Schaumburg, IL Building Safety: Door Locking Hardware (2026)
Key Facts
- Trigger
- Buildings with 3 or more dwelling units
- Requirement
- Functioning locking hardware on common entry doors
- Governing section
- § 99.02, amending IPMC § 304.18.4
- Enforcement
- Director of community development or designee
- Fine range
- $100 to $50,000 per day, § 10.99
- Legal basis
- Village home-rule authority, § 10.19
Summary
Schaumburg requires every apartment building of three units or more to keep its shared entry doors lockable. Section 99.02 adds IPMC § 304.18.4, mandating functioning locking hardware on any common entry door used for ingress and egress in a multi-family dwelling with three or more units, closing a gap the base 2021 International Property Maintenance Code left open for shared entrances.
Section 304.18 Building Security, is hereby amended by adding the following new section: Section 304.18.4 Certain Multi-Family Dwellings. Any multiple-family dwelling containing three (3) or more dwelling units and having common entry doors used for ingress and egress shall have those doors equipped with functioning hardware for locking.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 56 Update 1 | Policy Manual: Supplement 20).
Full Breakdown
18 but does not separately spell out a rule for the common entry doors of larger apartment buildings. 4, titled 'Certain Multi-Family Dwellings,' which requires any multiple-family dwelling with three or more dwelling units and a common entry door used for ingress and egress to keep that door equipped with functioning locking hardware. The requirement targets the shared front and rear doors of apartment and condominium buildings, the doors every resident and visitor passes through, rather than the door of an individual unit, which is already covered by the base IPMC's unit-level lock requirements. 4. 19 of the Village Code, which lets the village exceed the baseline requirements of the model IPMC it otherwise adopts wholesale.
Violations & Fines
A building found without functioning locking hardware on a required common entry door is cited under § 106.4 of the amended Property Maintenance Code, carrying the general fine of not less than $100 and not exceeding $50,000 under § 10.99, with each day the violation continues after notice treated as a separate offense. The director of community development can also place a 'Not Approved For Occupancy' placard on the building under § 106.1.1 until the hardware is fixed.
Frequently Asked Questions
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