Frisco, TX Building Safety: Door Locking Hardware (2026)
Key Facts
- Required hardware
- keyless deadbolt, door viewer, window/door locks
- Sliding glass doors
- separate security requirement, § 18-423(h)(13)
- State standard incorporated
- Tex. Prop. Code Ch. 92, Subch. D
- Vacant units
- must be secured with intact locking doors/windows
- Inspection frequency
- checked at each of 4 annual routine inspections
Summary
Frisco Code of Ordinances Section 18-423(h)(13) requires every unit in a multi-family dwelling complex to carry working security devices, keyless deadbolt locks, door viewers, window and door locks, and sliding glass door security, kept to the standard of Texas Property Code Chapter 92, Subchapter D. Vacant units get their own separate locking rule.
(13) Security devices. Security devices must be installed and maintained in accordance with V.T.C.A., Property Code Ch. 92 subch. D, including keyless deadbolt locks, door viewers, window and door locks, and sliding glass door security. ... (7) Vacant interior structures. ... All vacant or unoccupied dwelling units must be secured from unauthorized entry by the installation and maintenance of appropriate locking devices and intact doors and windows which are proportioned to securely and completely fit the openings.
Full Breakdown
, Property Code Chapter 92, Subchapter D. That means the inspecting administrator checks each unit's hardware against the state security-device statute at every routine inspection, not just against a local minimum. A separate clause covers empty apartments: under Section 18-423(i)(7), any vacant or unoccupied dwelling unit must be secured from unauthorized entry by installing and maintaining appropriate locking devices, with doors and windows that are intact and proportioned to completely fit their openings, so a vacant unit cannot be left with a broken lock or a door that does not fully close.
Security devices sit inside the same subsection (h) that governs plumbing, electrical and mechanical systems, so a missing deadbolt or a broken sliding-door lock is treated the same as a broken furnace: a failed minimum-inspection-standard item that keeps the unit from passing.
Violations & Fines
A unit that lacks a required deadbolt, viewer, or window/door lock fails the Section 18-423 minimum inspection standard. Repeated or unresolved security-device failures feed into Section 18-430: the complex can be placed on probationary status, barring re-occupancy of any vacated unit until it passes inspection, and the administrator can deny, suspend or revoke the multi-family dwelling license. A landlord notified of a broken exterior light tied to building security has no more than seven days to repair it under Section 18-423(h)(14).
Frequently Asked Questions
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