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Its a classic story it had accessibility problems and the only way to deal with them was really to go in structurally change some things, so this list as simple as it is would have helped dra dramatically and it was before i was Building Official and i heard the nightmares and this will assist the developers and the clients it will also assist those behind the counter, the regulators and i talked to my inspectors and they are graciously thankful, and they do use the list now. The one thing that they one of my inspectors one of his favorite comments is make it look like the picture and his comment was more pictures. The fact that its a word document and i will take that back to him makes it we do perform numerous over the counter permits to check for accessibility. We review the plans the same but most of it is accessibility comes with commercial. However, when they come for say theyre putting in a ramp for barrier removal becau ....
Example was the electricians put in the electrical outlets at 15 inches to the bottom of the boxes. It says in the code at the rough floor stage, and when they looked at the check list to look at the plans what was going to be at the finished product included an inch and a half light concrete over the floor because it was multistory so for fire resistance rating and then bring the finished floor up and the electrical outlets would have been non compliant at that stage. Catching it at the rough electrical stage is a big catch. Actually the electrician that installed them was upset but his boss that owned the business was very happy because if it would have had to be done at final he indicated it would have put him out of business but also im in a small jurisdiction and in a small jurisdiction we all know about politics and so sometimes when politics come in play it affects when youre going to look at 100,000 fix and they know someone a little over your head, and theres other things that ....
Or 25 years ago it passed all of the inspections, so im grandfathered. Have we ever heard that . All the time. Does anybody want to talk about that because its really a conundrum . This grandfathering thing, any panelists . Well there is a certain amount of truth to that because if it was built by the accessibility code during that time and enjoys a safe harbor and unless its a item new in the code they cant use it, but its one of the things about the checklist you maybe looking at a building where they put the switches at 54 inches above the floor and if you use the checklist it says 48 so explaining that difference to people is important. As a practicing cass arnie do you find that to be easy to explain to your clientele in your experience that they have a safe harbor issue or possibly it was built wrong and doesnt qualify for the safe harbor . Well at this point the first thing i ask them is do you want to meet current code thats in place right now or do you want me to look at what ....
Good afternoon everyone. Welcome to the Mayors Disability Council, friday july 17, 2016 in room 400 at city hall. My name is Denise Senhaux and cochair the meeting. We will open with a introduction and cochair supanich will read todays introduction. Good afternoon and welcome to Mayors Disability Council friday june 17, 2016 in room 400 of San Francisco city hall. City hall is access to persons using wheelchairs and other assistive mobility devices. Wheelchair access is provided as grouv, van ness and mcallister streets via ramps. Wheelchair at the polk street carton b goodwin interest has a wheel their lift. Assistive listening devices are available and the meeting are captions and interpreted. Also available in large print and braille. Please ....
Senhaux and cochair the meeting. We will open with a introduction and cochair supanich will read todays introduction. Good afternoon and welcome to Mayors Disability Council friday june 17, 2016 in room 400 of San Francisco city hall. City hall is access to persons using wheelchairs and other assistive mobility devices. Wheelchair access is provided as grouv, van ness and mcallister streets via ramps. Wheelchair at the polk street carton b goodwin interest has a wheel their lift. Assistive listening devices are available and the meeting are captions and interpreted. Also available in large print and braille. Please ask staff for additional assistance. To prevent electronic interference with the rooms sound system and respect everyones ability to focus on the presentations, please silence all mobile phones and devices. Your cooperation is appreciated. We welcome the ....