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Committee forwards ordinance to speed alarm upgrades for buildings sold after Sept. 1, 2017
Summary
Sponsors said the ordinance would require buildings sold or transferred after 09/01/2017 to complete fire-alarm upgrades for sleeping areas within 12 months of sale (exempting mandatory seismic retrofits); the committee forwarded the item to the full Board after public support from tenant and housing groups.
Clerk read Item 3, an ordinance amending the building and fire codes to require buildings sold or transferred after 09/01/2017 to comply with fire-alarm system upgrade requirements for sleeping areas, while exempting mandatory seismic-strengthening alterations and transient hotels from the alarm upgrade obligation. Supervisor Aaron Peskin (sponsor) said the proposal was prompted by a February fire at an SRO at 801 Pacific Avenue and would "speed up some of…
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