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Committee sends fire‑code amendments — including 5‑foot access requirement — to full board
Summary
The committee voted to forward an ordinance that would require filing of five‑year sprinkler inspection records and annual alarm inspections, establish cost‑recovery fees, and mandate a minimum five‑foot access corridor on newly subdivided lots; sponsor and fire officials said the measures respond to lessons from recent conflagrations and aim to improve firefighter access.
The Land Use & Transportation Committee voted Jan. 22 to send to the full Board of Supervisors a fire‑code ordinance that would require owners to file five‑year sprinkler inspection records and annual alarm and detection inspections with the Fire Department, establish a cost‑recovery filing fee, and require a minimum five‑foot access from the public right‑of‑way to residential structures on newly subdivided lots.
Supervisor Connie Chan, sponsor of the legislation, said the bill grew out of…
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