"Chief of police"
means the chief of the Glendora police department or designee.
"Emergency call"
means a report of a situation where immediate assistance is deemed to be reasonably necessary to prevent injury, protect life or property.
"Emergency personnel"
means police officers, employees, officers and agents of the city responding to an emergency call, or police officers responding to a non-emergency call and actively engaged in the performance of their duties.
"Gated community"
means any residential neighborhood where accessibility is controlled by means of a gate, barrier or other similar improvement within or across privately maintained rights-of-way.
"Master key"
means a key specified by the city that activates automatic gates, barriers, doors or other devices or opens a locked Knox box where an access key is kept.
"Radio control device"
means a radio control system permitting the activation of automatic gates or barriers by use of a radio transmitter and receiver system. For purposes of this section, this device will be a separate and distinct system used solely by emergency personnel for public safety access. The assigned and restricted code will not be issued to resident(s) of the gated community nor any other person, except by written authorization of the chief of police.
(Ord. 1724 § 1, 2000)
This chapter shall apply to all gated communities. For gated communities where final subdivision maps have been approved, or in the case of multi-family housing where a valid certificate of occupancy has been issued, compliance shall be mandatory within twelve months after the effective date of this chapter. The requirements of this chapter are in addition to any requirements of the Los Angeles County fire department.
(Ord. 1724 § 1, 2000)
Each gated community shall install and maintain in good working order emergency public safety access devices at all times, as follows:
(a) 
Where automatic gates or other vehicle barriers exist:
(1) 
A radio control device as specified by the chief of police; and
(2) 
A master key as specified by the chief of police for activating automatic gates or other vehicle barriers in the event of the failure of the radio control device.
(b) 
In apartment houses where locked pedestrian access doors or gates bar entry:
(1) 
Master key box as specified by the chief of police where a key to the door or gate is kept.
(c) 
Where more than one vehicle gate or barrier exists or more than one pedestrian access door or gate is maintained, the chief of police shall determine if more than one vehicle or pedestrian access point shall have a radio control device and/or master key.
(Ord. 1724 § 1, 2000)
Any gated community maintained in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be declared a public nuisance under Chapter 9.36 of this code and shall be handled according to the processes contained therein.
(Ord. 1724 § 1, 2000)
Should responding emergency personnel responding to the report of an emergency, whether or not a true emergency exists, find it necessary to force entry into a gated community because the provisions of this chapter are not in full compliance or the gate fails to open for any reason, the city, its police officers, employees, officers or agents shall not be held responsible for such damage.
(Ord. 1724 § 1, 2000)
Any person who uses a radio control device transmitter unless authorized by the chief of police, or uses a master key except as authorized by the chief of police or the owners or agents of a gated community, to access, open or activate a gate, door or barrier of a gated community is guilty of a misdemeanor. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a person from such entry in the event of an actual emergency situation involving the risk of injury or death to any person within a gated community.
(Ord. 1724 § 1, 2000)
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 1724 § 1, 2000)