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Residents and architects tell DBI enforcement gaps persist under vacant-building ordinance
Summary
Public commenters and architects told the Building Inspection Commission that the vacant/abandoned buildings ordinance is poorly implemented, citing long delays, missing intake tracking and unsecured properties; DBI staff described the registration, NOV and abatement process and said many cases are referred to the city attorney for litigation.
Public commenters detailed failures in implementation of San Francisco’s vacant and abandoned buildings ordinance while department staff described enforcement steps and limitations.
Several speakers told the Building Inspection Commission on June 15 that the ordinance is not producing timely results for neighbors. “The property was not maintained,” said Nancy Werfel, who told commissioners she lives next door to a home that sat vacant for 28 months and said inspectors did not post required signposting with owner or lender contact information. Werfel said windows and skylights were broken and plywood was not affixed, and that an inspector told her some missing glazing was “not relevant”…
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