MECHANICAL CODE
2016 Edition

The San Francisco Mechanical Code is current through Ordinance 230-16, File No. 160949, approved November 22, 2016, effective December 22, 2016, operative January 1, 2017.

Copyright © 2017
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 2016 San Francisco Mechanical Code consists of the 2015 Uniform Mechanical Code, as amended by the 2016 California Mechanical Code, and as further amended by these San Francisco amendments.

   The San Francisco Mechanical Code amendments contained herein are designed to be used in conjunction with the 2016 California Mechanical Code.

   The San Francisco Mechanical Code amendments contained herein were adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco on November 22, 2016, by Ordinance 230-16, effective December 22, 2016, and operative January 1, 2017.

 

2016 California Mechanical Code (Which incorporates the 2015 Uniform Mechanical Code)	}
+		Complete San Francisco Mechanical Code
2016 San Francisco Amendments

 

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PREFACE

Text Format:

   The text in this publication is formatted to allow the user quickly and easily to determine the source of the included material. Language derived from the 2016 California Code that is unchanged by local amendment is printed in shaded text. 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 2016 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 2016 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.

Marginal Markings:

   The position of language deleted from the California Code is noted by[ ← ] an arrow; the language may or may not have been replaced by local amendment.

   Material altered after the initial adoption of the 2016 San Francisco Mechanical Code is shown by a solid vertical line at the left margin of the text.

Historical Notations:

   Language which has been added, amended, or deleted from the 2016 publication of the San Francisco Mechanical 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.