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Council amends permit rules to enforce security-bar ordinance on residential work
Summary
The City Council amended a motion to require that applicants be in compliance with the security-bar ordinance before receiving building permits for residential alterations, aiming to reduce illegally installed bars.
The Los Angeles City Council voted Aug. 10 to amend a previously considered item so that Building and Safety would check compliance with the City’s security-bar ordinance before issuing building permits for residential alterations.
Councilmember Harold I. “Henry” Ridley-Thomas moved the reconsideration and amendment, telling colleagues the change would strengthen enforcement and “send a clear message that we want illegally installed security bars halted in the City of Los Angeles.” The Council adopted the amendment and the item as amended; the clerk recorded the vote as 12 ayes.
The amendment applies specifically to residential structures and was advanced to ensure that permit issuance would be contingent on compliance with the security-bar ordinance. The change was presented as a tool to improve public safety and public health by limiting illegal installations that can impede emergency egress.
The amending motion was circulated on the floor before the recorded vote. The transcript does not include full legislative text of the amendment; the public record in the minutes will include the ordinance or directive language adopted.
