ARTICLE VIII. SAFETY BARS

62-181 Requirements for the sale and installation of security bars.

(a)    On or after the effective date of this article, a person and/or business shall not sell or install security bars on a window or door of a residential building within the city, unless the same complies with the following safety criteria:

(1)    The proposed equipment and method of installation has been reviewed and approved by the Pontiac Fire Department; or,

(2)    The equipment and method of installation complies with the following specifications:

a.    When security bars are newly installed on bedroom windows, either bars shall not be installed on at least one window in each bedroom, or the bars on at least one window in each bedroom shall be equipped with both an inside release handle and an outside key release, which has been approved by the Pontiac Fire Department.

(b)    A person and/or business which violates subsections (a)(1) and (2) as listed above is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be sentenced to up to 90 days in jail and/or a $500.00 fine, or both, plus costs.

(Ord. No. 2118, § 4, 12-21-00)

Editor’s note—Formerly, § 62-162. See editor’s note at Art. VII.