§ 4.1-4. BABY DIAPER- CHANGING ACCOMMODATIONS IN BUILDINGS ON CITY-OWNED OR CITY- OCCUPIED LAND.

(a) This Section 4.1-4 shall apply to all buildings on land owned by the City and County of San Francisco (“City”) and all buildings that are leased to the City, and available for use by the public (collectively, “public buildings”), whether such buildings are new or existing. For existing public buildings, the City department or agency with jurisdiction over the building shall have 12 months from the effective date of this Section 4.1-4 to comply with the requirements; provided nothing in this Section 4.1-4 shall be interpreted or applied so as to violate or impair an existing contract or lease.

(b) Each City department or agency with jurisdiction over a public building shall install and maintain, at each floor level in the public building that includes restrooms available for use by the public, at least one Baby Diaper-Changing Accommodation that is available for use by women and one that is available for use by men, or a single Diaper-Changing Accommodation that is available for use by all genders. For purposes of this Section 4.1-4, a Baby Diaper-Changing Accommodation means a safe, sanitary, and convenient baby diaper-changing station, or similar amenity. Such accommodations may include, but are not limited to, work surfaces, stations, decks, and tables in women’s and men’s restrooms or all-gender restrooms. Each public building shall provide signage at or near its entrance indicating the location of the Baby Diaper-Changing Accommodations.

(c) The installation of all Baby Diaper- Changing Accommodations shall comply with City, State, and Federal laws relating to access to persons with disabilities.

(d) Waivers.

(1) For public buildings that are leased to and occupied by the City, the requirements of this Section 4.1-4 may be waived if the Director of the Department of Building Inspection or his or her designee, in consultation with the Mayor’s Office on Disability, determines that the building cannot install the Baby Diaper-Changing Accommodations required by this Section and comply with City, State, or Federal laws relating to access to persons with disabilities, including Section 11B-226.4 of the California Building Code, or that installation of the Baby Diaper-Changing Accommodation is otherwise infeasible due to spatial or structural limitations.

(2) For public buildings that are under the jurisdiction and control of a City department, the requirements of this Section 4.1-4 may be waived if the department head, in consultation with the Director of the Department of Building Inspection and the Mayor’s Office on Disability, determines that the public building cannot install the Baby Diaper-Changing Accommodations required by this Section and comply with City, State, or Federal laws relating to access to persons with disabilities, including Section 11B-226.4 of the California Building Code, or that installation of the Baby Diaper-Changing Accommodation is otherwise infeasible due to spatial or structural limitations.

(3) For all other public buildings, the requirements of this Section 4.1-4 may be waived if the Director of Administrative Services, in consultation with the Director of the Department of Building Inspection and the Mayor’s Office on Disability, determines that the public building cannot install the Baby Diaper-Changing Accommodations required by this Section and comply with City, State, or Federal laws relating to access to persons with disabilities, including Section 11B-226.4 of the California Building Code, or that installation of the Baby Diaper-Changing Accommodation is otherwise infeasible due to spatial or structural limitations.

(Added by Ord. , File No. 161353, App. 3/17/2017, Eff. 4/16/2017)