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Building Inspection Commission recommends two‑year extension for accessible business entrance deadlines
Summary
The commission voted 4–1 on Oct. 18, 2023 to recommend that the Board of Supervisors extend deadlines in the Accessible Business Entrance (ABE) program by two years, citing business hardship, technical infeasibility and outreach gaps; commissioners stressed the extension should be paired with targeted outreach and procedural fixes.
The San Francisco Building Inspection Commission voted 4–1 on Oct. 18 to recommend that the Board of Supervisors extend compliance deadlines in the city’s Accessible Business Entrance (ABE) program by two years.
The ordinance introduced to the commission (File 231005) would push back multiple ABE deadlines that originally required property owners or tenants to submit compliance checklists, apply for permits and obtain permits to make business entrances physically accessible. Zahra Haji, legislative aide to Supervisor Rafael Mandelmann, said the sponsor introduced the extension after extensive outreach to merchants who reported ‘‘harrowing experiences’’ meeting the recent deadlines and frequent technical or financial barriers…
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