BUILDING INSPECTION COMMISSION (BIC)

NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING

BIC UNLAWFUL DEMOLITION COMMITTEE

Tuesday, August 4, 1998, at 9:30 a.m.

1660 Mission Street, San Francisco, 2nd Floor, Room 2001

AGENDA:

(The BIC Committee will take public comment on every item appearing on the agenda. Members of the public who address the Commission have the discretion on whether or not they wish to identify themselves for the record.)

1.	Call to Order and Roll Call.

2.	Public Comment: The Committee will take public comment on matters within the Committee's jurisdiction that are not part of this agenda.

3.	Discussion of Unlawful Residential Demolition Ordinance codified in Section 103.3 of the 1995 San Francisco Building Code, including but not limited to:

a.	Report and discussion on the distribution and responses to a questionnaire prepared by Commissioner Freeman to solicit input on the language in Section 103.3. [Commissioner Freeman]

b.	Discussion of the problems that Section 103.3 was intended to solve and the difference in impacts between filing for an alteration permit instead of a demolition permit (e.g., notice requirements, increase in assessed value of residence, preservation of legal non-conforming status for parking and setbacks, etc.) [Deputy Director Wong]

c.	Report and discussion of previous cases where there was a question on whether the application involved illegal demolition and schematic cases/floor plans to illustrate the types of projects where the question of the occurrence of illegal demolition arises. [Deputy Director Wong]

d.	Possible action to adopt strategies to formulate a workplan with a timeline, disseminate information to the public and forward a recommendation to the full Commission on alternatives proposed to amend the Unlawful Demolition Ordinance or to improve the implementation of the current ordinance (e.g., through code interpretations/bulletins).

4.	Discussion and possible action with respect to those items that could be placed on the agenda of future Committee meetings.

5.	Commissioner Inquiries and Review of Communication Items: At this time, the Committee may make inquiries to staff regarding the status of various documents, policies, practices and procedures which are of interest to the Committee and may discuss communication items received since the last Committee meeting.

6.	Approval of the Minutes of the Committee Meeting of November 13, 1997.

7.	Approval of the Minutes of the Committee Meeting of December 9, 1997.

8.	Public Comment: The Committee will take public comment on matters within the Committee's jurisdiction that are not part of this agenda.

9.	Adjournment.

MISSION STATEMENT

As a policy-making and supervisory body mandated by the City Charter, the seven-member citizen Building Inspection Commission will manage the Department of Building Inspection and the bodies' subordinate to the Commission by overseeing the effective, efficient, fair and safe enforcement of the City and County's Building, Housing, Plumbing, Electrical and Mechanical Codes, along with the Disability Access Regulations.

POLICY STATEMENT OF PUBLIC COMMENT

Pursuant to Section 67.16 of the San Francisco Administrative Code, each member of the public may address the Commission once for up to three minutes on any agenda item.

ACCESSIBLE MEETING INFORMATION POLICY

The meeting will be held at the San Francisco Permit Center, located at 1660 Mission Street, 6th Floor, Room 6034. The closest accessible BART stations are the Civic Center Station at 8th (at the United Nations Plaza) and Market Streets and the 16th Street Station at 16th and Mission Streets.

Accessible MUNI/Metro lines servicing this location are the 14L-Mission, 14-Mission, 42-Downtown/Caltrain Station and 26-19th Avenue/Valencia Street. For information about MUNI accessible services call (415) 923-6142.

The Commission meeting room is wheelchair accessible. Accessible parking spaces have been provided on the south side of 1660 Mission Street and can be accessed through the driveway on Otis Street.

Assistive Listening devices will be available at the meeting. A sign language interpreter will be available upon request. Minutes of the meeting are available in large print/tape form and/or readers upon request. Please contact the Commission Secretary, Maria Banico at (415) 558-6164 at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting to request for these services.

In order to assist the City's efforts to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical based products. Please help the City to accommodate these individuals.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE

(Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code)

Government's duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people's business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people's review.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE OR TO REPORT A VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE, CONTACT THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE TASK FORCE AT 554-6075.

POLICY STATEMENT OF PUBLIC HEARING OR MEETING

Pursuant to Section 67.7-1(c) of the San Francisco Administrative Code, members of the public who are unable to attend the public meeting or hearing may submit written comments regarding a calendared item to the BIC Commission Secretary, Maria Banico, at 1660 Mission Street, Room 6003, San Francisco, CA 94013 or at the place of the scheduled hearing before the proceedings begin. These written comments shall be made a part of the official public record and these comments will be brought to the attention of the members of the Building Inspection Commission. [Twenty copies are necessary.]

SAN FRANCISCO LOBBYIST ORDINANCE

Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Administrative Code Sec. 16.520-16.534] to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the Ethics Commission at 1390 Market St. #701, SF, CA 94102 or (415) 554-9510 voice, or (415) 703-0121 fax, or http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/ethics/ - web.

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