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The Director shall prepare a report every six months in language designed to be understood by the general public describing the results of all lead tests obtained by the Department for San Francisco residents, including the test level, age, sex, ethnicity and general area of residence of each case of childhood lead poisoning. The Director shall prepare the report in those languages that he or she deems appropriate in order to communicate the information effectively.
(Added by Ord. 376-92, App. 12/23/92)
DIVISION V
PUBLICLY OWNED PROPERTY
PUBLICLY OWNED PROPERTY
(a) Within 90 days of the effective date of this ordinance, the Director shall issue guidelines identifying various types, conditions or characteristics of City property which may create a risk of lead exposure to children. The Director shall notify every City department once these guidelines are issued. Each City department with jurisdiction over such property shall undertake assessment or lead testing, or both, of such property in compliance with the guidelines. The guidelines may identify the manner in which any testing is to be performed. All departments are required to report their findings to the Director.
(b) Each department of the City shall comply with the Director's guidelines.
(c) The Director shall take whatever actions he or she deems appropriate in order to provide public notice of the risks of using, or to prevent or restrict access to, properties which have been assessed or tested pursuant to this Section. The Director may require departments to adopt and implement a remediation plan for these properties that complies with State and federal law.
(Added by Ord. 376-92, App. 12/23/92)
DIVISION VI
PRIORITY AREAS
PRIORITY AREAS
(a) Within one year from the effective date of this ordinance, the Director shall develop a program to delineate geographical areas within the City, to be known as Priority Areas. To the extent allowed by law, the Director and all City departments shall direct their resources to provide Priority Areas with the highest priority for primary prevention services, screening, lead hazard reduction efforts, inspections, loans, loan guarantees or grants.
(b) In delineating Priority Areas the Director shall consider the following factors for particular geographic areas, along with such other factors as he or she deems relevant to the presence of significant levels of environmental lead within the City:
(1) The number and severity of cases of elevated blood lead level children;
(2) The age and condition of dwelling units;
(3) The results of any inspections carried out pursuant to Section 1626;
(4) Income levels;
(5) The historic and current presence of known sources of lead such as highways or industrial facilities.
(c) The Director shall publish a list of the Priority Areas, and make a map of such areas available to the public without charge.
(Added by Ord. 376-92, App. 12/23/92; amended by Ord. 409-96, App. 10/21/96)
(a) For the purposes of this Section, "non-housing site" means a parcel of land, other than land owned by an agency of the State or federal governments, that is one of the following:
(1) An abandoned factory site, auto wrecking yard or dump site;
(2) Open space or a park intended for use by children;
(3) A vacant lot containing an attractive nuisance to children; or
(4) Any other parcel of land that does not contain at least one dwelling unit, and which the Director has determined may constitute a lead hazard to children.
(b) In making a determination under Subparagraph (a)(4) of this Section, the Director shall consider the potential for lead contamination on the site, accessibility to the site by children, and whether the site is in a Priority Area as determined pursuant to Section 1624. The Director may also consider any other factors which he or she deems relevant to the presence of significant levels of environmental lead within the City.
(c) Within one year from the effective date of this ordinance the Director shall develop and implement a program to identify all non-housing sites within the City which are likely to expose children to lead hazards, to be known as lead hazard sites. The Director shall provide public notice of each lead hazard site to the community in which the site is located. The notice shall describe the lead hazard site, the hazard to children, the steps the Department intends to take to reduce lead hazard exposure and the timetable for taking those steps. The notice shall include a contact person in the Department of Public Health.
(d) The Director is authorized to require the owner of any non-housing site that contains more than 10 square feet of bare soil and is either: (1) accessible to children; or (2) a site at which children have been known to play or walk through, to comply with the requirements of Subsection (e) following written notice from the Director.
(e) The owner of any non-housing site who has received written notice from the Director pursuant to Subsection (d) shall, within 60 days of receiving such notice, take one of the following measures:
(1) Permit the Director to enter the site and test the topsoil for total lead; or
(2) Provide to the Director representative topsoil testing results of the site that have been analyzed by an accredited laboratory to establish the absence of any lead hazard; or
(3) Prevent access to the site through appropriate means such as fencing; or
(4) Permanently remediate any lead hazards present in accessible bare soil at the site in a manner that is acceptable to the Director.
(Added by Ord. 376-92, App. 12/23/92; amended by Ord. 409-96, App. 10/21/96; Ord. 448-97, App. 12/5/97)
DIVISION VII
INVESTIGATION AND ORDER AUTHORITY
INVESTIGATION AND ORDER AUTHORITY
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