing material. The door shall be secured with a single cylinder
lock set equipped with a cylinder guard and a wrought box strike. However,
doors in a storm and/or screen-enclosed enclosure and storm and/or screen
doors are excluded from the provisions of this requirement.
D.
Pairs of swinging exterior doors of solid construction
shall have the active leaf secured at the meeting rails by a combination dead
latch and dead bolt locking device and shall be equipped with a cylinder guard
and door scope. The inactive leaf shall be equipped with a security strike,
surface bolt or flush bolts, protected by hardened material. These bolts shall
have a minimum throw of five-eighths (5/8) inch at head and foot.
E.
Pairs of swinging doors of glazed construction or doors
having glazed panels adjacent to the doors, when such glazed areas are within
forty (40) inches of the locking device, shall utilize approved glazing material.
The active leaf shall be secured by an approved single cylinder lock set equipped
with a cylinder guard. The inactive leaf shall be equipped with a security
strike, surface bolts or flush bolts with a minimum throw of five-eighths
(5/8) inch at the head and foot of the door.
F.
All single doors leading from the garage area into the
dwelling shall be of metal or solid wood construction and shall be secured
with an approved lock set. These doors shall be equipped with a cylinder guard
and a self-closing device.
G.
All single in-swinging exterior doors shall be mounted
with jambs so constructed as to protect and prevent violation of the function
of the strike.
H.
All single out-swinging exterior doors shall be equipped
with a protective tamper guard protecting the area of the strike and locking
device. Maximum dimension between the door and the frame shall be three-sixteenths
(3/16) inch on the latch side.
I.
All exterior doors with externally exposed hinges shall
be equipped with security hinges.
J.
Overhead doors.
(1)
Metal, wood or fiberglass overhead doors, swinging, sliding
or roll-type garage doors, when not otherwise controlled or secured by electric
power operation, shall have one (1) of the following types of locking devices:
(a)
Manually operated torsion spring door throw-bolt-type
with pin cylinder lock, mounted on the end stile of door.
(b)
Manually operated extension spring door with heavy sliding
lock bars engaging both tracks with pin cylinder lock and back latch.
(c)
Chain-hoist operated doors, bracket required for locking
in hand chain mounted on track on door jamb, can be locked or opened from
inside only.
(d)
Throw-bolt-type mounted on end stile of door, engaging
track, can be locked or opened from inside only.
(e)
If secured by a padlock on the interior or exterior,
a security padlock and security hasp are required.
(2)
All cylinders shall be equipped with a cylinder guard.
(3)
All glazing in the door within forty (40) inches of any
locking device must be of an approved glazing material.
K.
Single sliding metal or wood-frame doors of glazed construction,
and such doors having glazed panels within forty (40) inches of the locking
device, shall be equipped with a single cylinder hooked dead bolt with insert,
cylinder guard and reinforced armor strike. The bolt shall engage the strike
sufficiently to prevent it from being disengaged by any movement of the door
within the space or clearance provided for installation or operation. The
upper track shall be shimmed or arranged in such a manner that will prevent
the door from being lifted from its track when in the locked position. The
glazed areas in the door and within forty (40) inches of the door shall be
approved glazing material.
L.
Double sliding metal or wood-framed doors of glazed construction
and such doors having glazed panels within forty (40) inches of the locking
device shall be equipped with a single cylinder hooked dead bolt with insert,
cylinder guards and reinforced armor strike. The bolt shall engage the strike
sufficiently to prevent it from being disengaged by any movement of either
or both doors in the space or clearance provided for any installation or operation.
The upper track shall be shimmed or arranged in such a manner that will prevent
the doors being lifted from their tracks when in the locked position. The
glazed areas in the doors and within forty (40) inches of the doors shall
be of approved glazing material.
M.
Jalousie windows shall not be used within eight (8) feet
of ground level, adjacent structures or fire escapes.
N.
All windows shall be equipped with window-locking devices
capable of withstanding a force of three hundred (300) pounds in any direction.
O.
Windows shall be so constructed so that they cannot be
lifted from their track when in a locked position.
P.
Sliding windows shall have the movable section of the
window slide on the inside of the fixed section.
A.
The Director of Engineering, Zoning and Inspections,
or appointed delegates, are hereby authorized and directed to administer and
enforce the provisions of this chapter relating to physical security requirements.
B.
All applicants for building permits shall be required to comply with the provisions of this chapter. Noncompliance with the requirements of this chapter, except for § 234-12, shall be a violation of Chapter 110, Building Construction, and shall be prosecuted under Chapter 110, Building Construction.
C.
The enforcing authority may develop regulations consistent
with this chapter for the purpose of determining what materials are approved
insofar as they meet minimum security requirements.
A.
The provisions of this section shall apply to all commercial
and multiple-dwelling buildings as previously defined in this chapter.
B.
Enforcement. Enforcement shall be the responsibility of the enforcing authority set forth in accordance with § 234-11.
C.
Inspection procedures. When an inspection, pursuant to
a determination that a commercial building or multiple dwelling is a crime
hazard, reveals that the building does not meet the requirements of this chapter,
the following procedures shall be instituted:
(1)
Written notice of the deficiencies discovered during
the inspection shall be given to the legal owner or his designated agent.
(2)
Such notice shall set forth the amount of time [up to
one (1) year from the effective date of this chapter and, thereafter, sixty
(60) days] within which such deficiencies are to be corrected.
(3)
The enforcing authority shall require the person responsible
to submit a plan for approval prior to correcting the deficiencies and shall
inspect subsequent to the correction of all deficiencies to ensure compliance.
In the event that any provisions of this chapter shall be in conflict with any provisions of the provisions of Chapter 151, Fire Prevention, Article III, Fire Prevention Code, the Pennsylvania State Fire and Panic Act[1] or Chapter 110, Building Construction, the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to be subordinate thereto. All other ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 1221 et seq.
Any person, firm or corporation responsible for compliance, violating § 234-12 of this chapter, shall be subject to a fine or penalty not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.) for each and every offense. For each day a violation continues, it shall be a separate offense punishable by a like fine or penalty. Such fines or penalties shall be collected as like fines or penalties are now by law collected. All other violations of this chapter shall be deemed to be violations of Chapter 110, Building Construction, as set forth in § 234-11 of this chapter.