ELECTRICAL CODE
2019 Edition

New Ordinance Notice

Publisher's Note: This Code has been AMENDED by new legislation (Ord. 225-22 , approved 11/10/2022, effective 12/11/2022, operative 1/1/2023). The text of the amendment will be incorporated as soon as possible.

The San Francisco Electrical Code is current through Ordinance 266-19, File No. 190136, approved November 21, 2019, effective December 22, 2019, operative 1/1/2020.

Includes legislation adopted by the Board of Supervisors through December 31, 2019

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by
THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
A Municipal Corporation

 

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed by any means or stored in a database or retrieval system without prior written permission of the City and County of San Francisco.

PUBLISHER'S NOTE

   The full 2019 San Francisco Electrical Code consists of the 2017 National Electrical Code, as amended by the 2019 California Electrical Code, and as further amended by these San Francisco amendments.

   The San Francisco Electrical Code amendments contained herein are designed to be used in conjunction with the 2019 California Electrical Code.

   The San Francisco Electrical Code amendments contained herein were adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco on November 21, 2019, by Ordinance 266-19,, effective December 22, 2019, and operative January 1, 2020.

 

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+		Complete San Francisco Electrical Code
2019 San Francisco Amendments

 

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PREFACE

Text Format:

   The text in this publication is formatted to allow the user to quickly and easily determine the source of the included material. Language derived from the 2019 California Code that is unchanged by local amendment is printed in shaded text (see below). Language constituting San Francisco amendments to the California Code is printed in unformatted (or “plain”) text. In either case, bold and/or italic typefaces may be used as appropriate for emphasis, etc. See below for examples.

   To further simplify use of the San Francisco amendments with corresponding sections of the 2019 California Code, explanatory remarks appearing in italics are provided (in boxes at the beginning of affected provisions) indicating whether the San Francisco amendment to the California Code is adding, revising, or replacing a section or portion of a section.

   To summarize:

Explanatory remarks are boxed and italicized.

   Unchanged language from the 2019 California Code is shaded, and may include bold and/or italicized formatting.

   San Francisco amendments are printed in unformatted ("plain") text, and may include bold and/or italicized formatting.

   An arrow [ ← ] represents the location of language that has been deleted by San Francisco from the 2019 California Code.

   A solid line represents a change from the original published edition of the 2019 San Francisco Electrical Code.

Historical Notations:

   Language which has been added, amended, or deleted from the 2019 publication of the San Francisco Electrical Code is indicated with an historical notation, setting forth the ordinance number and date of adoption.

Additionally, a table is included below that lists and summarizes all legislation that has affected this Code and the other Building Inspection Commission codes after their initial enactment.