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Committee advances ordinance extending deadlines, waiving DBI inspection fee for disability access upgrades
Summary
The Land Use Committee voted without objection to amend and forward an ordinance that extends compliance timelines for mandatory disability access improvements for places of public accommodation and waives the Department of Building Inspection permit fee; sponsor said staggered dates give small businesses more time to comply.
Supervisor Katie Tang, chair of the Land Use Committee, moved amendments and the item forward after explaining the changes she proposed to the city's disability access program. Tang said the ordinance extends the schedule for compliance by building category and clarifies definitions, adding that the local rules are intended to align with state and federal accessibility law. “If you fall into category 1 building, your new compliance date for the checklist would be 01/01/2019,” Tang said, listing staggered deadlines for categories 1 through 4 and noting all…
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