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Council Meeting 6-26-79 Santa P!Ionica,; lifornia
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STAFF REPORT ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~
T0: Mayor and City Council
FROPd: City Attorney
SUBJPCT: Proposed Building Security Ordinance
IDT'rRODUCTI ON
This report recommends that the City Council instruct
the City Attorney to draft an ordinance regulating the
physical security of buildings in the City, based on the California
`4odel Building Security Ordinance.
BACKGROUraD
Tile Model Building Security Ordinance was developed
through the combined efforts of the California Crime
Prevention Officer's Association and the Attorney
General's Office. Cities are specifically authorized by
Penal Code Sections 14050 and 14051 to develop local security
standards and regulations designed to prevent or reduce the
likelihood of burglary or robbery in any building, including
new single family residences, apartments, public owned buildings,
commercial, and inaustrial buildings.
The Model Building Security Ordinance is intended to
safeguard property by incorporating crime prevention technology
into building material standards. It requires minimum outdoor
lighting and regulates the design and quality of materials used
in doors and other points of entry into buildings. Our Police
Chief, Fire Chief, and Building Officer have met and considered
the provisions of the model ordinance, and recommended certain
modifications to its terms.
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PARTICULARS
The Model Ordinance applies to new construction and
to buildings. or structures to which additions or alterations
are made that exceed twenty-five percent (25°s) of the
value of the existing buildings or structuresm Ci y Staff
recommends that a ten percent (l0o)standard be used. The
applicability of the ordinance to existing structures
is perhaps its most controversial section, and should
be addressed in detail at the public hearing,
City Staff also recommends that the Model Ordinance. be
modified to specify that security methods shall not create a
hazard to life by obstructing emergency exit facilities nor
supercede safety requirements contained in the Building or
Fire Codes, such as those relative to door latches or locks.
The ordinance would be enforced by the Building Officer
and the Police Department. Staff would be empoorered to
conduct inspections of buildings to insure compliance with
the chapterp except in emergencies, inspection warrants would
be required when access to buildings is refused, Violation.
of the provisions of the ordinance is a misdemeanor.
The Model Ordinance provides that the owner of a
building may apply for a hardship exemption from the provisions
of the ordinance. At the public hearing, the Council
should determine which. City Agency or Commission should
hear such appeals, and the standard of review to be exercised.
The ordinance specifically provides- that units constructed
under a common plan shall. have locks using combinations
that are not interchangeable with other locks in the development.
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It contains detailed specifications for the installation
and construction of fra*_nes, jambs, strikes, and hinges. It
regulates the construction of windows, sliding glass doors,
and garage-type doors.
The ordinance details special residential building
requirements. V7ood doors must be of a specified minimum
thickness; they must by equipped with double cylinder
deadbolt locks that incorporate a feature preventing the key
from being removed from the interior cylinder when the bolt
is projected, or single cylinder deadbolt locks (this
.provision added by City Staff). Doors must contain specified
flush bolts, glass, and door viewers. Residential
dwellings must contain prominent street numbers and identifing
data. Multiple family dwellings must be adequately lit.
Similiar provisions also are required of commercial dwellings.
All the technical requirements specified in the Code
are subjected to particular testing procedures.
The P4ode1 Ordinance allows the City to take a flexible
approach to alterhative methods of achieving building security
that are equally effective to those specified.
ALTRRNATIVES
1. The. Council may direct the City Attorney to
draft an ordinance £or introduction based on the California
Dlodel Building Security Ordinance, as modified by the
City°s Police Chief, Fire Chief, and Building Officer, and
hold a public hearing thereon.
2. The Council may direct the City Attorney to draft
the ordinance, and direct that a hearing be held before a
commission, such as the Planning Commission or Building and
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Safety Commission. l
3. The Council may reject the concept of a Building ~C
Security Ordinance. ~~~ ~
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RECO?~41'+IE:VDATI Oit
It is respectfully recommended that the Council adopt
alternative 1, and direct that the City Attorney draft an
ordinance based on the Model Building Security Ordinance, as
codified by City Staff,. and that the Council hold a public
hearing when the ordinance is introduced.
Prepared By: Richard L. Knickerbocker
Stephen Shane Stark
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