Commercial Locksmith in Idaho Falls, ID

Downtown Idaho Falls and its buildings

City Code Section 9-4-21 draws downtown, for parking, inside Memorial Drive and Capital Avenue, Cliff Street, Yellowstone Avenue and D Street. Stone buildings once dominated it; the Ridge Avenue Historic District walking tour names attorney Herman J. Hasbrouck's 1895 office on Park Avenue as the finest remaining example.

What an older downtown building means for commercial doors:

• A building that has had many tenants can carry cylinders and keys from several eras, with nobody sure who still holds which.
• Rear and alley doors take heavy use from deliveries and staff, and their hardware can wear out first.

Keys through staff and tenant turnover

Business keys spread to staff, cleaners, contractors and earlier tenants. Ways to take control back:

• Rekeying after a tenant leaves or an employee with keys moves on, so old keys stop working. See lock rekeying.
• A master key system, so each person carries keys only to the doors they need, and a manager key opens them all.
• Restricted keyways, where copies are controlled rather than cut at any counter.
• A key log recording who holds which key, with keys collected at departure.

In a leased space, read the lease before changing locks; it may say who may change them and who must hold a key.

Planning work at a downtown door

Under Section 9-4-21, on downtown blocks signed "Block Parking," a car that has reached the posted limit cannot park again within 500 feet on that block for 12 hours. For work that could take a while, say whether there is loading, alley or lot access near the door.

This is general information, not legal advice.

What to send

1. The address or cross streets, and which door: front, rear, alley or interior.
2. Door and lock type: glass storefront, metal or wood door; mortise lock, lever set or exit device.
3. How many doors are involved and roughly how many people hold keys.
4. Whether you own the building or lease the space.

The Idaho Falls page covers downtown parking rules in more detail; for the service, see commercial locksmith.