Commission recommends health‑code amendment on ventilation; city will defer multiunit review to state building code
The commission unanimously recommended Board of Supervisors ordinance file 250806 to amend the health code’s enhanced ventilation standards; the change removes multiunit residential from the local "sensitive use" definition because the 2026 California Building Code will require MERV‑13/balanced‑pressure ventilation citywide.
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The Building Inspection Commission on Aug. 20 voted unanimously to recommend Board of Supervisors ordinance file 250806, which amends the San Francisco Health Code (Article 38) to clarify enhanced ventilation requirements and to remove multiunit residential buildings from the local definition of “sensitive use.”
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