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Building Inspection Commission backs ordinance to align accessory-structure permit rules with state code

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The commission voted unanimously to recommend Board of Supervisors File No. 250,284, which would align San Francisco's permit exemption for small accessory structures with the California Building Code by allowing accessory structures up to 120 square feet without a building permit.

The San Francisco Building Inspection Commission on May 21 voted unanimously to recommend that the Board of Supervisors approve File No. 250,284, an ordinance to align local rules with the California Building Code for small accessory structures.

Legislative affairs manager Tate Hanna told the commission the California Building Code exempts 1-story accessory structures with floor area of 120 square feet or less from permit requirements. San Francisco's local amendment currently reduces that allowance to 100 square feet of projected roof area,…

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