>> (clapping.) >> i am a building inspector sifted and examiner i do field inspections with the department of building inspection today, we're going to thank you for attending our earthquake safety fair today we will run you through how to obtain a permit and the purpose is that we're going to hopefully leave

you with a better understanding of how to navigate the building inspection and get a permit all right. so we'll take a step by step approach here we also want you to know other regulating agencies the planning department that reviews plans permits, the public utilities commission the department of public works and the fire department and in some mayors disability and even need a permit can you get a permit over-the-counter or submit okay. and want you to be aware the available resources so benefits of getting a permit

the purpose of code is to protect the public basically and the code a set of regulations that provide for the minimum standard of habit ability and fire life and safety the code book has elements to keep the building standing and exiting and fire life safety and construction and sprinkler systems they're all regulations within the code as well as structural and seismic reinforced concrete and steel and sheer walls and such those are all engineered elements basically recipes in the code books to keep the building standing the code provides for minimum standards for energy

conservatism for heating and ventilation that sort of thing these reside verification that the instruction meets the legal standard in the state and local level getting a permit provides you with a record for your building for the life the building that conforms to the code since the work was done all right. so work not requiring permits the following a short list of work not requiring a permit tool and storage sheds epilepsy one square feet and projected roof areas can have a storage or tool shed in the backyard as long as the roof area doesn't exceed one hundred square feet not build someone 10 by 10 will exceed one hundred square feet and fences the front

of building excluding a corner building the front fence don't need a permit for a maximum of 3 foot high fence and fences at the rear of the believes the rear yard 6 feet high maximum retaining walls so retaining wall is the wall that holds dirt listened it or some other material without a permit 4 feet high without a surcharge we're going to hold questions to the end the smack t surcharge platforms and walks not parts of an exit that are equal to or

loans 3 inches if our on the first story and want maybe have dirt and want a little bit walk or may be make a small deck don't need a permit as long as thirty inches below grade painting and papering don't need a permit to paint the exterior or interior of the building i'll say if the paint was installed prior to 1979 considered to lead before you paint can get the licensed painting incarcerating with that so again moving on to minor repairs to interior sheetrock you have a hole in the wall and want to patch it you can do that without at permit the exemption the call can't be part after a fire rated assembly a fire rated assembly it a ceiling or wall

that has a time associated about that to resist the passage of flame one hour wall assembly difficult for apartments and ceiling to floor apartment building if you live in an apartment building have rated property line walls floor covering not requiring the removal of floor with hardwood and listlium - craig's replaceo

respect broken windows don't need a permit for glass only and work more - 0 electrical generally need permits with the exception of cover a plates around recipients and surface if you're not getting into the wall you don't need a permit to replace that fans and other plumbing basically stuck with changing our residential low flow toilets now if you have questions whether or not you need an electrical or plumbing permit come to the building department and talk with one the electrical and mrounl inspectors if you need more information

>> alterations so, now here we are you decided you need a permit and don't see the exempt categories the following is for an organization t c over-the-counter permit review you come to the building department just fill out an application and get applications without plans that is dry rot repair and limited to 50 percent for o or less in cycling front stairs repairs and decks and we allow you to repair them exactly the same way as you keep below the 50 percent thresholds and reroofing can get a permit but installation is different window replacement replace the frames as long as they're the

same size and location the garage door again, the same size as 9 and the same location and don't need plans for non-structural kitchen and bathroom remodels now the key here is non-structural we get a lot of remodels as long as you're not moving or removing walls when you move walls you need a plan for stucco and sides don't need plans and exterior replacement no more than more than a repair replaces the siding and the planning department will require pictures of that they want to see what our doing to the exterior generally, the planning department consignments for the exterior of the building so does alterations with no

plans installation of chorus bowls and plywood on the ground floor of residential buildings so chorus bolts holes our walls to the foundation for those excuse me - department of environmental health ahead of myself installation of anchor bolts and sheet on the ground floor plywood sheet is paneling that y put on a wall so the difference continue fly wood and plywood sheer wall their panels a plywood a calculated element that's why you don't need plans that is simply putting in anchor bolts and sheth we don't calculate

that out there the engineering plan and a notice of violations are generally people who get caught working without a permit or go over the scope of work generally complaint based they'll be a corrective action on is notice of violation and stays with the contractually

entitlements that didn't require a full set of plans like large buildings and a full set will be required at an addendum later on and also the premium projects as the name applies just you pay a little bit extra money and the permit gets reviewed quicker so premium permit premium price that's it and so the permits review options over-the-counter permit review so we'll go over what you can do

over-the-counter so if you can do that with or without plans come to the 5 floor of planning department some people review our permit applications and ask you questions alterations with plans they can review that on the 5 floor and review bid building and the in house engineers with disabilities assess for commercial projects and want to clarify over-the-counter review is based on being able to review the project in an hour or less okay. so that's how you can get a permit over-the-counter one hour or less per division do an hour through the building fire department one

hour planning one hour that's the general how you get over-the-counter and also we're over-the-counter permit review includes the memorable plan review and the fire department okay so with that, i'm going to pass this along to inspector who will go over alterations with plans. >> good afternoon thanks for coming i'm joe a building inspector i work in the planned review services an, an occ building inspector and accessibility inspector. >> today, we gone through a bit of information i'll take over at this point with the over-the-counter review process when you start your over-the-counter review process

your first stop after the first story at the information desk where you'll be provided a permit application and give you currency information you'll go up to the 5 flooring on the 5 floor go through the initial plan review okay at the initial plan review screen your project and they'll screen our plans and good samaritan it is for over-the-counter with plans they'll look at the applicant information they'll look at the places of business and make sure that all of the information that is required on the plan my signatures that maybe required the scope of work, completeness of submittal packet and looking at indexes that lists the pages to make sure they're all there

and the general quality and reproduce ability of drawings once is drawings are approved we keep and copy and reproduced in a database this is a how we keep track of them approval with the alteration projects with no plans i p r will look at the application and make sure that is complete a send you to the different disciplines mechanical or plumbing or fire you don't get anything are plans and the routing for the necessary agencies

from the 5 floor if it is required it you go to planning review you'll go back to the first story where the planning department is and they'll do their over-the-counter review of our drawings once our done with the planning department you'll come up to the 5 floor the disciplines will be the building and structural and for building and structural you'll get an hour for each discipline mechanical, energy, fire department, bs m the department of building inspection bureau of street use and mapping and the water department want to make sure that you have the capacity for the fixture count our providing on your plans once you've gotten the disciplines and everything is stamped and approved and ready to go then you'll go to the 5

floor same area as i p r or the initial plan review to the other side and that's where you'll go have not payment of fees and that's where you're planning fees will be paid and the dbi fees, your field inspections and the transit impact with the san francisco unified school district if the contractor is picking you up the drawings make sure that that is a licensed contractor in good standing with the workers' compensation certificate with the business tax certificate and requires the cal osha safety permit once that is done job card issued once that is issued let's go to the next page here once the job card is issued for occ you can start our work okay

now submitted projects it in take for submit projects is absent different because submitted projects they're more complicated go through planning to get the entitlement and may usually requires the neighborhoods notification or through the site permit and addendum process okay so you'll start at the central permitting on the first story i don't understand the information deck and the planning department all the way to the first story along the back wall go up the slope they'll do essentially the dismantling but a screening to make sure all the information on the application is correct they'll look the quality of the

submittal package something different than over-the-counter you'll have the initial fees based on vacation that you provided for the bon appetit once that is taken care of will be routed to the departments usually starting with planning and building and memorable and fire and set forth and again just to recan cap it is also planning, building and mechanical and fire and board of sups and public works the same departments but at a different scale the project will be more complicated to review as far as permit issuance then the payment of fees you know and generally you're going to pay the dbi field inspector monroe and the puc and transit impact development sfusd are the school

fees if our adding square footage excuse me - and look at the contractor requirements the same thing licensed in the state of california and have your san francisco business certificate and mayors' office of economic & workforce development insurance and cal osha that is required and at that point issue a job card for submitted projects let's see the last couple of pages here additional separated permits that maybe required through the department of building inspection once you get our building permit can get the electrical, plumbing or mechanical permitted i do not likely that's the authority you want to go in once you get the building permit if you need dpw for construction er the project that is combrooechl into the public right-of-way you have to get an encroachment permit other

agencies is applicable excuse me. are sfmta, police, bay area, bayview and osha, etc. >> lastly we wanted to make sure that some of the best advise we can give people not in the trades or everyday business of getting permits getting plans doing construction prepare yourself we have a lot of resources at the dbi website you can contact the planning department on the first story of the planning department the planning department there it is more than happy to answer questions and an information desk for building at 1660 mission manned 7 hours a day actually 6 between the hours of 9 and 4 with an hour off for lunch 6 hours a day at the desk

ask code questions and if we can't say answer the question or don't have the information we'll find you the information also, we have printed materials we make available to the public all you have to do a ask for that that www.sf dbi.org right up there and we've got a lot of administrative bulletins and what awning administrative bulletin if our proposing to do some work and feel that the work you want to do meets the tint but not the letter of the code there maybe and you can come apply with the provisions in at administration bulletin to get our project get it done. >> also you can visit the

permit center at 1650 mission street to answer my of the streets and we'll walk through the process we're a public servant last but not least you can get over your head it is harder to dig yourselves of a hole i'll recommend that you get into a large project you are not sure you have the times consultant a design professional they're there to help if our dealing with a contractor and thinking about dealing with a contractor california state license broad no sacramento type in their contractors license number there tell you the status and is exclaims any actions and things like that and that goes

towards you guys prepared to take on a project you know a project in our own home is not an easy project but it is worth it. >> thank you and dbi is first of all, customer friendly here to serve the public and the most important advise i can give joe said so eloquently over-the-counter process works come in with our plans over-the-counter project less than one hour discipline that's for the whole project one hour for electrical one hour for plumbing we can get our plans over-the-counter out of door figure spend a day or day and a half in reality we permit ore 90 percent of the projects over-the-counter so not onerous process.

>> nothing new but the design professional very helpful. >> absolutely. >> okay. we're open for questions. >> okay. your hand was up first no, that gentleman first, you have to come up to the mike maybe form a line. >> first of all, say thank you for this is the very helpful the entire day is that wall include below grade. >> from the bottom of footing to the top of wall the full the full net concrete. >> got it if i may. >> can you under the initial permit review you talked about the planning review didn't exactly transitions planning

review. >> this is triggered by a chances of occupancy that will trigger a planning review any new construction triggered the planning review the people that - the best answer you can get will be the planning department. >> the rule of thumb visible from the public right-of-way the expansion like additions or changing the envelope as joe said and . >> finally when is neighborhood notification triggered what exactly triggered neighborhood notification. >> i'll defer to planning but germany of those things we've described. >> physical from the sidewalk. >> not visible but changing the envelope a 311 notice it is neighborhood notifications with our changing the height as a

matter of law a lightwell something that effects the view of the neighbor check with the planning department. >> thank you thank you for presentation i have two quick question is the demo permit need and if so when that the demolition permit needed. >> in would context oh, a recliner model. >> demo not needed in fact, we'll council against it because in a demo permit is issued and something happens you don't have the funds to continue we now have a space that maybe unsafe it is something we don't want to end up when our generally doing a recliner model the definition is within the alteration project. >>