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SF Building Inspection Commission declines to support proposed vacant-building ordinance, asks advisory committee for alternatives
Summary
The commission voted 5-1 not to support File 090554, a proposed ordinance to register vacant or abandoned buildings, citing enforceability and overlap with planning authority; it asked the Code Advisory Committee to draft administrative procedures to address existing enforcement gaps.
The San Francisco Building Inspection Commission on a 5-1 vote declined to support a proposed vacant-building ordinance (File 090554), recommending instead that the Code Advisory Committee develop administrative procedures to enforce existing requirements and then advise the Board of Supervisors.
Director Day summarized the draft ordinance introduced by President Chu as a proposal to add Section 103A.4 to the San Francisco building code and to amend Section 110 to establish an annual registration fee, require owners to maintain vacant properties and allow the building official to declare certain vacant buildings nuisances. Day told commissioners that the Planning Commission and Historical Preservation Board had…
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