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San Francisco County Municipal Code Art. 700 Emergency Systems

San Francisco County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · San Francisco County

Cite as: San Francisco County Municipal Code Article 700 · Text as of 2026-10-04

700.12(H)(2) Revise item (2) and (5) of this section as follows: 700.12(H)(2) Installation [ ← ] of Unit Equipment. Unit equipment shall be installed in accordance with the following: (2) [ ← ] Unit equipment shall be permanently fixed (i.e., not portable) in place and shall have all wiring to each unit installed in accordance with the requirements of any of the wiring methods in Chapter 3. [ ← ] Flexible cord-and-plug connection shall not be permitted. [ ← ]
(5) Emergency luminaires (illumination fixtures) that obtain power from a unit equipment and are not part of the unit equipment shall be wired to the [ ← ] unit equipment as required [ ← ] by 700.10 and by one of the wiring methods of Chapter 3. 700.16(A) Revise this section as follows: 700.16(A) Emergency Illumination. Emergency illumination shall include means of egress lighting, illuminated exit signs, and all other luminaires specified as necessary to provide required illumination. Emergency illumination shall be provided at the location of transfer switches, switchboards and panelboards that supply emergency and legally required stand-by loads.

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