§ 6711. DOORS—OVERHEAD AND SLIDING DOORS  


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  • Metal or wooden overhead and sliding doors shall be secured with a deadbolt lock, padlock with a hardened steel shackle, or equivalent when not otherwise locked by electric power operation. Locking devices, when installed at the jamb of metal or wooden overhead doors, shall be installed on both jambs when such doors exceed 9 feet (2743 mm) in width. Metal or wooden sliding doors exceeding 9 feet (2743 mm) in width and provided with a jamb-locking device shall have the door side opposite the lock restrained by a guide or retainer.

    Cylinder guards shall be installed on all mortise or rim-type cylinder locks installed in hollow-metal doors whenever the cylinder projects beyond the face of the door or is otherwise accessible to gripping tools.

(Ord. 99-0040 § 69 (part), 1999.)