Plano, TX Building Safety: Door Locking Hardware (2026)
Key Facts
- Deadbolt required
- Active leaf of single/paired swinging doors
- Minimum door thickness
- 1-3/8 inch solid wood or alternate
- Code adopted
- 1997 Uniform Building Security Code
- Enforcing official
- City building official (§ 6-663)
- Criminal fine
- Up to $2,000 per offense, per day
- Civil penalty
- Up to $1,000/day (Local Gov't Code Ch. 54)
Summary
Plano's Building Security Code sets a hard construction standard for exterior swinging doors: single doors and the active leaf of paired doors must carry an approved exterior key-operating deadbolt, and the door itself must be at least 1-3/8 inch solid wood or an approved alternate under Code of Ordinances § 6-664.
Subsection 1016.1, General, of Section 1016, Swinging Doors, is changed to read as follows: Swinging doors regulated by this chapter required for security shall be a minimum one and three-eighths-inch solid wood door or approved alternate. Subsection 1016.4, Locking Hardware, of Section 1016, Swinging Doors, is changed to read as follows: Single swinging doors and the active leaf of doors in pairs equipped with an approved exterior key operating deadbolt. See Chapter 10 of the Uniform Building Code for requirements on door operation for exiting.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 153).
Full Breakdown
§ 6-664 then amends Appendix Chapter 10, Security Provisions, of that code. 1, General, is changed so that any swinging door regulated for security purposes must be a minimum 1-3/8 inch solid wood door or an approved alternate: a rule aimed at preventing kick-in entries through hollow or thin doors. 4, Locking Hardware, is changed to require single swinging doors, and the active leaf of doors installed in pairs, to be equipped with an approved exterior key-operating deadbolt, with a cross-reference to Chapter 10 of the Uniform Building Code for how door hardware interacts with required exiting.
Administrative authority to interpret and enforce this article rests with the building official and his agents and employees, per § 6-663. The requirement applies to buildings within Plano subject to the security code's scope and is checked during plan review and inspection on covered construction and remodeling projects, not retrofitted onto every existing door citywide.
Violations & Fines
Under § 6-661, violating any provision of the building security code article is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $2,000 per offense, with each day a violation continues counted as a separate offense. The city may also pursue civil enforcement, with civil penalties up to $1,000 per day per offense under Subchapter B of Chapter 54 of the Texas Local Government Code.
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