TABLE 1A-K – PENALTIES, HEARINGS, CODE ENFORCEMENT ASSESSMENTS

1.    Abatement Appeals Board hearing, filing fee	$326.45 per case
2.    Board of Examiners filing fees:
Each appeal for variance from interpretation of code requirements	$280 per hour Minimum Four Hours
Each appeal for approval of substitute materials or methods of construction	$280 per hour Minimum Four Hours
3.    Building Official’s abatement order hearing	$280 per hour - Minimum Two Hours
4.    Emergency order	$280 per hour Minimum Two Hours
5.    Exceeding the scope of the approved permit	2 times the issuance fee
6.    Access Appeals Commission:
Filing fee	$280 per hour - Minimum Two Hours per appeal
Request for a rehearing	$280 per hour - Minimum Two Hours
7.    Lien recordation charges	$200 or 10% of the amount of the unpaid balance, including interest, whichever is greater
8.    Work without permit: investigation fee:
Building, Electrical, Plumbing or Mechanical Code violations	9 times the Permit Issuance Fee plus the original permit fee
9.    Building Inspection Commission hearing fees:
Notice of appeal	$280 per hour - Minimum Four Hours
Request for jurisdiction	$280 per hour - Minimum Four Hours
Request for rehearing	$280 per hour - Minimum Two Hours
10.    Additional hearings required by Code	$280 per hour - Minimum Four Hours
11.    Violation monitoring fee (in-house)	$199.57 per hour – Minimum One-Half Hour Monthly
12.   Failure to register vacant commercial storefront	4 times the registration fee

 

(Amended by Ord. 174-23, File No. 230658, App. 7/28/2023, Eff. 8/28/2023; Ord. 115-24, File No. 240457, App. 6/18/2024, Eff. 7/19/2024)

TABLE 1A-L – PUBLIC INFORMATION

1.    Public notification and record keeping fees:
Structural addition notice	$214 per hour - Minimum Three-Quarter Hour
Affidavit record maintenance	$53
Posting of notices (change of use)	$214 per hour - Minimum Three-Quarter Hour
Requesting notice of permit issuance (each address) per year	$214.00 per hour - Minimum Three-Quarter Hour
30-inch by 30-inch (762 mm by 762 mm) sign	$53
2.    Demolition:
Notice of application and permit issuance by area/interested parties:
1 area (1 area = 2 blocks)	$111.23 yearly fee for each area
3.    Notices:
300-foot (91.44 m) notification letters	Standard Administration Hourly Rate - Minimum One and One-Half Hour
Residential tenants notification	Standard Administration Hourly Rate - Minimum One-Half Hour
4.    Reproduction and dissemination of public information:
Certification of copies:
1 to 10 pages	$15.00
Each additional 10 pages or fraction thereof	$3.50
Electrostatic reproduction:
Each page photocopy	$0.10
35 mm duplicards from microfilm rolls (Diazo card)	$3.50
Hard copy prints:
8 1/2 inch by 11 inch copy from microfilm roll	$0.10
11 inch by 17 inch copy of plans	$0.10
8 1/2 inch by 11 inch copy from aperture cards or from electronic copies of building records (scanned or computer generated)	$0.10
5.   Replacement of approved construction documents:
Each sheet of plans (Larger than 11 × 17)	ACTUAL COST CHARGED BY VENDOR
6.   Records Retention Fee
Each page of plans per page of plans	$3.00
Each page of supporting documentation (e.g., soil reports, structural calculations, acoustical reports, energy calculations, etc.) per page of documentation	$0.10

 

(Amended by Ord. 174-23, File No. 230658, App. 7/28/2023, Eff. 8/28/2023; Ord. 115-24, File No. 240457, App. 6/18/2024, Eff. 7/19/2024)

TABLE 1A-M – BOILER FEES

 

Permit to install or replace	See Table 1A-C - Category 8
Permit to operate or renew (certificate issued) - Online	$72.52
Permit to operate or renew (certificate issued) - In-House	$145.04
Replacement of issued permit to operate	$72.52
Connection to utility company provided steam (includes permit to operate)	$145.04 per hour - Minimum One-Half Hour
Boiler Maintenance Program	$72.52

 

Renewal required:

1.   Low-pressure boilers every 12 months. (See definition of low-pressure boilers in Chapter 2.)

2.   Water heaters when alteration or replacement permits are issued.

(Amended by Ord. 174-23, File No. 230658, App. 7/28/2023, Eff. 8/28/2023; Ord. 115-24, File No. 240457, App. 6/18/2024, Eff. 7/19/2024)

TABLE 1A-N – ENERGY CONSERVATION

	INITIAL INSPECTION	COMPLIANCE INSPECTION
Single-family dwellings and two-family dwellings	$273.45	$136.36
Apartment houses and residential hotels:
Up to 20 rooms	$409.46	$204.18
Each additional 10 rooms or portion thereof	$136.36	$83.19
Energy reports and certificates:		$83.64
Filing fee for appeals:		$167.28
Certification of qualified energy inspector:		$319.88

(Amended by Ord. 174-23, File No. 230658, App. 7/28/2023, Eff. 8/28/2023; Ord. 115-24, File No. 240457, App. 6/18/2024, Eff. 7/19/2024)

TABLE 1A-O – RESERVED

TABLE 1A-P – RESIDENTIAL CODE ENFORCEMENT AND LICENSE FEES

1.    One- and Two-family dwelling unit fees:	$107 per rental unit
2.    Apartment house license fees:
Apartment houses of 3 to 12 units	$514 per annum
Apartment houses of 13 to 30 units	$798 per annum
Apartment houses of more than 30 units	$1,012 and $107 for each additional 10 units or portion thereof
3.    Hotel license fees:
Hotels of 6 to 29 rooms	$530 per annum
Hotels of 30 to 59 rooms	$843 per annum
Hotels of 60 to 149 rooms	$1,012 per annum
Hotels of 150 to 200 rooms	$1,242 per annum
Hotels of more than 200 rooms	$1,579 and $107 for each additional 25 rooms or portion thereof

(Amended by Ord. 174-23, File No. 230658, App. 7/28/2023, Eff. 8/28/2023; Ord. 115-24, File No. 240457, App. 6/18/2024, Eff. 7/19/2024)

TABLE 1A-Q – HOTEL CONVERSION ORDINANCE FEES

1.   Annual unit usage report	$169.84
2.   Appeal of initial or annual status determination:	$280 per hour pursuant to Section 110A of this Code shall apply for Department Inspector’s work on such request plus fees for Hearing Officer
3.   Challenge to claims of exemption:
Usage report	$83.64
Claim of exemption based on low-income housing	$546.46
Claim of exemption based on partially completed conversion	$820.19
4.   Complaint of unlawful conversion	$83.64
Determination by Department of Real Estate and cost of independent appraisals	Actual costs
5.   Initial unit usage report	$546.46
6.   Permit to convert	$818.01
7.   Request for hearing to exceed 25% tourist season rental limit:
Inspection staff review	$280 per hour
Statement of exemption - Hearing Officer fee	$542.82
8.   Unsuccessful challenge:
Usage report:
Inspection staff review	$280 per hour
Statement of exemption - Hearing Officer fee	$546.46
Request for winter rental:
Standard hourly inspection fee	$280 per hour

(Amended by Ord. 174-23, File No. 230658, App. 7/28/2023, Eff. 8/28/2023; Ord. 115-24, File No. 240457, App. 6/18/2024, Eff. 7/19/2024)

TABLE 1A-R – REFUNDS

Partial or complete refunds of only those fees contained herein will be given, provided the applicant meets the refund requirements of the applicable section of this Code. No other fees are refundable, except as follows:

 

1.    Application or Permit Issuance Fee:
Building, plumbing, electrical or mechanical permit issuance fee	Amount paid less $277 or actual costs, whichever is greater. No refunds given after work started.
Plan Review Fees (each)	Amount determined by the Building Official less $277 No Refund due after application deemed acceptable for Department of Building Inspection Plan Review
2.    Miscellaneous Fees:	Amount paid less $277
	No refunds less than $277

 

No existing permittee who paid a fee under the fee schedules in effect at the time the fee was paid shall be eligible for a refund or subject to a fee reassessment as a result of an amendment to the fee schedules. If the Building Official determines that an error has been made in the assessment of fees, a refund for the portion determined to be in error may be made upon written request by the applicant.

(Amended by Ord. 174-23, File No. 230658, App. 7/28/2023, Eff. 8/28/2023; Ord. 115-24, File No. 240457, App. 6/18/2024, Eff. 7/19/2024)

TABLE 1A-S – UNREINFORCED MASONRY BEARING WALL BUILDING RETROFIT

 

Review of Inventory Form (Section 1604B.2.1)	Standard Plan Review Hourly Rate - Minimum Two Hours
Review of the summary of the engineering report (Section 1604B.2.3)	Standard Plan Review Hourly Rate - Minimum Two Hours
Board of Examiners filing fees (Section 105A7.4):
Each appeal for a variance from or interpretation of code requirements	Standard Plan Review Hourly Rate - Minimum Two Hours
Each appeal for the approval of substitute materials or methods of design or construction (Section 105A.7.3)	Standard Plan Review Hourly Rate - Minimum Four Hours

 

FIGURE 1A-I – 1851 HIGH-TIDE LINE MAP

SECTION 111A - ADAPTIVE REUSE

111A.1 Purpose and intent. The purpose of this Section 111A (consisting of Sections 111A.1, 111A.2, and 111A.3) is to amend, expand, establish, and clarify alternative building standards for the conversion of existing non-residential buildings to accommodate new residential uses and still provide reasonable safety to the building occupants, as a means to promote the safe, flexible use of the existing structures, as part of the City’s strategy for economic recovery.

   Key to the furtherance of this purpose is the ability of the Building Official and Fire Code Official to effectively use their authority to grant code modifications or authorizations for alternative materials, design and methods of construction, and equipment to address practical difficulties involved in complying with the strict provisions of the code or consider alternative design or methods not specifically prescribed in the code.

   For example, the Building Official and Fire Code Official are authorized to consider alternative building standards consistent with Sections 17951 and 19957 of the California Health and Safety Code.

111A.2 Scope. This Section 111A may apply to projects that meet the definition and applicable requirements for Commercial to Residential Adaptive Reuse projects pursuant to Planning Code Section 210.5.

   Nothing in this Section 111A shall preclude the use of the California Historical Building Code for the conversion of a building that the Planning Department has determined to be a qualified historic building or that may otherwise be eligible to use the California Historical Building Code. If a project elects to use the standards established in the California Historical Building Code, that project shall not be permitted to use the alternative building standards of this Section 111A.

111A.3 Compliance requirements. Generally, the San Francisco Building Code, which adopts and amends the most recent edition of the California Building Standards Code, applies to new construction or a change of use or occupancy. For the conversion of existing non-residential buildings to accommodate new residential uses, however, alternative building standards described in an alternative building standards manual (described below) may apply.

   The Building Official and Fire Code Official shall prepare, maintain, and update, as necessary and appropriate, an alternative building standards manual, which shall provide the building standards applicable to Commercial to Residential Adaptive Reuse projects as defined in Planning Code Section 210.5. This alternative building standards manual shall include technical information and implementation parameters, standards for determining technical infeasibility, and alternative standards if technical infeasibility is present, as well as other rules, requirements and procedures as the City deems necessary, for implementing the intent of this Section 111A.

   The Building Official and Fire Code Official shall develop, as deemed necessary and appropriate, in cooperation with other City departments and stakeholders, information sheets, administrative bulletins, training manuals, and educational materials to assist in the implementation of this alternative building standards manual and this Section 111A.

(Added by Ord. 122-23, File No. 230371, App. 7/5/2023, Eff. 8/5/2023; Ord. 159-23, File No. 230732, App. 7/28/2023, Eff. 8/28/2023)