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Concord Security Ordinance
Commercial and Residential

These are some of the highlights and interpretations of the Concord Security Ordinance and not the entire text.

Commercial	Residential	Description
		1. All exterior doors shall be 1-3/8" solid core. CMC 14-470 (a)(11) A(1)K, 14-471 (d).
		2. Panel doors are allowed if tested using ICBO Security Ordinance Standards or ASTM 476-84, Grade 40 minimum.
		3. Glass swing doors, glass in swing doors and glass adjacent to doors are allowed per CMC 14-470 (a)(a)(1)I only if alarm is installed.
		a) Alarm shall activate upon opening of door.
		b) Motion detection acceptable alternate at door location.
		c) Motion detector required for solid glass doors or perimeter framed glass in door.
		d) Buzzer, bell or other available device at exterior location a minimum of 10' above grade. Monitored central station recommended.
		4. Exterior glass not facing a public street shall have security bars, burglar-resistant glass, or alarm. See CMC 3929 B.1. Alarm can be exterior audible or central station.
		5. Alarms are required for the following types of businesses:
		a) Silent Alarm - Central Station - Supervised Service: Jewelry stores, manufacturing, wholesale and retail; guns and ammunition; wholesale liquor; wholesale tobacco; wholesale drugs; and fur stores.
		b) Silent Alarm - Non-Supervised, Monitored Elsewhere: Liquor stores; pawn shops; electronic equipment, including musical instrument stores; wig stores; clothing - new; coins and stamps; industrial tool supply houses, camera stores; precious metal storage facility; and drug stores.
		c) Local Alarm - Bell or Horn Outside the Building: Antique dealers; art galleries; and service stations.
		6. 1" deadbolts are required for all doors.
		7. Double keyed deadbolts are prohibited.
		8. Deadbolts can have thumbturns or key-locking hardware at the main entrance/exit only with proper signage per UBC 3304© (Type B occupancies only).
		9. All exit doors other than the main exit/entrance shall have a single-lever action handle which disengages the latchset and 1" deadbolt. Panic hardware is recommended.
		10. "A" occupancies (theaters, large restaurants, etc.) are required to have panic hardware with an occupant load over 50.