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2007 SF Building Code Interpretations (ONLY APPLICABLE For permit application dates 1/1/2008 to 12/31/2010)
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| Category / Reference | Subject | SF Building Code Sections | Date |
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| Application of the 2007 San Francisco Building Code to a New building prior to the Effective Date of that New Code (January 1, 2008) | 104A.2.7, 104A.2.8 | November 5, 2007 |
| Disabled Access 002
| 1104B.5, 1122B | November 5, 2007 | |
| Disable Access 004
| Knee clearance at employee break room sinks
| 1122B.3, 1123B.1, 1115B.4.7.1 & 2 | January 15, 2008 (revised from 11/5/07 based on CBC code change) |
| Disabled Access 005
| Allowable shower sizes for housing applications
| 1127A.5.3, 1134A.6; Figures 11A-9H, 9I, & 9K | May 22, 2008 |
| Egress 001
| Common Path of Travel with One Exit | 101A.9.1, 1002.2, 1014.3, 1019.2, Table 1019.2 | March 3, 2008 |
| Egress 002
| Removing Second Exit from Exist6ing R-3 Single Family Building | 1019.2, #2 | May 13, 2008 |
| Egress 003
| 1016.1 & 1019.2, #2; Table 1016.6 | April 30, 2007 | |
| Egress 004
| Table 1019.2 | May 15, 2008 | |
| Egress 005 | 1005.2, 1008.3, 1011.3, 1011.5.1, & 1020.1.5 | March 27, 2008 | |
| Egress 007
| Application of exit access travel distance requirements to R-3 buildings | 101A.9.1, 1016, Table 1016.1 | November 5, 2007 |
| Egress 008
| E1004, Table 1004.1 | October 24, 2008 | |
| Egress 009
| 1002, 1014.3, 1025.8 | May 27, 2008 | |
| Egress 013
| Egress for Multi-Level Residential Units Within an R-2 Occupancy | 1014.3, 1015, 1016, 1018, 1019; Tables 1015.1, 1019.1, 1019.2 | March 30, 2009 |
| Egress 016 | Use of Horizontal Exits as Accessible Means of Egress for New Buildings | 1002.1, 1007, 1007.2.1, Exception 1, 1007.3, 1007.4, 1022, 1118A.1, 1114B.2 | July 21, 2009 |
| Fire Safety 001
| Opening protection requirements for exterior walls for an R-3 occupancy | 704.5, 704.8, Tables 601, 602, & 704.8 | December 5, 2007 |
| Fire Safety 002
| Automatic fire sprinkler requirements for non-detached R-3 buildings | 903.2.7 | March 3, 2008 |
| General 002
| 302, 303, & 304 | November 5, 2007 | |
| General 003
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| 302, 1004.1 | May 6, 2008 |
| General 004
| 406.2.5 | November 5, 2007 | |
| General 005
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| 2304.11.2 | November 5, 2007 |
| General 006
| 1013.2 & 1013.3, Exception #2 | May 26, 2008 | |
| General 007
| 704, 715, 3401.2, 3405; Tables 601, 602, 704.8 | May 27, 2008 | |