what happened was, elevator technology outpaced california building code. building code has a number a provision that makes traditional elevators usable by people with disabilities, but destination elevators presented challenges, particularly with cited. how do you know to get from this keypad to your our corporate car? >> we had a terrific program where we develop and administer the bulletin, which your help, elevator companies, involvement from the public, and you can tell us the outcome of that. >> what is amazing about the process is we had both government and private industry, as well as people with disabilities at the table for three years creating these accessibility standards. what we are doing here is being looked at by the department of justice access board and state architect's office. that is how good our standards are. would you like to see? i am going to push the access key which will activate the voice. i want to go to floor 24. ok, to the left. >> elevator j has arrived. >> that was smooth. >> i am getting a text message. it is amazing, these

. >> in january of this year, the california building code requires almost all of san francisco that we get geologist and a geotechnical engineer. it was a state building code rather than just the local requirements. >> as you recall, this was called the edge hill ordinance. >> is this the same kind of condition? >> this is more of the rock, all on one side and on the other side -- >> this is a combination. >> a lot of sand hills were scrapes down and deposited to other places without being engineered or consolidated and people build on top of that. we have a whole change as the city surfaced. what is the deal with sand, is this a good place to build on? >> if you want to understand the properties and if you designed to mitigate any adverse effects of the settlement, this is the strongest. i live in the sunset, i have been doing this right on the other side of this hill. i see the same conditions exist here where we have the earthquakes and the sand shakes and it gets more dense. we see differential settlement of are on. >> they might have filled in a low land or a wet land and build

we'll have to address them for the california building code. 207 for sound transmission, which basically orders protecting residents from outside noise coming in. so that really doesn't apply to the gymnasium. then if you hook at the other codes, we have the 2909 san francisco police code, which addresses fixed noises and a fixed noise is basically a mechanical or eelectrical crypt that -- equipment that creates noise. this doesn't apply to our situation, but to be practical we're going to look at 209 d of the police code which states that no fixed source can cause noises inside a sleeping or dwelling room to extend beyond 25 b.a. with windows or 55 with the buddies closed. the 55 is actually very restrictive, because we can't use a window. president chiu: colleagues, any questions to counsel? ok. thank you very much for your presentation. >> the planning department have extensively addressed the conditional use and all the arguments that were advanced by the appellant and they really have little or no merit, so i won't go into that except that we already also committed -- submitted anot

> that's a requirement primarily in the disabled access regulations of chapter 11 of the california building code and national ada requirements, which gives it a index of -- what is it called? slip resistant index, coefficient of friction. that's in a path of travel open to the public. there would not be a requirement for slip resistance in a private dwelling. >> the good news is that there's a new product, which is totally, totally clear, and it's slip resistant. it's like a coating that goes on, you don't know it's there, so the glass can remain totally clear, and you can walk on it, but you don't slip. >> do you have to reapply it? >> no. >> the reapplication is a problem. so when they opened the san francisco center, nordstro nordstrom's downtown, they have ramps on the ground floor, very gentle ramps but highly polish polished. the inspector said this is a slipping hazard and they said we will provide this non-skid material that we're going to paint on every six months or a year. >> the building and fire codes generally do not allow people to have to do something on a continuing basis to mee

. >> fire escapes are used in san francisco under the california building code.y are not typically allowed in new buildings. most of san francisco is older buildings. because we have such tight lines 0 lot lines on the side and often a rear yard where you can't get from the rear yard to the street. we see all over san francisco fire escapes and allow new fire escapes on existing buildings where you can't build a fully complies stairway. we came up with rules about fire escapes that require them to be e illuminated and they need to be maintained. some are difficult to maintain they have a moving part and a crank ladder. hauven to people have to maintain their fire escapes. >> they need to always have them maintained. we ask the property owner at the time of the inspection to demonstrate that the fire escapes are in good working condition. >> we changed the code? >> 4 or 5 years ago. >> you have to demonstrate that it works you pull the lever and pull it. >> absolutely. >> there are companies in the city that go out and will contract with the building owner to do r

code committee, the access committee, which is the disable access committee, and the emergency preparedness committee. i have been asked to be vice chairman of that committee for the california building association. i've also been asked to be a board member for the county building officials for california. i'm asking for your permission or approval to do this under the charter requirements. most of the committee meetings are held via teleconference. there's a general meeting held once a year were all the committees meet in conference and that is a one day to two-day conference in business meeting. vice president mar: any other questions or comments from the commissioners? >> is this an annual request? >> the appointments are annual appointments, yes. commissioner lee: who requests these appointments for you? is it a state official that invites you to these committees? >> usually at the conference is you are asked by various members of the committee if you would be willing to serve on the committee. vice president mar: an action item. commissioner walker: i think we need public comment. vice president mar: is there any public comment on this agenda item? >> the woman is guilty of malf