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Committee advances ordinance to inventory and encourage voluntary seismic retrofits for certain concrete and tilt‑up buildings
Summary
The committee voted 3-0 to forward an ordinance that would require screening of potentially at-risk reinforced concrete and tilt‑up buildings, establish voluntary retrofit standards and provide a 20‑year exemption from mandatory retrofit if owners meet those voluntary standards.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee on April 21 unanimously recommended an ordinance that would launch a program to screen potentially at‑risk concrete and tilt‑up buildings in San Francisco and add voluntary seismic retrofit standards to the building code.
Supervisor Mirna Melgar introduced the ordinance and thanked Office of Resilience and Capital Planning and Department of Building Inspection staff for leading a multi‑year, multi‑stakeholder process. Brian Strong, the City’s Chief Resilience Officer, described the proposal as “really historic,” noting it follows earlier programs such as the unreinforced masonry retrofit program and the soft‑story retrofit program. Laurel…
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