Updated : 04/22/2024
Overview
The City and County of San Francisco amended some of the 2013 California Building Standards Code; specifically, San Francisco amended the 2013 Editions of the California Building Code, California Residential Code, California Electrical Code, California Mechanical Code, California Plumbing Code, and the California Green Building Standards Code. San Francisco, Cal., Building Inspection Commission Codes.
Helpful resources for San Francisco, California include the following.
Residential Building Code
California adopted a statewide mandatory residential code that will control; however, local governments are free to make laws more strict (with some limitations).See PLRB,
California Building Codes for more information on state level codes.
San Francisco adopted a code that is yet to be identified .Please contact PLRB if you would like us to research this for you.You can find information about amendments to the model code here.
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2022 California Residential Code (2021 IRC)(San Francisco, CA SECTION 104A - ORGANIZATION AND ENFORCEMENT)
...The State Fire Marshal shall, upon receiving an appeal and subject to the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 18945) of Part 2, 5 of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code, determine if the requirement or order made is reasonably consistent with the fire and panic safety regulations adopted by the Office of the State Fire Marshal and building standards relating to fire and panic safety published in the California Building Code....
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Comments
The City and County of San Francisco amended the 2013 California Residential Code in chapter 36 of the amended San Francisco Building Code, by replacing the "2013 California Residential Code" with the chapters 1, 1A , and 2 through 35 from the amended 2013 San Francisco Building Code. San Francisco, Cal., Building Inspections Commission Codes, Building Code 2013 Edition.
San Francisco did not adopt Appendices A through Q, but replaced “Appendix R Areas Protected by the Facilities of the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan” with Appendix K [“Group R-3 and Group R-3.1 Occupancies Protected by the Facilities of the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan”] from the 2013 San Francisco Building Code. San Francisco, Cal., Building Inspections Commission Codes, Building Code 2013 Edition ch. 36.
Existing Buildings
Existing buildings, meaning buildings that were built in accordance to code at the time of
construction, typically merit extra consideration in a current updated code.
The San Francisco provisions in "Chapter 34 [Existing Structures]" and "Chapter 34A [Existing Structures]" of the 2013 California Building Code apply to existing residential structures. San Francisco, Cal., Building Inspections Commission Codes, Building Code 2013 Edition §§ 101A.1 Title and 101A.3 Scope.
Note: The San Francisco provisions also include the amendments to "Chapter 34 Existing Structures" of the 2013 California Building Code. San Francisco, Cal., Building Inspections Commission Codes, Building Code 2013 Edition ch. 34 Existing Structures.
Commercial Building Code
San Francisco adopted the 2012 IBC, locally . Note that adoptions usually come with amendments. So, it is important to review those amendments in addition to the unamended model code.
You can find a copy of the code
here.You can find information about amendments to the model code
here.
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2019 California Bldg. Code, Part 2 (2018 IBC)(San Francisco, CA Municipal Code)
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Comments
The City and County of San Francisco amended the 2013 California Building Code. San Francisco, Cal., Building Inspections Commission Codes, Building Code 2013 Edition.
San Francisco did not adopt Appendices A, B, D, E, F, G, H and K for commercial buildings, and did not amend Appendices “C [Group U – Agricultural Buildings]”, “I [Patio Covers]”, and “L [Earthquake Recording Instrumentation]”, but amended Appendix “J [Grading]”. San Francisco, Cal., Building Inspections Commission Codes, Building Code 2013 Edition, California Building Code (CBC) Appendices.
Existing Buildings
The San Francisco provisions in "Chapter 34 [Existing Structures]" and "Chapter 34A [Existing Structures]" of the 2013 California Building Code apply to existing structures. San Francisco, Cal., Building Inspections Commission Codes, Building Code 2013 Edition §§ 101A.1 Title and 101A.3 Scope.
Note: The San Francisco provisions also include the amendments to "Chapter 34 Existing Structures" of the 2013 California Building Code. San Francisco, Cal., Building Inspections Commission Codes, Building Code 2013 Edition ch. 34 Existing Structures.
