Sioux City, IA Building Safety: Door Locking Hardware (2026)

Every dwelling unit shall have two independent ways of egress, each of which shall be equipped with functioning locking devices. One egress must be a door. The second egress may be a window which complies with minimum opening of 5.7 square feet, and sill height of 44" above the floor. All windows whose sills are within eight feet of the surrounding grade level shall be equipped with functioning locking devices.

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7. Access to or egress from each dwelling unit must be provided without passing through any adjacent dwelling unit.

8. All exterior doors of all dwelling units must be equipped with functioning locking devices.

9. All dwelling units must be provided with a smoke detector at each floor level, including basements.

10. The ceiling height of any habitable room must be at least seven feet. However, in any habitable room under a sloping ceiling, at least one-half of the floor area must have a ceiling height of at least seven feet. Additionally, the floor area of those parts of a room where the ceiling height is less than five feet may not be considered as part of the floor area when computing the total area of the room for the purpose of determining maximum occupancy.