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DBI reports on ABE compliance, plumbing ordinance continuation and tenant-notification bill
Summary
DBI staff told the commission the plumbing cross-connection ordinance was continued at Land Use, Supervisor Peskin introduced tenant-notification legislation for temporarily evicted tenants, and the Accessible Business Entry (ABE) program shows about 9,000 noncompliant properties with a proposed deadline extension.
DBI legislative affairs staff briefed the Building Inspection Commission on several items in progress.
John Murray reported the plumbing code cross-connection ordinance was continued at the Land Use Committee on advice from the city attorney’s office to align with the existing code cycle. He said the administration planned to let the San Francisco amendments complete the cycle before adding the cross-connection item in January.
Murray also said Supervisor Aaron Peskin had introduced legislation that would require landlords to notify tenants who are temporarily evicted for capital improvement projects (for example, soft-story seismic retrofit projects) of their right to return before issuance of a certificate of final completion (CFC). DBI and the Rent Board have met to discuss implementation and have concerns about operationalizing the requirement; Murray said staff planned further outreach with Peskin’s office.
On the Accessible Business Entry program, Murray said compliance remains low with about 9,000 noncompliant property owners. DBI has sent a more formal notice to those property owners and is discussing an ordinance amendment, in conversation with Supervisor Yee, to extend the compliance deadline to July 1 from the previous December 1 date to give more time for outreach and compliance.
Commissioners were invited to ask questions; staff said they would follow up with additional details as legislative processes advance.
