§ 9.24. Common Entry Doors.

(a)

Common entry areas shall be visible from a point immediately outside a common entry door.

(b)

Each common entry door shall be equipped with a door closing device.

(c)

Locks, if provided, on a common entry door shall be either an approved fire exit device or a dead bolt, single cylinder type of hardened steel or have a hardened steel insert to resist cutting and have a minimum throw of 1″. The dust cover shall be capable of accepting the 1″ throw bolt. Door locks shall be key operated from the exterior side of the door, and from the interior side shall be operated with a knob, lever or other device not requiring the use of a key, special knowledge or effort.

(d)

Each common entry door shall have fixtures and bulbs mounted and capable of providing light so that the entire surface of such door and the entire ground surface of such door is provided with five (5) footcandles of illumination vertical and the entire ground surface within twenty (20) feet of such door has a light level of at least five (5) footcandles. Where applicable the interior lobby shall be lighted to ten (10) footcandles at floor level.

(Ord. of 5-23-1983, Doc. #17768)