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103.1 Replace the third paragraph with the following:
The Authority Having Jurisdiction, when necessary, may call upon the Police Department and other City and County of San Francisco agencies for aid or assistance in carrying out or enforcing any of the provisions of this code.
103.4 Revise the first paragraph of this section as follows:
103.4 Right of Entry. Where it is necessary to make an inspection to enforce the provisions of this code or other codes or ordinances, or where the Authority Having Jurisdiction has reasonable cause to believe that there exists in a building or upon premises a condition or violation of this code or other codes or ordinances that makes the building or premises unsafe, insanitary, dangerous or hazardous, the Authority Having Jurisdiction shall be permitted to enter the building or premises at reasonable times to inspect or to perform the duties imposed upon the Authority Having Jurisdiction by this code or other codes or ordinances, provided that where such building or premises is occupied, the Authority Having Jurisdiction shall present credentials to the occupant and request entry. Where such building or premises is unoccupied, the Authority Having Jurisdiction shall first make a reasonable effort to locate the owner or other person having charge or control of the building or premises and request entry. Where entry is refused, the Authority Having Jurisdiction has recourse to every remedy provided by law to secure entry.
103.5 Add the following section:
103.5 Rules and Regulations. The Authority Having Jurisdiction shall have the power to render interpretations of this code and to adopt and enforce rules and supplemental regulations to clarify the application of its provisions. Such interpretations, rules and regulations shall be in conformance with the intent and purpose of this code. Such rules and regulations, commonly referred to as “Code Rulings” and “Administrative Bulletins” supplemental to this code, shall not take effect until approved bythe Building Inspection Commission and signed by theAuthority Having Jurisdiction except in unusual circumstances where the Authority Having Jurisdiction has determined that there is an immediate need to protect the public health and safety. When the Authority Having Jurisdiction finds that such circumstances exist, the Authority Having Jurisdiction may order immediate enforcement of a particular rule or regulation. The Authority Having Jurisdiction shall arrange for a subscription service to such rules and regulations, the entire cost of which is to be borne by the subscribers.
103.6 Add the following section:
103.6 Code Revisions. The Authority Having Jurisdiction shall transmit to the Building Inspection Commission, at intervals not exceeding three years, recommendations for changes to this code, based on studies of the following:
1. Requests of the Board of Examiners for variances from this code, and for approvals of alternate materials, alternate designs and methods of construction.
2. Code changes recommended by the Board of Examiners.
3. Code changes recommended by the Code Advisory Committee or other bodies subordinate to the Building Inspection Commission.
4. Results obtained and problems encountered in legal actions taken to correct code violations.
5. Changes or improvements in materials, methods of construction or design, and changes proposed by interested persons.
6. Investigations of fire and structural damage to buildings, and of determination of unsatisfactory building performance.
7. Periodic changes to the California Plumbing Code and other State regulations which may affect this code.
8. Administrative Bulletins and Code Rulings currently in effect.
9. Violations of the code found on inspections or investigations.
103.7 Add the following section:
103.7 Modifications. When there are practical difficulties involved in carrying out the provisions of this code, the Authority Having Jurisdiction may grant modifications for individual cases. The Authority Having Jurisdiction shall first find that a special individual reason makes the strict letter of this code impractical and that the modification is in conformance with the intent and purpose of this code and that such modification does not lessen the standard of this code to safeguard life or limb, health, property, or public welfare. The details of any action granting modifications shall be recorded and entered in the files of the Department of Building Inspection.
104.1 Add the following as the second paragraph of this section:
Emergency work for the protection of life or limb, health, property and public welfare shall have a permit obtained within one day of commencing such work, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays.
104.1.1 Add the following section:
104.1.1 Homeowner’s Permit. A permit for plumbing work in, on or about a single-family dwelling may be issued by the Authority Having Jurisdiction, provided said work is done by the owner or a family member who has demonstrated, to the satisfaction of the administrative authority, his or her qualifications to satisfactorily perform the plumbing work in the dwelling which is, or is intended to be, occupied by the owner. If the plumbing work performed under the homeowner’s permit does not comply with the requirements of this code and if the corrections are not made as required by the Department of Building Inspection, then the work shall be corrected by a State-licensed plumbing contractor under a separate permit.
Such State-licensed plumbing contractor shall be required to pay only the permit issuance fee as set forth in Section 110A, Table 1A-C - Plumbing/Mechanical Permit Issuance and Inspection Fees - of the Building Code. If additional inspection is required, the appropriate fees as set forth in Section 110A, Table 1A-C - Plumbing/Mechanical Permit Issuance and Inspection Fees and Table 1A-G - Inspection, Surveys and Reports - of the Building Code shall apply.
104.1.2 Add the following section:
104.1.2 Amending Applications. After a permit has been issued and an inspection of the work has been made, the scope of the permit may be altered by filing an amended permit application and paying fees for any additional work as set forth in Table 1A-C - Plumbing/Mechanical Permit Issuance and Inspection Fees and Table 1A-G - Inspections, Survey, and Reports of Section 110A
of the Building Code.
104.2 Replace Section 104.2(1) and the first paragraph of Section 104.2(2) as follows:
104.2 Exempt Work. A permit shall not be required for the following:
(1) Repair of leaks not requiring cutting into or removing piping.
(2) Unstopping of traps, sewers, vents or waste pipes not requiring cutting into or removal of traps or piping.
(3) Replacement, repair or maintenance of faucets, angle stops, hose bibbs or roof drain not requiring cutting into or removal of piping.
(4) Replacement of toilets except in structures with alternate water piping.
(5) Replacement of furnace filters.
(6) Removal of drainage, water or gas piping from a building when the water supply, gas and drainage lines have been disconnected in an approved manner under a permit.
(7) Work involved in setting up for display of plumbing fixtures or appliances, when not connected to any supply or drainage lines, in a sales establishment.
(8) Replacement of water conservation devices not requiring cutting into or removal of piping.
(9) Work performed in buildings or structures owned and occupied by the State and Federal governments.
104.3 Replace this section as follows:
104.3 Application for Permit. Permit applicants shall file with the Department of Building Inspection an application on a form furnished for that purpose.
A permit for inspection of the proposed plumbing work set forth in the application will be issued to State-licensed contractors or to homeowners subject to the requirements of Section 104.1.1. A separate permit shall be obtained for each separate building, structure or property.
104.3.2 Replace this section as follows:
104.3.2 Inspections Not Covered by Permit Fees.
104.3.2.1 Off Hours of Inspection. Off-hour inspection may be performed outside normal inspection hours by prior arrangement and prepayment of fees as set forth in Section 110A
, Table 1A-G - Inspections, Surveys and Reports - of the Building Code.
104.3.2.2 Reinspections. A reinspection fee shall be assessed for each inspection or reinspection made necessary by any of the following conditions:
(1) When the portion of the work for which the inspection is requested is not complete or code complying.
(2) When previously identified deficiencies in the work are not properly corrected.
(3) When the approved construction documents are not available to the inspector.
(4) When access is not provided on the date and time of the inspection appointment.
(5) When work deviates from the approved construction documents.
The first reinspection for failure to comply with code requirements shall not be assessed a reinspection fee. All subsequent reinspections for the same or subsequent errors or omissions shall be charged a reinspection fee.
Subsequent to inspector determination of reinspection fee requirements, no required or requested inspections shall be made nor shall the job be given a certificate of final completion and occupancy or final approval until the required reinspection fees are paid. See Section 110A, Table 1A-G - Inspections, Surveys and Reports - of the Building Code for applicable fees.
104.3.2.3 Survey. A plumbing survey may be requested when a plumbing inspector’s assistance is desired to establish code compliance of existing or proposed plumbing system requirements. See Section 110A
, Table 1A-G - Inspections, Survey and Reports - of the Building Code for applicable fees.
104.4 Add a new second paragraph to this section as follows:
An issued permit entitles the permittee to proceed with the work described therein. The issuance of a permit does not constitute approval of any work done under that permit. Permits shall not be transferable.
104.4.3 Replace this section as follows:
104.4.3 Permit Expiration. Plumbing permits expire per Section 106A.4.4 of the San Francisco Building Code. Permit fees may be partially refunded if a written cancellation request is made to the Building Official prior to commencement of the permitted work and within 90 days of the date of permit issuance. See Section 110A
, Table 1A-R - Refunds - of the Building Code for refunds.
104.4.3.2 Add the following section:
104.4.3.2 Commencement of Work on Permit Expired Due to Work Not Started. A new permit shall be obtained to undertake the work described on an expired permit on which no work was performed. If not more than one year has elapsed since the expiration of the original permit, the applicant is eligible for reduced fees. See Section 110A
, Table 1A-B - Other Building Permit and Plan Review Fees - of the Building Code for applicable fees.
If a refund has been granted per Section 104.4.3, the applicant shall not be eligible for the reduced fees as set forth in Section 110A, Table 1A-B - Other Building Permit and Plan Review Fees - of the Building Code.
104.4.3.3 Add the following section:
104.4.3.3 Recommencement of Work on Permit Expired Due to Work Not Completed. The applicant shall obtain a new permit for the work not completed. The permit fee shall be based on work remaining to be done. Fees shall be as set forth in Section 110A
, Table 1A-C - Plumbing/Mechanical Permit Issuance and Inspection Fees - of the Building Code.
104.5 Replace this section as follows:
104.5 Permit Fees. Before any permit is issued, the applicant shall pay to the Central Permit Bureau the fees as set forth in Section 110A, Table 1A-C - Plumbing/Mechanical Permit Issuance and Inspection Fees - of the Building Code. The replacement of a plumbing fixture or a gas appliance without a change in drainage, piping or venting shall not require the payment of permit issuance fee. A separate permit issuance fee shall be paid for each class of work, i.e., sewers and drainage, gas and water.
Final inspection will not be made unless all outstanding fees related to the permit work have been paid.
104.5.2 Revise this section as follows:
104.5.2 Investigation Fees. An investigation fee, in addition to the permit fee, shall be collected whether or not a permit is then or subsequently issued. See Section 110A, Table 1A-C - Plumbing/Mechanical Permit Issuance and Inspection Fees, and Table 1A-K - Penalties, Hearings, Code Enforcement Assessments - of the Building Code for applicable fees. The payment of such investigation fee shall not exempt a person from compliance with other provisions of this code, nor from a penalty prescribed by law.
The Director may reduce the investigation fee to two times the amount of the permit fee as called for in Section 110A, Table 1A-C - Plumbing/Mechanical Permit Issuance and Inspection Fees - of the Building Code for work that was constructed prior to the current building ownership or for work without permit which was done prior to January 1, 1967, if the owner files with the Director a notarized affidavit together with documents substantiating such dates of work.
Appeals of investigation fees may be filed with the Board of Appeals in the manner provided in Section 8 et seq. of the Business & Tax Regulations Code. Such filing shall be subject to the fees and rules of the Board of Appeals. The Board of Appeals, in reviewing the appeal, may reduce the appealed amount to not less than two times the permit fee as set forth in Section 110A, Table 1A-C - Plumbing/Mechanical Permit Issuance and Inspection Fees - of the Building Code.
104.5.3 Replace this section as follows:
104.5.3 Fee Refunds. For fee refunds, see Section 107A.6 of the Building Code.
105.2.6 Revise the fourth paragraph as follows:
To obtain reinspection, the applicant shall file an application therefore in writing upon a form furnished for that purpose and pay the reinspection fee in accordance with Section 110A, Table 1A-G - Inspections, Surveys and Reports - of the Building Code.
106.3 Replace this section as follows:
106.3 Penalties. Any person, the owner or the owner’s authorized agent, who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with, or resists or opposes the execution of any of the provisions of this code, shall be liable for a civil penalty, not to exceed $500 for each day such violation is committed or permitted to continue, which penalty shall be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the people of the City and County of San Francisco by the City Attorney in any court of competent jurisdiction. Any penalty assessed and recovered in an action brought pursuant to this paragraph shall be paid to the City Treasurer and credited to the Department of Building Inspection’s Special Fund.
Any person, the owner or the owner’s authorized agent, who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with, or who resists or opposes the execution of any of the provisions of this code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, unless otherwise provided in this code, and shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for every day such violation, disobedience, omission, neglect or refusal shall continue. Any person who shall do any work in violation of any of the provisions of this code, and any person having charge of such work who shall permit it to be done, shall be liable for the penalty provided.
It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with the posting of any notice provided for in this code or to tear down or mutilate any such notice posted by the Department of Building Inspection.
106.5 Revise this section as follows:
106.5 Authority to Disconnect Utilities in Emergencies. The Authority Having Jurisdiction shall have the authority to disconnect a plumbing system to a building, structure or equipment regulated by this code in case of emergency where necessary to eliminate an immediate hazard to life or property. For notification procedures, see Section 102A.16 of the Building Code.
107.0 Replace this title and the entire section as follows:
107.0 Board of Examiners. Application may be made to the Board of Examiners for approval of alternate materials, methods and types of construction and for variances from the provisions of this code. See Building Code, Section 105A.1.
108.0 Add the following section:
109.0 Add the following section:
109.0 Repairs to Defective Building Sewers
109.1 General. Any defective building sewer found to be a nuisance or hazardous to the public shall be repaired at the owner’s expense by a licensed plumbing contractor in accordance with this code. In the event the owner fails to repair the defective building sewer after written notice has been sent the owner by the Authority Having Jurisdiction, the Authority Having Jurisdiction shall abate the condition in accordance with Section 102A of the Building Code.
109.2 Cost of Repairs by City and County of San Francisco. Whenever the Authority Having Jurisdiction, pursuant to the authority conferred by this code and the Building Code, shall cause a building sewer to be repaired or replaced, the cost thereof shall be paid from the “Plumbing Building Sewer Revolving Fund” and assessed against the property served by said building sewer.
109.3 Plumbing Building Sewer Revolving Fund. A special revolving fund, to be known as the “Plumbing Building Sewer Revolving Fund,” is hereby created for the purpose of defraying the costs and expenses which may be incurred by the Department of Building Inspection in carrying out the authority conferred by this code to repair or replace defective building sewers.
The Board of Supervisors shall transfer one-half of the funds appropriated to the “Side Sewer Repair” fund of the Department of Building Inspection or shall appropriate, establish or increase the special revolving fund with such funds as it may deem necessary in order to expedite performance of the work of repairing or replacing defective building sewers. The special revolving fund shall be replenished with all funds collected under the proceeding hereinafter provided for, either upon voluntary payments or as a result of the sale of the property after delinquency, or otherwise. Balances remaining in the Plumbing Building Sewer Revolving Fund at the close of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in such fund.
109.4 Assessment for Costs. The Authority Having Jurisdiction shall take action to have the costs of all work done or caused to be done pursuant to this Section 109.0 assessed against the parcel or parcels of land upon which said building is served by the building sewer per Section 102A of the Building Code. Such costs shall include, in addition to all costs related to repairing or replacing the building sewer or demolishing and clearing the site, the City and County of San Francisco’s costs in administering the required work. See Section 110A, Table 1A-K - Penalties, Hearings, Code Enforcement Assessments - of the Building Code for the applicable fee.