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Sprinkler proposal for nonresidential areas of residential hotels continued for two weeks to address commercial-space impacts
Summary
Sponsor described a modest, sale-triggered requirement for sprinklers in nonresidential areas of residential hotels after 08/01/2017; tenant advocates urged adoption, but the committee continued the item for two weeks so staff can draft narrow amendments to protect affordable commercial spaces from unintended lease pass-throughs.
Item 4 would amend the fire and housing codes to require automatic sprinklers in nonresidential areas of residential hotels sold or transferred after 08/01/2017, and to forward the ordinance to the California Building Standards Commission. Sponsor Supervisor Aaron Peskin said many fires have begun in commercial areas and basements — as in the 801 Pacific Avenue fire — and described the proposal as a "modest step" that is triggered upon transfer or…
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