Department of Building Inspection

Code Advisory Committee

DATE: May 17, 2000 (Wednesday)

TIME: 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

LOCATION: 1660 Mission Street, Room 2001

This Committee meets regularly every third Wednesday of the month at 1660 Mission Street, Room 2001. 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 item. Reference documents relating to agenda are available for review at the 1650 Mission Street, Suite 302. For information, please call Alan Tokugawa at (415) 558-6004.

AGENDA

1.0 Call to Order and Roll Call (2 minutes)

2.0 Approval of minutes of prior Code Advisory Committee (CAC) Special Meeting of the Regular Meeting of February 16, 2000 and the Special Meeting of April 5, 2000. (5 minutes)

3.0 Report, discussion and possible action on the degree of involvement of the City of San Francisco and Department of Building Inspection (DBI) with the State Building Code development process, monitoring of the State Building Codes, and current status of DBI code development process. (10 minutes)

4.0 Report, discussion and possible action on the International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO) hearing on the Guidelines for the Seismic Retrofit of Existing Buildings (GSREB) which is to be a replacement document for the structural chapters of the 1997 Uniform Code for Building Conservation, an alternative code which establishes life-safety requirements for existing buildings that undergo alteration or change of use. (10 minutes)

5.0 Report and possible action regarding coordination of San Francisco Building Code items with The Departments of Public Works and City Planning. (10 minutes)

6.0 Discussion of alternate or equivalent means of achieving an approved second means of egress from existing residential buildings. (10 minutes)

7.0 Report, discussion and possible action regarding review of standing (existing) Code Rulings issued under previous editions of the San Francisco Building Code. The report will give the status of Code Rulings assigned to the CAC subcommittees for review. (5 minutes)

8.0 Report and possible action on status of Administrative Bulletins regarding local equivalencies to California Building Code which are allowed on a case-by-case basis. (5 minutes)

9.0 Subcommittee Reports:

a. Housing Code Subcommittee: (2 minutes)

Subcommittee Chair: Jim Reed

Subcommittee Member: Jerry Cunningham, P.E.

b. Fire & Life Safety Subcommittee: (15 minutes)

Subcommittee Chair: Jerry Cunningham, P.E.

Subcommittee Members: Charles Breidinger, P.E., Carolyn Abst

Discussion and possible action on a local equivalency for communicating openings between buildings at a property line. This is a continuation of a previously postponed discussion on communicating openings.

c. Administrative & General Design Subcommittee (35 minutes)

Subcommittee Chair: Arnold Lerner, AIA

Subcommittee Members: Zachary Nathan, AIA, Frederic Freund, Tony Sanchez-Corea, Dorie Lee

1.) Discussion and possible action on recommendation of this subcommittee regarding Administrative Bulletin AB-035, Procedure for Assigning Street Numbers (Addresses.)

2.) Discussion and possible action on recommendation of this subcommittee regarding Administrative Bulletin AB-042, Board of Examiners, Request for Variance, New Materials, or Alternate Methods of Construction.

3.) Discussion and possible action on recommendation of this subcommittee regarding Administrative Bulletin AB-028, Pre-Application Plan Review Proceedings.

d. Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing Subcommittee: (2 minutes)

Subcommittee Chair: Charles Breidinger, P.E.

Subcommittee Member: Jim Reed

e. Structural Subcommittee: (2 minutes)

Subcommittee Chair: James Guthrie, S.E.

Subcommittee Member: Andy Forrest, P.E.

f. Disability Access Subcommittee (2 minutes)

Subcommittee Chair: (To be selected)

Subcommittee Members: Arnie Lerner, AIA., Zachary Nathan, AIA

10.0 Secretary’s report on upcoming events and tasks for the CAC. (2 minutes)

11.0 Committee Member’s and Staff’s identification agenda items for the next meeting, as well as current agenda items to be continued to another CAC regular meeting or special meeting, or a subcommittee meeting. CAC discussion and possible action regarding administrative issues related to building codes. (3 minutes)

12.0 Public Comment on items not on this agenda but within the jurisdiction of the Code Advisory Committee.

13.0 Adjournment.

Note: If any member of the CAC has not yet received copies of the 1998 codes please contact Alan Tokugawa at 415-558-6004.