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Rules Committee backs ordinance allowing DBI/Fire to order sprinkler or alarm upgrades in buildings with recurring fire hazards
Summary
The committee voted to send a fire‑life‑safety ordinance to the full Board with a positive recommendation. The ordinance lets DBI/Fire issue a 'fire life safety notice and order' after two or more separate unabated NOVs and bars landlords from passing installation costs to tenants.
The Rules Committee on Oct. 17 voted to forward to the Board of Supervisors with a positive recommendation an ordinance that would authorize the Department of Building Inspection (DBI) and the Fire Department to require installation or upgrade of fire sprinkler or alarm systems in residential buildings of three or more units when recurring, unabated fire‑safety violations present a substantial danger to residents.
Carolyn Goosen, staff in Supervisor Hillary Ronan’s office, told the committee the ordinance is triggered when a building owner has been issued two or…
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