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Supervisors and fire marshal clash over fire code language on street access and traffic-calming
Summary
Supervisors debated amendments to the 2016 San Francisco fire code to preserve exemptions for certain pedestrian "bulb outs" and to remove a proposed adoption of International Fire Code Appendix D that could raise required street clearance; the committee adopted Supervisor Wiener’s amendments and forwarded the item as amended.
Supervisors on the Land Use and Transportation Committee debated competing public-safety goals — fire apparatus access and street safety measures intended to slow vehicle speeds — before forwarding an amended 2016 San Francisco fire code to the full Board.
Supervisor Wiener said he would offer amendments to reinstate earlier language exempting pedestrian bulb outs (no higher than 6 inches without obstruction) from minimum clearance calculations and to remove an explicit adoption of Appendix D of the International Fire Code, which would increase certain street clearance requirements from 20 to 26 feet. He argued that a blanket adoption of Appendix D…
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