UC Santa Barbara                                      Policy 5536
  Policies                                              
  Issuing Unit:  Administrative Services                Date: March 1, 1983
  
  
  
  
                      LOCKING AND UNLOCKING
                                
  I.   PURPOSE AND SCOPE:
  
       This procedure describes locking and unlocking responsibilities for
       certain categories of building space.
  
  II.  REFERENCES:
  
       None.
  
  III. PROCEDURE:
  
       A.   Academic Building, Opening and Closing:
       
            1.   Custodial personnel will routinely unlock and lock
                 academic building exterior doors on the following
                 schedule:
       
                                          Opened         Closed
       
                 Monday through Friday    7-8 a.m.       10 p.m.
                 Saturday                 7-8 a.m.       12 noon
       
            2.   The Registrar, by written request to Facilities
                 Management, may schedule the unlocking and locking of
                 certain buildings on schedules other than the above.
            
            3.   Academic personnel will be responsible for unlocking and
                 locking of academic buildings Sundays, holidays, and for
                 schedules other than above.
            
       B.   General Assignment Classrooms: General assignment classrooms
            shall be left unlocked at all times, except those classrooms
            opening on exterior corridors which will be routinely unlocked
            and locked by custodial Personnel in accordance with paragraph
            III.A.1 above.
       
       C.   Offices and Laboratory Type Rooms: Academic department
            personnel who use the facilities will be responsible for
            unlocking and locking offices, laboratories, laboratory
            demonstration rooms and laboratory service rooms.
       
       D.   Administrative and Service Facilities: Administrative and
            service personnel will be responsible for unlocking and locking
            facilities under their jurisdiction.
       
       E.   The Organizations Coordinating Board, by work order request to
            Facilities Management, may schedule the locking and unlocking
            of certain buildings for use by registered campus
            organizations.
       
       F.   Special Events: Facilities Management will lock and unlock
            buildings to be used for special events on the schedule
            included in a work order to be issued by the responsible
            sponsoring department.
       
       G.   Other Situations: The Police Department is to handle all
            unlocking and locking of University facilities except as noted
            heretofore. The Police Department is the only department
            authorized to check out an individual who does not have a key
            and who desires admittance to a University facility.
       

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