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Building Inspection Commission backs repeal of Slope and Seismic Hazard Zone Protection Act, requests guidance for steep‑slope reviews
Summary
The Building Inspection Commission on Aug. 20 recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve an ordinance removing the city’s Slope and Seismic Hazard Zone Protection Act, while voting to require DBI to publish guidance on when geotechnical peer review and Structural Advisory Committees will be used.
The Building Inspection Commission on Aug. 20 recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve ordinance file 250805, which would remove the city’s Slope and Seismic Hazard Zone Protection Act and revert several San Francisco-specific building-code amendments to the California Building Code.
The vote followed a lengthy discussion about whether the ordinance would reduce public protections on hilly lots and what procedural safeguards would remain. Commissioner Dan Kalamucci moved the motion to recommend the ordinance with an amendment calling for an information sheet explaining when DBI will require third‑party peer review or a Structural Advisory Committee; President Alexander Tute seconded. The motion passed unanimously (Tute, Kalamucci,…
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