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Division II — ADMINISTRATION.›Part I — GENERAL PROVISIONS.›Chapter 11 — CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS.›SECTION 1103. – FIRE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS.

San Francisco Fire Code § 1103.7 Fire Safety Requirements for Existing Buildings

San Francisco Fire Code · 2026-08 edition · updated 2026-10-23 · San Francisco

Cite as: San Francisco Fire Code § 1103.7 · Text as of 2026-10-23

1103.7.6.1. Sleeping Area Requirements.

For all buildings that are required to have a fire alarm system under this Code Section 1103.7.6, pertaining to Group R-2 occupancies, the Building Code, the Housing Code, or any other law, the building owner shall upgrade the fire alarm system, if necessary, to comply with the sound level requirement for sleeping areas set forth in Section 18.4.6.1 of NFPA 72 (2025 edition).

Exception. Subsection 501.6(a)1 shall not apply to mandatory seismic strengthening alterations being performed pursuant to Chapter 5E of this Code,1 or to transient Hotels within the Residential Group R-1 Occupancy Classification of Section 310.2 of the Building Code.

CODIFICATION NOTE

  1. So in Ord. 39-26.
1103.7.11. Certificated Fire Alarm Systems for Existing Buildings.

The fire code official may require owners to obtain a certificate for existing fire alarm systems in accordance with San Francisco Fire Department Administrative Bulletin 3.03.

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