[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Glenolden 3-16-1999 by Ord. No. 1065, approved 3-16-1999. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction — See Ch. 54.
Housing standards — See Ch. 93.
Zoning — See Ch. 162.
The Council of the Borough of Glenolden declares and finds it to be in the public interest to provide for the regulation of the installation, maintenance and use of security gates within the Borough of Glenolden in accordance with the aesthetic character of the area and to preserve safety and property values throughout the Borough.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
SECURITY GATE
A barrier, screen or cover located behind a door, window or other opening used for the purposes of securing premises by preventing access or blocking passage to the interior of the premises but which enables substantial visibility of the interior of the premises from the outside of the premises.
A. 
The provisions of this chapter shall apply only to persons or entities operating in a commercial, industrial or other nonresidential capacity.
B. 
All implements in existence prior to the date of the adoption of this chapter which do not comply with the provisions of said chapter shall be made to comply within three months of the date of adoption of this chapter or shall be removed.
C. 
Any implement which does not comply with the provisions of this chapter shall not be repaired or altered in any substantial manner unless such repair or alteration is undertaken in order to comply with the provisions of this chapter.
A. 
No solid metal barrier, screen or cover shall be erected or maintained in front of or behind doors, windows or other openings visible from a public road, highway or right-of-way. All metal barriers, screens or covers shall be installed only behind doors, windows or other openings which are visible from a public road, highway or right-of-way.
B. 
All security gates shall be of such a type as will not restrict substantial visibility of the interior of the premises from outside the premises.
C. 
When a security gate is not in use, it shall be removed or stored in such a manner so as not to be visible from the exterior of the premises.
D. 
No security gate shall be placed in such a manner that it blocks any active emergency exit at any time in which the business is open to the public or to any employees.
E. 
All installations of any security gate must be in accordance with standards set forth by applicable local, state and federal laws, statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations.
F. 
No security gate may be installed or existing noncomplying implement be altered as to bring about a complying security gate except when authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board as a special exception in accordance with the standards set forth in § 162-61.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to commence work on the erection or alteration of or to erect, alter or maintain any security gate until a permit has been duly issued upon application therefor.
B. 
The Building Inspector shall require that the application for a permit shall be accompanied by a set of plans indicating the proposed location and dimensions of said security gate and a description of the type of said security gate.
The fee for a permit for the erection, alteration or maintenance of a security gate shall be at the level fixed from time to time by resolution of the Borough Council. Said fee shall be submitted at the time the application is submitted to the Building Inspector.
For each and every violation of the provisions of this chapter, the owner, general agent or contractor of a building or premises where such violation has been committed or shall exist, and the lessee or tenant of an entire building or entire premises where such violation has been committed or shall exist, and the owner, general agent, contractor, lessee or tenant of any part of a building or premises in which part such violation has been committed or shall exist, and the general agent, architect, builder, contractor or any person who knowingly commits, takes part in, allows or assists in any violation or who maintains any building or premises in which any such violation shall exist shall be guilty of a violation against this chapter, which violation shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $300 or imprisonment for a period not to exceed 90 days, or both. For each day that a violation exists or continues, separate citations may be issued, and it shall be considered that separate offenses have been committed.
This chapter shall be enforced by the Code Enforcement Officer.