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DBI updates priority‑permit rules to align with HOME‑SF, adds ADUs and renewable energy projects
Summary
The Building Inspection Commission unanimously approved revisions to Administrative Bulletin AB004 to align DBI priority permit processing with the Planning Department’s HOME‑SF ordinance (reducing the affordable threshold from 100% to 30%), to add ADUs/JADUs, telecom facilities and renewable energy projects to prioritized processing, and to remove obsolete LEED/efficiency language.
The Building Inspection Commission voted unanimously on Nov. 16 to approve proposed updates to Administrative Bulletin AB004, DBI’s priority permit processing guideline, aligning DBI’s prioritization with the Planning Department’s HOME‑SF ordinance and adding several project types to the prioritized list.
Janie Chan, manager of technical services at DBI, said the changes remove an outdated requirement that prioritized projects meet exceptionally high efficiency standards like…
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