(a) Every high-rise building shall have a plan in place. The owner shall be responsible for creating, implementing, maintaining and updating a plan for that building. The owner shall review the plan annually and as a result of such annual review, shall amend or update the plan as necessary to ensure that it is accurate and complete. The plan shall be made available upon request to personnel of the department of buildings, the office of emergency management and communications, the fire department, and the department of police. Upon any change of ownership or management of a high-rise building, the previous owner shall provide all copies of the plan required by this chapter to the new owner.
(b) The owner of each Category 1 and Category 2 building, and the owner of each Category 3 and Category 4 building which is predominantly of occupancy Group A, shall be responsible for filing a copy of that building's plan with the City's Office of Emergency Management and Communications. The owner of each Category 3 and Category 4 building which is predominantly of occupancy Group B, F, M, or R is encouraged, but not required, to file a copy of that building's plan with the City's Office of Emergency Management and Communications. Any plan filed with the City's Office of Emergency Management and Communications shall be in such form(s) and format(s) as that office requires.
(c) For all high-rise buildings with a plan on file with the city's office of emergency management and communications, in the event the plan is amended or updated as a result of an annual review or more frequently on an owner's initiative, a copy of the amended or updated plan must be filed with the city's office of emergency management and communications.
(d) Consistent with applicable law, the city shall treat all plans submitted as confidential, and shall provide the owner with a copy of any appeal, received by the office of emergency management and communications, of the office of emergency management and communications' notice of denial provided to a third party seeking inspection and copies of that owner's plan.
(e) If a high-rise building has two or more owners, the owners may create, implement, maintain and amend and update a single plan for that building on a collective basis or through the delegation of one owner for such purposes, or such owners may create, implement, maintain and amend and update separate plans covering their respective portions of the building.
(Added Coun. J. 10-31-01, p. 71184, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 8.10; Amend Coun. J. 4-10-19, p. 100029, Art. VIII, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 10-7-20, p. 21791, Art. VII, § 12)