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Commission discusses tenant-notice rules and backs fee waiver to encourage legalization of in‑law units

Building Inspection Commission · June 17, 2015
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Summary

Commissioners debated a Board of Appeals resolution and Supervisor Scott Wiener's ordinance to require individualized and posted notice to all tenants when a permit could remove a dwelling unit; later the commission voted to support a separate citywide fee‑waiver to reduce plan‑review costs for legalizing existing units.

The Building Inspection Commission on June 17 discussed a Board of Appeals resolution and an ordinance from Supervisor Scott Wiener that would require written individualized notice to all tenants and posted notice when a demolition or merger of a dwelling unit is proposed — including instructions on how to appeal and information about legal services — and would require multilingual notices in Spanish, Cantonese and Russian. Wiener also said owners removing kitchens, stoves or bathrooms to render a unit non‑habitable would have…

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