10 - Request for Creation of a Safe Zone at hotel and apartment housing

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(3) Operated or managed as a single entity shall mean a group of two (2) or more apartment buildings which has a single person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, agent or employee thereof who is responsible for the management, control, maintenance or supervision of the apartment buildings whether by written or oral agreement to conduct said management, control, maintenance or supervision; (4) However, under no set of circumstances shall the provisions of this section apply to multifamily living units which have two (2) or less dwelling units. (c) Nothing in this section is to be interpreted to apply the provisions of this section to condominium units. For purposes of this section, "condominium unit" shall mean any building or collection of buildings which have separate dwelling units owned by the person or persons living in the units which share common areas. (d) Security devices. (1) All exterior doors other than sliding glass doors, screen doors or garage doors, but including doors between the living area and the garage, are to be equipped with deadbolt locks and either night latches, and, in accordance with V.A.T.S., Property Code § 92.151 et seq., or any amendments thereto, a keyless bolting device and a door viewer. a. A "deadbolt lock" shall mean a lock in a door, with the lock operated from the exterior by a key and from the interior without a key by knob or lever. b. A "night latch" shall mean a disc (door stopper) latch or door lock, with the lock operating without a key and only from the interior by knob or lever. c. A "keyless bolting device" is defined as a door lock not in the doorknob that locks with a bolt into a strike plate screwed into the portion of the doorjamb surface that faces the edge of the door when the door is closed or into a metal doorjamb that serves as the strike plate, operable only by knob or lever from the door's interior and not in any manner from the door's exterior, or as otherwise described in the property code, and shall not include a chain latch, flip latch, surface -mounted slide bolt, mortise door bolt, -surface -mounted barrel bolt, surface -mounted swing bar door guard, spring loaded night latch, foot bolt or other lock or latch. The exceptions of the property code apply relative to the age of the tenants. (2) Upon the permanent departure of a tenant by way of either expiration of the lease, or by way of forcible entry and detainer action, apartment complexes shall change or alter the deadbolt lock and doorknob lock in such a way as to ensure that the key or keys owned by the previous resident shall not be capable of unlocking the deadbolt lock and doorknob lock. For purposes of this subsection, "rekeying" shall mean altering the internal order of the tumblers in the deadbolt lock in such a way as to render operation of the deadbolt lock or doorknob lock by the previous key ineffective. This requirement may be met by either replacing the deadbolt lock and doorknob lock or by rekeying the deadbolt lock and doorknob lock. (e) All exterior sliding glass doors are to have pin locks in addition to the manufacturer lock. For purposes of this subsection, "pin lock" shall mean a sliding glass door lock, with the lock operated without a key and only from the interior. (f) All windows are to have at least one (1) window latch. For purposes of this subsection, "window latch" shall mean a lock on a window capable of being opened, with the lock operated without a key and capable of being operated only from the interior. (g) All apartment complexes shall have exterior lighting in all areas accessible to the general public, including, but not limited to, common areas and parking lots. All such lighting is to be controlled by a photo cell or seasonally adjusted timer switch. The intensity of said lighting is to be no less than 0.25 foot candle power in all areas accessible to the general public as measured between two (2) and four (4) feet from the ground. (h) Each apartment complex shall designate a person, who is a full-time paid employee who may be contacted in the event of an emergency. The phone number for an emergency contact shall be prominently displayed on the front entry door of the offices of that apartment complex.