San Francisco Building Inspection Commission Codes § 109.0 Repairs to Defective Building Sewers

109.0 Repairs to Defective Building Sewers 109.0 Repairs to Defective Building Sewers

109.1 General. Any defective building sewer found to be a nuisance or hazardous to the public shall be repaired at the owner’s expense by a licensed plumbing contractor in accordance with this code. In the event the owner fails to repair the defective building sewer after written notice has been sent the owner by the Authority Having Jurisdiction, the Authority Having Jurisdiction shall abate the condition in accordance with Section 102A of the Building Code. 109.2 Cost of Repairs by City and County of San Francisco. Whenever the Authority Having Jurisdiction, pursuant to the authority conferred by this code and the Building Code, shall cause a building sewer to be repaired or replaced, the cost thereof shall be paid from the “Plumbing Building Sewer Revolving Fund” and assessed against the property served by said building sewer.

109.3 Plumbing Building Sewer Revolving Fund. A special revolving fund, to be known as the “Plumbing Building Sewer Revolving Fund,” is hereby created for the purpose of defraying the costs and expenses which may be incurred by the Department of Building Inspection in carrying out the authority conferred by this code to repair or replace defective building sewers.

The Board of Supervisors shall transfer one-half of the funds appropriated to the “Side Sewer Repair” fund of the Department of Building Inspection or shall appropriate, establish or increase the special revolving fund with such funds as it may deem necessary in order to expedite performance of the work of repairing or replacing defective building sewers. The special revolving fund shall be replenished with all funds collected under the proceeding hereinafter provided for, either upon voluntary payments or as a result of the sale of the property after delinquency, or otherwise. Balances remaining in the Plumbing Building Sewer Revolving Fund at the close of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in such fund.

109.4 Assessment for Costs. The Authority Having Jurisdiction shall take action to have the costs of all work done or caused to be done pursuant to this Section 109.0 assessed against the parcel or parcels of land upon which said building is served by the building sewer per Section 102A of the Building Code. Such costs shall include, in addition to all costs related to repairing or replacing the building sewer or demolishing and clearing the site, the City and County of San Francisco’s costs in administering the required work. See Section 110A, Table 1A-K - Penalties, Hearings, Code Enforcement Assessments - of the Building Code for the applicable fee.

Chapter 2 DEFINITIONS

Chapter 2 DEFINITIONS