Burleson, TX Building Safety: Door Locking Hardware (2026)

The Burleson City Council adopts the 2021 International Building Code in § 10-141 and amends it in § 10-142, last revised by Ord. No. 5247-10-2023 on 10-2-2023. Amendment (67) is the only door-hardware change in that list. It reaches Section 1010.2.5 Bolt Locks and replaces exceptions 3 and 4. Exception 3 applies where a pair of doors serves an occupant load of less than 50 persons in a Group B, F, M or S occupancy. Exception 4 applies where a pair of doors serves a Group A, B, F, M or S occupancy. Each carries the note {Remainder unchanged}, so the rest of each exception stays as written in the base code, which the ordinance incorporates by reference and does not reprint.

Other door and exit amendments sit nearby. Section 913.2.1.1 requires a ground-level fire pump room on an exterior wall to have an exterior fire department access door not less than 3 ft. in width and 6 ft. - 8 in. in height, with a key box at that door as required by Section 506.1. For houses, § 10-172 amends Section R302.5.1 so openings from a private garage directly into a room used for sleeping purposes are not permitted, and other garage openings need solid wood doors not less than 13/8 inches (35 mm) thick, solid or honeycomb core steel doors not less than 13/8 inches (35 mm) thick, or 20-minute fire-rated doors equipped with a self closing device.

Existing buildings face a separate test. Under § 10-455(3), an owner of a commercial building shall not obstruct passage through stairwells, corridors, or doors and shall place the street address number on the rear door in letters at least four inches high. Under § 10-454(a)(1), a door, aisle, passageway, stairway or other means of exit that is not of sufficient width or size, or not arranged to give a safe and adequate means of exit in case of fire or panic, makes a building dangerous when the life, health, property or safety of the public or occupants is endangered. The building official or the official's designee enforces the codes adopted in the chapter under § 10-53.