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Commission adopts voluntary soft‑story retrofit bulletin; vote unanimous
Summary
The San Francisco Building Inspection Commission unanimously approved Administrative Bulletin AB‑94, establishing voluntary design and eligibility criteria for seismic retrofits of soft‑story Type V wood‑frame buildings and aligning the voluntary program with an upcoming mandatory retrofit plan.
The Building Inspection Commission voted unanimously April 21 to adopt Administrative Bulletin AB‑94, a staff‑drafted guidance that defines which soft‑story, Type V (wood‑frame) buildings qualify for the department’s voluntary seismic retrofit program and which retrofit methods are acceptable.
Hanson Tom, plan‑check manager in the Department of Building Inspection, told commissioners the bulletin — originally published in May 2009 and recently revised — aims to simplify owner qualification and retrofit options. "One of the criteria is that 50% of your ground…
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