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AN ORDINANCE
Amending Certain Portions of Title 5, Chapter 7
of the City Code Pertaining to Burglary Prevention
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON,
COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That Section 5-7-2 of the Evanston City Code, 1979,
as amended, be and hereby is further amended as follows:
5-7-2: SCOPE; ENFORCEMENT:
(A) The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to:
1. All new residential construction or change within a building
to a residential use;
2. All multi -unit non -owner occupied units in residential
buildings, regardless of relationship to the owner;
3. Single-family dwelling units which are renter -occupied.
(B) EXCLUSIONS:
1. Residence at a public or private medical, geriatric,
educational, or religious institution;
2. Occupancy under a contract of sale of an existing dwelling
unit if the occupant is the purchaser;
3. Occupancy in a structure operated for the benefit of a social
or fraternal organization;
4. Transient occupancy in a hotel or motel.
5. Owner occupied unit(s) in structures existing prior to
December, 1988, including such owner -occupied units in
condominium(s), townhouse(s), cooperatives and multi -unit
residential buildings.
SECTION 2: That Section 5-7-5 of the Evanston City Code, 1979,
as amended, be and hereby is further amended as follows:
5-7-5: DEFINITIONS:
ACCESSIBLE Refers to any opening in the exterior of a building
larger than eight inches by twelve inches (8" x "
1211) (e.g., door, window, transom, vent duct,
skylight, etc.) that is within eighteen feet (18')
from the ground to the bottom of the opening.
BURGLAR -RESISTANT Glass and glass -like materials shall comply with or
GLAZING MATERIAL exceed the Underwriters Laboratories Standard #UL
972 for Burglary Resistant Glazing Material as
follows:
The glazing material shall be capable of
withstanding five (5) fifty (50) foot-pound
impacts, as produced by dropping a three and
one -quarter inch (3 1/4") diameter hardened smooth
steel ball, weighing five (5) pounds, through a
vertical distance of ten feet (101).
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j COMBINATION A device combining a dead latch operable by a knob
DEAD LATCH AND from inside and outside by a key, both of which
;! DEAD BOLT can be retracted from the inside by turning the
knob and from the outside by a key.
j CYLINDER GUARD A hardened steel ring or plate surrounding the
otherwise exposed portion of a cylinder lock to
prevent cutting, prying, pulling or wrenching with
common tools.
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� DEAD BOLT A bolt which has no automatic spring action and
which is operated by a key, thumb -turn, or lever,
and is positively held fast in the protected
position.
!! DEAD LATCH A latch which positively held in latched position
with a strike by an added integral bolt -type
i mechanism and is again released by a key from the
outside and a knob or similar actuator from the
outside.
DOOR SCOPE A system of lenses encased for convenient
installation in entrance doors permitting an inside
viewer to observe a 180 degree area of the outside
! with the door closed.
DOUBLE -CYLINDER A dead bolt lock actuated by a key from the inside
DEAD BOLT and outside.
INSERT A hardened steel roller inside unhardened bolts to
prevent bolt cutting with common tools.
LATCH A spring -loaded device which automatically holds a
swinging door shut upon closing by engaging a
strike and which is released by turning a knob,
lever, or similar actuator from inside or outside.
LOCK STRENGTH Dead bolt locks constructed of a hardened steel
material, the entire unit being capable of
maintaining its intended function in the locked
position for a minimum of five minutes of constant
attack with a common tool.
MORTISE -TYPE LOCK A lock placed into an opening cut in the edge of a
door.
MULTI -FAMILY A building or portion thereof, operating under a
RENTAL rental agreement, including renter -occupied
DWELLING cooperatives and condominium units.
MULTIPLE POINT A system of lever -operated bolts that engages a door
LOCKS opening, at the head and sill as a minimum,
operated by a single knob or handle from the
inside, and, optionally, a cylinder -locked handle
from the outside.
OWNER -OCCUPIED A unit occupied by a titleholder of the property
UNIT including "those who have any undivided, joint�or
survivorship interest by specific devise or by any
recorded document whether that interest is an
entire ownership interest or less than an entire
ownership interest."
RABBETED JAMB The wooden sides and head of a door cut in such a
way so that a notch is created against which the
door may be closed.
RIM -TYPE A lock made for mounting on the face of a door.
CYLINDER LOCK
SASH FASTENERS Locking devices which prevent a window from being
moved.
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SINGLE CYLINDER
DEAD BOLT
SINGLE-FAMILY
DWELLING
SINGLE FAMILY
RENTAL
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A dead bolt lock activated from the outside by a
key and from the inside by a knob, thumb -turn,
lever, or similar actuator.
A building containing one owner -occupied dwelling
unit; an owner -occupied condominium unit or
cooperative.
A unit operating under a rental agreement.
A stationary metal plate designed to momentarily
depress a moving latch for final secure engagement
requiring a separate operation for disengagement.
SECTION 3: That Section 5-7-6-2 of the Evanston City Code, 1979,
as amended, be and hereby is further amended as follows:
5-7-6-2: MULTI -FAMILY DWELLINGS:
EXISTING AND SINGLE FAMILY RENTER -OCCUPIED
(A) Exterior doors, doors leading from garage areas into multiple
dwelling buildings, and doors leading into stairwells shall be
equipped with self -closing devices. All doors leading to apartment
doors shall also be equipped with self-locking devices.
(B) Locks on entrance doors to individual units shall have either a
horizontal dead bolt lock with a minimum one inch throw and hardened
steel inserts, or surface/rim mounted vertical drop, dead bolt lock.
In units with a single means of ingress or egress, it is permissable
to have a double cylinder dead bolt lock where the key cannot be
removed when the door is locked from the inside. Strike plates
should be secured with hardened steel screws three to four inches
long.
• (C) Accessible vision panels in individual entrance doors to individual
units or within 40 inches of the inside activating device shall be
rated burglary -resistant glazing material. Pre-existing screening
} will be accepted if a Police Survey was conducted on the subject
property prior to December, 1988. Burglary bars may be used as an
alternative to burglary -resistant glazing material on transoms only.
(D) An interviewer or door scope shall be provided in each individual
unit entrance door which does not contain a vision panel.
(E) Cylinder guards shall be installed on all rim type vertical dead bolt
locks whenever the cylinder projects beyond the face of the door or
is otherwise accessible to gripping tools except where an alternate
dead bolt lock with a minimum one inch throw is also provided.
(F) Accessible sliding glass doors shall meet or exceed the Architectural
Aluminum Manufacturers' Association standards as set forth in their
bulletin, "AAMA 1303.3-1971". Also, "Physical Security For Sliding
Glass Doors NILECCJ, FTO-0318.000", October, 1976 (National Bureau of
Standards, Washington, D.C.).
(G) All accessible single sliding patio doors shall have the movable
section of the door sliding on the inside of the fixed portion of the
door.
(H) Accessible sliding glass doors shall be equipped with locking devices
and shall be so installed that the doors cannot be moved in any
• direction or lifted from the tract when the doors are in the locked
position.
(I) Accessible windows shall be so constructed that when the window is
locked it cannot be lifted from the frame.
(J) Accessible window -locking devices shall be
concentrated force of three hundred (300)
direction.
capable of withstanding
pounds applied in any
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(K) Accessible aluminum sliding glass windows shall meet or exceed the
Architectural Aluminum Manufacturers' Association Standards as set
forth in their bulletin "AAMA 1302.3-1971".
(L) All exterior common entrances of multiple family buildings shall be
illuminated with a minimum 60 watt incandescent light bulb or its
equivalent in other light sources within 20 feet of the doorway.
(M) All wooden double -hung windows which are at ground level or otherwise
accessible from the exterior via porches, fire escapes, trees, or
other existing means shall be equipped with approved
window -ventilating sash fasteners to allow each window to be locked
at no more than four inches (4") open. Such fasteners shall be
movable to permit the window to be fully opened from the inside of
the dwelling unit.
SECTION 4: That Section 5-7-7 of the Evanston City Code, 1979,
as amended, be and hereby is further amended as follows:
5-7-7: APPEALS: In order to prevent or lessen unnecessary hardship or
practical difficulties in exceptional cases where it is difficult or
impossible to comply with the strict letter of this Ordinance, and in
order to determine the suitability of alternate materials and types of
construction, and to provide for reasonable interpretations of the
provisions of this Ordinance, an owner of any residential building, or his
designated agent, may appeal to the Burglary Prevention Appeals Board.
The Burglary Prevention Appeals Board shall consist of a representative of
each of the following; the Evanston Property Owner's Association
(E.P.O.A.), the Residential Crime Prevention Committee (R.C.P.C.), the
Evanston Police Department, the Evanston Housing Department and a citizen
possessing compatible background and experience. All members shall be
appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council.
SECTION 5: That all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 6: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage, approval, and publication in the
manner provided by law.
Introduced: Z S 1991
Adopted: �% 1991
Approved:
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Approve as to fors :
Corporation Counsel
, 1991
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