Chapter 38 — COMMERCIAL LANDLORDS; ACCESS IMPROVEMENT OBLIGATIONS AND NOTICE TO SMALL BUSINESS TENANTS REGARDING DISABILITY ACCESS

SEC. 38.5. LEASE PROVISIONS REGARDING OBLIGATIONS OF LANDLORDS AND TENANTS FOR…

San Francisco Administrative Code · 2025 edition · ingested 2026-07-08 · San Francisco

Every Lease with a Small Business Tenant, and every amendment to such a Lease, must include a provision setting forth in express terms the obligations of the Commercial Landlord and the Small Business Tenant for making required disability access improvements to the property and for paying for those improvements. The Lease must also include a provision in which the Commercial Landlord and Small Business Tenant agree to use reasonable efforts to notify each other if either makes alterations to the leased property that might impact accessibility under Federal and State disability access laws.

(Added by Ord. 187-12, File No. 111047, App. 9/11/2012, Eff. 10/11/2012)

(Former Sec. 38.5 amended by Ord. 224-84, App. 5/15/84; Ord. 76-03, File No. 020592, App. 5/2/2003; repealed and replaced by Ord. 199-04, File No. 040141, App. 8/5/2004; amended by Ord. 144-07, File No. 070133, App. 6/29/2007; amended and redesignated as Planning Code Sec. 411.4 by Ord. 108-10, File No. 091275, App. 5/25/2010)

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