BUILDING CODE
2016 Edition

The San Francisco Building Code is current through:

Ordinance 65-19, File No. 190136, approved April 12, 2019, effective May 13, 2019.
Administrative Bulletins approved November 21, 2018.

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 Building Code consists of the 2015 International Building Code, as amended by California (2016 California Building Code), and as further amended by these San Francisco amendments, as well as the 2015 International Residential Code as amended by California (2016 California Residential Code) and as further amended by these San Francisco amendments.

   The San Francisco Building Code amendments contained herein are designed to be used in conjunction with the 2016 California Building Code and include all residential code provisions of the 2016 California Residential Code, including more restrictive provisions carried forward into these amendments and so noted.

   The San Francisco Building Code amendments contained herein were adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco on November 22, 2016, by Ordinances 225-16 and 226-16, effective December 22, 2016 and operative January 1, 2017.

 

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2016 San Francisco Amendments

 

   Note that prior editions of the San Francisco Building Code included material derived from the California Green Building Standards Code and the California Existing Building Code. Provisions relating to those subjects currently are published separately as the 2016 San Francisco Green Building Code and the 2016 San Francisco Existing Building Code, respectively.

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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 2016 California Codes that is unchanged by local amendment is printed in shaded text (see below). Language constituting San Francisco amendments to the California Codes 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 Codes, 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 Codes 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:

   [ ← ] An arrow represents the location of language that has been deleted by San Francisco from the 2016 California Code.

   A solid line represents a change from the original published edition of the 2016 San Francisco Building Code.

Historical Notations:

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