| PUBLISHER'S NOTE |
| PREFACE |
| Chapter 1. SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION |
| Chapter 1A. SAN FRANCISCO ADMINISTRATION |
| Chapter 2. DEFINITIONS |
| Chapter 3. USE AND OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION |
| Chapter 4. SPECIAL DETAILED REQUIREMENTS BASED ON USE AND OCCUPANCY |
| Chapter 5. GENERAL BUILDING HEIGHTS AND AREAS |
| Chapter 6. TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION |
| Chapter 7. FIRE AND SMOKE PROTECTION FEATURES |
| Chapter 7A. [SFM] MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION METHODS FOR EXTERIOR WILDFIRE EXPOSURE |
| Chapter 8. INTERIOR FINISHES |
| Chapter 9. FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS |
| Chapter 10. MEANS OF EGRESS |
| Chapter 10A. SECURITY REQUIREMENTS |
| Chapter 11. [RESERVED] |
| Chapter 11A. HOUSING ACCESSIBILITY |
| Chapter 11B. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS, COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND PUBLICLY FUNDED HOUSING |
| Chapter 11C. [RESERVED] |
| Chapter 11D. MANDATORY ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS FOR BUILDINGS WITH A PLACE OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION |
| Chapter 12. INTERIOR ENVIRONMENT |
| Chapter 13. ENERGY EFFICIENCY |
| Chapter 13A. COMMERCIAL WATER CONSERVATION |
| Chapter 13B. CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS RECOVERY PROGRAM |
| Chapter 13C. [RESERVED] |
| Chapter 13D. COMMERCIAL LIGHTING EFFICIENCY |
| Chapter 14. EXTERIOR WALLS |
| Chapter 15. ROOF ASSEMBLIES AND ROOFTOP STRUCTURES |
| Chapter 16. STRUCTURAL DESIGN |
| Chapter 16A. STRUCTURAL DESIGN |
| Chapter 17. SPECIAL INSPECTIONS AND TESTS |
| Chapter 17A. SPECIAL INSPECTIONS AND TESTS |
| Chapter 18. SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS |
| Chapter 18A. SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS |
| Chapter 19. CONCRETE |
| Chapter 19A. CONCRETE |
| Chapter 20. ALUMINUM |
| Chapter 21. MASONRY |
| Chapter 21A. MASONRY |
| Chapter 22. STEEL |
| Chapter 22A. STEEL |
| Chapter 23. WOOD |
| Chapter 24. GLASS AND GLAZING |
| Chapter 25. GYPSUM BOARD, GYPSUM PANEL PRODUCTS AND PLASTER |
| Chapter 26. PLASTIC |
| Chapter 27. ELECTRICAL |
| Chapter 28. MECHANICAL SYSTEMS |
| Chapter 29. PLUMBING SYSTEMS |
| Chapter 30. ELEVATORS AND CONVEYING SYSTEMS |
| Chapter 31. SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION |
| Chapter 31A. SYSTEMS FOR WINDOW CLEANING OR EXTERIOR BUILDING MAINTENANCE |
| Chapter 31B. [DPH] PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS |
| Chapter 31C. [DPH] RADIATION |
| Chapter 31D. [DPH] FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS |
| Chapter 31E. [RESERVED] |
| Chapter 31F. [SLC] MARINE OIL TERMINALS |
| Chapter 32. ENCROACHMENTS INTO PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY |
| Chapter 33. SAFEGUARDS DURING CONSTRUCTION |
| Chapter 34. [RESERVED] |
| Chapter 34A. EXISTING STRUCTURES |
| Chapter 35. REFERENCED STANDARDS |
| Chapter 36. CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL CODE (CRC) |
| CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE (CBC) APPENDICES |
| Appendix J. GRADING |
| § J103. PERMITS REQUIRED |
| § J104. PERMIT APPLICATION AND SUBMITTALS |
| § J106. EXCAVATIONS |
| § J109. DRAINAGE AND TERRACING |
| § J112. GRADING FEES |
| § J112. GRADING FEES |
| (CBC) APPENDIX O EMERGENCY HOUSING |
| § O101. GENERAL |
| § O103. EMERGENCY HOUSING |
| § O110. EMERGENCY HOUSING FACILITIES SANITATION REQUIREMENTS |
| § O111. EMERGENCY HOUSING FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS |
| § O112. ALTERNATIVES AND MODIFICATIONS |
| ADMINISTRATIVE BULLETINS |
| AB-001 Preparing Administrative Bulletins |
| AB-004 Priority Permit Processing Guidelines |
| AB-005 Procedures for Approval of Local Equivalencies |
| AB-009 Local Equivalency for Approval of New Openings in New and Existing Building Property Line Walls |
| AB-010 Local Equivalency for Approval of Communicating Openings Between Buildings on Separate Properties |
| AB-013 Application of Disabled Access Provisions to Historic Buildings |
| AB-015 Allowable Temporary Interruptions to Disabled Access |
| AB-017 Exception to Requirements for Disabled Access to Vacant Spaces |
| AB-018 Local Equivalency for Approval of Emergency Escape or Rescue Windows at Courts and Light Wells |
| AB-019 Local Equivalency for Approval of Fire Escapes as a Required Means of Egress |
| AB-020 Local Equivalency for Exiting Through a Garage Area for Type V, Group R Buildings |
| AB-023 Crane Site Safety Plan and Building Permits |
| AB-025 Preapplication Requirement for State Industrial Safety Permit for Certain Trenching, Demolition, and Construction Activities |
| AB-026 Noise Insulation Enforcement Procedures |
| AB-027 Illegal Unit Reoccupancy Enforcement Procedure |
| AB-028 Pre-application and Pre-addendum Plan Review Procedures |
| AB-031 Identification of Revisions on Pages of Drawings |
| AB-032 Site Permit Processing |
| AB-035 Procedure for Assigning Street Numbers (Addresses) |
| AB-036 Special Inspection for Demolition Work |
| AB-040 Referral of Design Professionals and Contractors to Regulatory Agencies |
| AB-042 Board of Examiners: Request for Variance, New Materials, or Alternate Methods of Construction |
| AB-043 Ventilation of Public Spaces in Group R Occupancies |
| AB-046 Special Inspection and Structural Observation Procedures |
| AB-047 Specific Submittal Criteria for Reports, Special Inspections and Final Acceptance Testing of Smoke Control Systems |
| AB-056 Disabled Access Compliance Status Documentation |
| AB-057 Local Equivalency for Approval of Roof Hatches in Lieu of Stairway Penthouses in Designated Buildings |
| AB-058 Procedures for Seismic Instrumentation of New Buildings |
| AB-078 Criteria for Waiving Special Inspection Requirements for Signs, Awnings and Canopies |
| AB-082 Guidelines and Procedures for Structural Design Review |
| AB-083 Requirements and Guidelines for the Seismic Design of New Tall Buildings using Non-Prescriptive Seismic-Design Procedures |
| AB-084 Guidelines for the Structural Review of Continuous Tiedown Systems Used to Resist Overturning of Light-Framed Wood Shear Walls |
| AB-088 Collection and Storage of Trash, Recycling, and Compostable Materials |
| AB-090 Destination-Based Elevator Control System Requirements |
| AB-093 Implementation of Green Building Regulations |
| AB-094 Definition and Design Criteria for Voluntary Seismic Upgrade of Soft- Story, Type V (Wood-Frame) Buildings |
| AB-098 Post-Earthquake Repair and Retrofit Requirements for Wood-Frame Residential Buildings with Three or More Dwelling Units |
| AB-099 Post-Earthquake Repair and Retrofit Requirements for Concrete Buildings |
| AB-100 Post-Earthquake Repair and Retrofit Requirements for One- and Two-Family Units |
| AB-105 Voluntary Sprinkler Protection for Existing High-Rise Buildings |
| AB-106 Procedures for Implementation of SFEBC Chapter 5E |
| AB-107 Application of Engineering Criteria in SFEBC Chapter 5E |
| AB-108 Application of California Existing Building Code, Appendix Chapter A3 |
| AB-109 Application of Engineering Criteria in SFEBC Section 329 |
| AB-110 Building Façade Inspection and Maintenance |