City and County of San FranciscoDepartment of Building Inspection

Administrative and General Design Subcommittee


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CODE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

NOTICE OF MEETING

Regular Meeting of the
Administrative & General Design Subcommittee

DATE:

April 9, 2008 (Wednesday)

TIME:

8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

LOCATION:

1650 Mission Street, Room 431  (Thru Rm. 400, Planning Dept.)

 

This subcommittee meets regularly every third Wednesday of the month at 1650 Mission Street, Room 431, 4th floor (City Planning Department).  If you wish to be placed on a mailing list for agendas, please call (415) 558-6205.

Note:

Public comment is welcome and will be heard during each agenda item.  Reference documents relating to agenda are available for review at the 1650 Mission Street, Suite 304.  For information, please call Alan Tokugawa at (415) 558-6004.

 

AGENDA

1.0

Call to Order and Roll Call
Members: Fredric Freund, Chair; Arnold Lerner, AIA; Tony Sanchez-Corea

 

2.0

Approval of minutes of the Regular Meeting of February 13, 2008.

 

3.0

Discussion and possible action regarding the final report for the Cost of Services (User Fee) Study by the Matrix Consulting Group.

 

4.0

Discussion and possible action regarding a proposed ordinance (File No. 080281, Peskin) amending the San Francisco Building Code by adding Sections 106A.4.1.4 et.seq. to establish the Slope Protection Act and create procedures that require the Structural Advisory Committee to review and make recommendations on specified permit applications for all property within the City that exceeds an average slope of 25% grade, and to require mandatory denial of the permit by the Building Official under specified circumstances; amending Section 105A.6.2 to specify the composition of the Structural Advisory Committee for permit applications subject to the Slope Protection Act; amending Building Code Section 106A.3.2 to require that the applicant for certain permit applications subject to the Slope Protection Act provide substantial documentation that there exists sufficient infrastructure to support the proposed residential development and that the proposed emergency access routes meet standards in effect at the time of the application; amending Building Code Section 1701A.5 to require special inspections throughout the construction process for sites subject to the Slope Protection Act.

5.0

Subcommittee Members’ and Staff’s identification of new agenda items, as well as current agenda items to be continued to another subcommittee regular meeting or special meeting. Subcommittee discussion and possible action regarding administrative issues related to building codes.

6.0

Public Comment: Public comment will be heard on items not on this agenda but within the jurisdiction of the Code Advisory Committee.  Comment time is limited to 3 minutes per person or at the call of the Chair.

7.0

Adjournment.


Note to Committee Members:  Please review the appropriate material and be prepared to discuss at the meeting.  If you are unable to attend, please call Chair Fredric Freund at
(415) 981-5780.  The meeting will begin promptly.


ACCESSIBLE MEETING INFORMATION POLICY


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.

 

The meeting will be held at the Department of Building Inspection, 1660 Mission Street, 2nd Floor. The closest accessible BART stations are the Civic Center Station at 8th (at the United Nations Plaza) and Market Street and 16th at Mission Street.

 

Accessible MUNI/Metro lines servicing this location are the, 42 - Downtown, 14 & 14 Limited - Mission, and F - Market bus lines.  For information about MUNI accessible services call (415) 923-6142.

 

The meeting room is wheelchair accessible.  Accessible curb side parking spaces have been designated on Mission and Otis Streets. There is accessible parking available within the Department of Building Inspection parking lot.  The entrance to this lot is on Otis Street.

 

Accessible seating for persons with disabilities (including those using wheelchairs) will be available. Assistive Listening devices will be available at the meeting.  A sign language interpreter will be available upon request.  Agendas and Minutes of the meeting are available in large print/tape form and/or readers upon request.  Please contactMs. Emilie Green at  (415) 558-6205 at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting to request these services.

 

If you require use of a reader or other special services, please contact Ms. Emilie Green at (415) 558-6205 at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting to request these services.

 

Materials are available in alternate formats on request

 

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 decision 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, contactFrank Darby Jr., Administrator, Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco CA 94102-4689; by phone at 415 554 7724; by fax at 415 554 7854; or by email at sotf@sfgov.org.

 

Citizens interested in obtaining a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance can request a copy from Ms. Destro or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, http://www.sfgov.org/sunshine/


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 Chief Building Inspector Laurence Kornfield, at 1660 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 or at the place of the scheduled meeting.  These written comments shall be made a part of the official public record.

SAN FRANCISCOLOBBYIST 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 Street #701, SF, CA 94102 or (415) 554-9510 voice, or (415) 703-0121 fax, or visit their website at http://www.sfgov.org/ethics/.