HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-10 05-05 CCO CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER
ORDINANCE NO.69 -1 0
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 3 TO INHIBIT UNAUTHORIZED
ENTRY INTO MULTIPLE DWELLINGS BY REQUIRING SECURITY LOCKS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Chapter 3 of the City Ordinances is hereby amended by
the addition of the following:
Section 3 -102.4
(5) Securitv Svstem and Devices
(a) For the purpose of providing a reasonable amount
of safety and general welfare for persons occupvinq
multiple family dwellings, an( approved securitv system
shall be provided for each multiple familv building to
control access. The securitv system shall consist of
locked building entrance or foyer doors and locked doors
leading from hallwaysinto individual dwellinq units.
Dead latch type door locks shall be provided with lever
knobs (or doorknobs) on the inside of building entrance
doors and with key cylinders on the outside of building
entrance doors. Building entrance door: latches shall be
of a type that are permanently locked from the outside
and permanently unlocked from the inside.
(b) Every door that is designed to provide ingress or
egmss for a dwelling unit within a multiple family
building shall be equipped with a lock that has a dead-
locking bolt that cannot be retracted by end pressure,
provided however, that such door shall be openable from
the inside without the use of a kev or any special
knowledge or effort.
(c) A description of proposed building security systems,
including types of door locks and kevinq provisions, shall
be submitted for approval of the Building Inspector.
(d) All existing multiple family buildings not conforming
with subsection (b) shall be corrected, modified, adjusted
or otherwise made to complv with the above requirement not
later than November 1, 1969.
Ordinance No. 69 -10 (continued)'
Section 2: This ordinance shall be effective after adoption and
thirty 0 days following
y ( ) y its legal publication.
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Adopted this 5th day of May 1969.
Mayor
ATTEST-.-
Clerk
Published in the official newspaper March 27, 1969
Effective date May S,. 1969`
(Brackets indicate matter to be deleted, underline indicates new matter)
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