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Committee approves motion to develop recommendations requiring sprinklers in high‑rise residential buildings
Summary
The Public Safety Committee voted to develop recommendations that would require sprinklers in all high‑rise residential buildings and referred the item to housing, planning and land‑use committees for further work.
The committee approved a motion on April 2 directing staff to develop recommendations that would require high‑rise residential buildings in the city to install sprinkler suppression systems. The motion, introduced by Councilmember Soto Martínez and co‑sponsored by Councilmember Lee and others, passed as amended and was referred to the Committee on Housing & Homelessness, Planning and Land Use for further consideration.
Councilmember Soto Martínez moved the measure and asked for a second; the item’s amended language asks that recommendations include weekly inspections and a thirty‑day delivery timeline for a first report. The motion also called for the recommendations to consider potential policy vehicles such as ordinances, rules or regulations and to align with applicable code provisions.
“...related to the development of recommendations that require that all high‑rise residential buildings in the city install a sprinkler suppression system,” the motion read in part. Committee members voted in favor and the item passed with unanimous support at the committee level; it now moves to the referenced committees for policy development.
The motion was referred for further analysis and drafting and committee members asked staff to include inspection schedules and an initial report deadline in the follow‑up work.
