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Committee advances building-code streamlining ordinance removing redundant local requirements
Summary
The committee recommended amendments that would remove the Slope and Seismic Hazard Zone Protection Act (while keeping specific geographic slope protections), rescind outdated commercial lighting standards, relax rooftop mechanical structure limits, and revert locally stricter driveway/sidewalk load standards to state code.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee voted Sept. 8 to forward a permit‑SF ordinance to the full Board of Supervisors that would remove a set of local building-code provisions the city now considers duplicative or unnecessarily burdensome.
Planning Department staff said the changes are part of a code‑streamlining effort to reduce permitting delays and align local rules with state standards. The ordinance removes the citywide Slope and Seismic Hazard Zone Protection Act — while retaining two geographic…
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