San Francisco Planning Code § 1119 Maintenance Requirements

(a) Maintenance. The owner, lessee, or other person in actual charge of a Significant or Contributory Building shall comply with all applicable codes, laws and regulations governing the maintenance of property. It is the intent of this Section to preserve from deliberate or inadvertent neglect the exterior features of buildings designated Significant or Contributory, and the interior portions thereof when such maintenance is necessary to prevent deterioration and decay of the exterior. All such buildings shall be preserved against such decay and deterioration and free from structural defects through prompt corrections of any of the following defects:

(1) Facades which may fall and injure members of the public or property;

(2) Deteriorated or inadequate foundation, defective or deteriorated flooring or floor supports, deteriorated walls or other vertical structural supports;

(3) Members of ceilings, roofs, ceiling and roof supports or other horizontal members which sag, split or buckle due to defective material or deterioration;

(4) Deteriorated or ineffective waterproofing of exterior walls, roofs, foundations or floors, including broken windows or doors;

(5) Defective or insufficient weather protection for exterior wall covering, including lack of paint or weathering due to lack of paint or other protective covering;

(6) Any fault or defect in the building which renders it not properly watertight or structurally unsafe.

(b) Enforcement Procedures. The procedures set forth in Building Code Sections 114 through 116 governing unsafe buildings or property shall be applicable to any violations of this Section.

(Formerly codified as Sec. 1117; redesignated and amended by Ord. 95-12, File No. 120301, App. 5/21/2012, Eff. 6/20/2012)

(Former Sec. 1119 added by Ord. 414-85, App. 9/17/85; amended by Ord. 57-08, File No. 071651, App. 4/10/2008; redesignated as Sec. 1120 by Ord. 95-12, File No. 120301, App. 5/21/2012, Eff. 6/20/2012)

AMENDMENT HISTORY

Former Sec. 1117 redesignated as current Sec. 1119; division (b) amended; Ord. 95-12, Eff. 6/20/2012.