which leads us to the planning code. its intent is to guide, control and regulate future growth in accordance with the general plan. this is an overall map of the zoning in san francisco. i am understand it's going to be difficult for you to read. it is just there as a graphic to illustrate the density in the northeast quadrants with the downtown or commercial districts. as you move further west, primarily residential districts and then neighborhood commercial corridors throughout the city and county of san francisco. the zoning administrator -- an extremely important position, charged with the ministry and interpreting the code. he's also charged with code compliance. he reviews and grants variances from the planning code, which are variations from the code standard. he represents the planning department before the board of appeals along with other specific duties. the current planning division has a long list of responsibilities. these first project review and a newly created preliminary project assessment process are

he reviews and grants variances from the planning code, which are variations from the code standard. he represents the planning department before the board of appeals along with other specific duties. the current planning division has a long list of responsibilities. these first project review and a newly created preliminary project assessment process are all intended to guide and facilitate new projects and inform applicants of the projects by which they will be constrained to by the planning code. further, we are responsible for conducting neighborhood notification as well as making sure their projects at here to the process, which is a meeting conducted by the project sponsor of with its abutting property owners. we considered discretionary review and conditional uses 329, large projects of 29,000 square feet or more which have a 200 ft linear distance on any street frontage. we also reviewed a slew of permits from other agencies and other types of assignments. the planning information center -- is committed to providing planning information, and -- improving permits over the coun

so if you were to say we're meeting the code, i would say what does the code require for durability. >> in terms of safety, why is glass in high rise buildings not laminated? >> sometimes it is. it is seldom, but the issue that we were just talking about could be -- is true for laminated insulated glass, or tempered insulated glass. it's the insulation that goes bad, not the glass. >> but we were talking about skylights, skylights were tempered, we had a problem with chardz coming down. >> and to answer the question, yes, laminated glass is very often used for glass. and we do use quite a bit of laminated glass. it's ordinary, laminated is two pieces of window glass together, with a pbb in between. ordinarily it's 030 or to meet safety requirements and they put a little bug on the corner that says what requirements that meets. >> if you use a piece of safety glazing it is required by the code to have the little stamp that's permanently etched into the glass or attached somehow. so that you can see what the safety glazing requirements are being met. >> sometimes, though -- sometimes,

that is not to code. i would like to say that the floor plan for the roof deck i think is misrepresenting. the planning commission requires that the nine sro units have open space of about 958 square feet. that is what this plan shows. this space is to be secure and private from public access. i have hatched in an area with public access for the toilets and the egress. dwellings need open space. this is what the planning commission and planning department rules on. this is not 500 strangers having a drink. there needs to be space left over for a activity. the building code says 15 square feet per person for dining, which gives you an occupancy load of about 120 people. also, there is an existing bar that we feel should be represented because it is not consistent with their liquor license. we feel they are not entitled to the view from the rooftop bar. we would like this project to be treated like any other project. there are many restaurants that succeed without a rooftop bar. the joule can do it as well.

and the codes, not just the electrical codes but all the codes. give us different ways to deal with problem-solving. so this is a very common way. and then somehow we have to figure out how to connect this to the house so that severing ground in the house, so you don't get a shock when you touch stuff. >> we have an example of a small residential service, the combination meter sock yet. -- socket and disconnect. where you put 100 or 125-amp circuit breaker in here. the inch and the quarter pipe comes down on the top. typically this is mounted outside and you put the meter in. >> let's look down inside it here. so the power is coming down in the top it he's going down -- >> well it he's going down and terminates and pg &e puts the meter in. you take the wires out of the bottom. >> and go to disconnect. we will see in a minute else wrx -- elsewhere. what's this hole for over here? especially where the power is coming out. >> it could come out or you could seal this. >> or you could seal it. by the way, the cover parts, i can't have empty holes or yo

>> from a planning code perspective, we would abide the public safety nature of the building code for the right away like this. i don't know the answer to that. >> does it have to be head of a certain height? >> we will see if he wants to lay in on that issue. >> you are saying that it would be the vertical clearance over public sidewalks will be 10-ft. this 12 foot clearance. >> we would be speculating as to whether or not it is possible. >> to be a regular sized assigned, part of it would have to block the window. which would not -- >> compliant. thank you. -- which would not be code compliant. thank you. >> that i could contribute to that of the more, if the sign were to be raised in height, it would be considered intensification of the degree of modern -- non-comformity. >> why? >> the sign will be more visible and comment. one of the typical violations that we see are signs that have been raised without the proper permit. it is done to get more visual prominence to the sign. >> it would be intensification of the part of the new codes that apply, and specifically in the business d

are they regulated in the planning code? >> no. there are allowances and projecting murals but generally can be considered art and it's something that we definitely want to encourage for that area and people would come and tag my door and i wish i would have a nice mural on it and they would think twice and it's important fabric of the city. >> is there anything in the code that encourages art -- >> part of the planning code has things for art depending on the size of the project and we open everyone would do it on their own and enjoy it. >> this is fantastic. >> i mean one of the interesting things and the mission bay and that obviously the mission is a really rich place to find murals but that a lot of what gets called the mission school in the art world today came out of people who really were very interested and celebrated old signs and cataloged them and encorporated them into their work and several artists and from their early work went around the mission and sketching the old signs and the hand painting them and doing them i

the code enforcement process for them not adhering to the code is still out there. you may be issuing a notice of violation as well as an emergency order, depending on the conditions. commissioner walker: since dpw is the one that normally goes out, we do not engage contractors, market dpw fees. commissioner murphy: is the category of emergencies objective? is it by virtue of the department to render what is emergency? >> the code has specific language about imminent hazard. the code also talks about the fact that the building official has to act reasonably. it has to be something where not just the heat is going out, but an imminent hazard. if the ambient temperature outside is 60 degrees, that will not be as much of a hazard, compared to one of those days that we had, where the temperature is in the 30's. if we are dealing with a central system, we have to then do a tremendous amount of coordination, get the bureau of building repair out there, to assess what they can do on an interim basis to get the system back up. we are not usually dealing with complete replac

code. and it says that in many cases, you must install energy first lighting pictures in new construction and when you're replacing pictures and you have to install -- fixes and you have to -- fixtures and you have to install four pins in kitchens for example and they cannot be replaced with screw type sockets. it will only take this type of bulb. you have to replace the whole fixture to go back. >> there is a prohibition against using edison-based fixtures. there are exceptions. for residential kitchens, more than 50% of the wattage has to be energy-efficient and throughout the rest of the house, you have to use energy efficient dimmers or you have to use fluorescent light bulbs. you can design with incandescent lights, although i anticipate in future energy efficient codes, that exception will go away. >> there are lots and lots of other requirements in the california energy code that relate to electrical installation. for example, you can no longer put electriresistance heat in buildings

if somebody said is my building up to code, i will say yes it is up to code. it is up to the 1909 code. in 1909 there was no requirement for earthquake design. >> until 1933 when the reilly act went into effect after the disastrous 1933 santa barbara -- >> long beach. >> destroyed elementary schools. they were brick. if the kids were in school, we would have lost thousands of kids. that banned brick construction and required seismic designs to be incorporated in buildings. >> there was a major -- there are a number of thresholds over the course of the development. the big one is in the mid '70s, but a whole threshold, series of these thresholds. many of the older buildings, like the 1 across the street have been upgraded to meet some modern standards. this is the williams building that we were talking about that is the replacement of the building that was damaged in the 1906 earthquake. it was built just like it with the plans. >> this building they were going to dynamite it. in '06, they dynamited buildings to clear the path. >> from an interesting point of v

and the code talks about other types of protection. you can't just have a single piece of glass, without some other type of protection, and it's in this handout that you have here. >> that code may change with the advent of special materials. eventually, we will come and say -- and it's been supplied in different cities, where we take a century -- it's called century guard, whereas there is this piece of plastic in between a couple of pieces of one eneeled, and one heat treated and the other tempered, so that even if it broke it stays together and stays rigid. so there really isn't reason then for that top handrail. >> the building code in san francisco says that we can approve products that are not specifically required or meet the requirements of the building code, if can be shown to us that there's a rational basis for approval, that they're meeting the intent of the code. we can approve an alternate method or material and we do that a lot now, especially with new materials flooding the market. we have to look at things on a case by

regardless of what congress has done to the tax code. in fact, and a run is only exceeded 20% of gdp three times in the last 70 years. two of those times where the end of world war ii when our nation was still running high deficits. the other time was in 2000, when the annual revenue, 20 points 6% of gdp, took place at the height of the stock market bubble. this temporary spike in revenue was bound to come down as soon as the bubble popped, edited. which also coincided with other, the post-9/11 recession that occurred. in fact other than one year, 2000, of the other 11 times since 1940 when the budget has been in surplus revenues were less than 20% of gdp, and in seven of those 11 years, revenue was below 90% of gdp. it's also important to note our budget has never been imbalance when the federal spending exceeded 19.4% of gdp. along those lines i appreciate that many of our witnesses today note in her prepared testimony that tax form is an important goal for congress, under the entitlement reform must also be of primary goal for congres

the building code says when you build something with a permit and you're able to keep it unless the code retro activity changes. how old do you think it is? >> (inaudible). >> 50 years old. there is nothing retro actively that says that have you to remove a sign. is that correct? >> 24r was a case on there was a case on market street and we did it for signs and a couple had to be removed but generally no. once it's non conforming could remain until the end of the life of the sign. >> so generally that is the case with all building issues is that are you permitted to retain those that were properly installed with a permit unless there is specific legislation that says otherwise typically. is this a flag sign? is that what they call signs that stick out like that? >> projection signs. >> projecting -- projection signs and it's painted and neon and the required martini glass and you can see it's stabilized by wires to keep it from falling and the wind from pushing it side ways. the signs are regulated in the building and planning code and requires it for all signs and we will talk about wha

. >> ordinance amending the administrative code, limiting the hours of overtime work to 20% by any -- to 25% of regularly scheduled hours during a fiscal year. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: no. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. >> there are 10 ayes, 1 no. items nine through 13 are from the budget and finance committee without recommendation, the ordinance's implementing various changes to the memorandum of understanding between the city and the following organizations -- the firefighters local 798, the city police officers association, the municipal executives association, fire, and the city and police officers association. and one more between the city and the municipal executives association, police. president chiu: roll-call vote. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. superv

this rule is not in the code. if this was a variants, there would be a give and take at the hearing between my client, the architect, and the decision maker during that hearing. that is >> thank you. mr. sider? >> thank you for the opportunity to respond. first, just to reply to mr. gladstone's good-natured remarks about what the planning code does and does not say, i would quickly mention that planning codes section 311, subsection c, subsection one does require compliance with residential design guidelines, which mandates the 15-foot setback. there it is. secondly, with respect to square footage, possibly and misstated something. i am not sure. the point of which to communicate is that the square footage of the home as established by criteria lengths would be unaffected by the reconfiguration to address at the commission's concerns. let me back a second, if i could. one of the things that struck me during public comment was the tone of the commons. -- comments. it is refreshing to hear from a group of people tha

did they change the code? it is getting louder. i hear that it comes from my office that i am concerned somebody put a tracking device in my office. to my computer it had detected a cellphone in the area two years ago. they did not come to arrest me but to search my apartment. hi went over of doughnuts after cleaning my apartment i"sq access devices that their physical these are parts but i did not build this device but i bought it it is the card spoof for if i can get close enough to somebody wearing a the card i can still the access credentials then replayed them imagine if you wear a suit, you put to this in the pocket and run it up this the ban take it to tap somebody on the shoulder it is close enough to capture the credentials. i will show you how this works. it is some kind of cool. i have three demonstrations to show you. this is like a reader. hold on. of course it is murphy's law. i think my machine froze. i do not even see the mouse. jesus christ. okay. who is hacking into my machine? okay. this is the cared id and you h

the house is code compliance with the rear yard. i think what the filings are referring to is just an average of visual based on the overall death of the house. the logic of that is based on the existing footprint, and in this case, the residence is relatively shallow in comparison to the other residences on this block. and the overall death. >> i think this visual is accurate, but we are dealing with the second basement which is the part that is going down past the additional amount. but you are saying that it is not significant enough to be counted against the the rear yard? >> it was what they used when they were in evaluating this house. they felt that because it is a down sloping parcel, there was such a differential that this is actually below the primary living space. >> i realize the open space, as you're saying, they are within compliance. this appears that it gets out a lot farther than anything else. >> i think there would be a stronger impact. if they were the same elevation because it is down sloping and is also a later

we just go with what the california building code says. >> the new california building code into into affect january 1, 2009. and it relies on fire sprinklers. can you think of any? >> existing building, if people try to implement it. they may have to sprinkler their buildings. you can built the building bigger or more area. or bring your separation a little closer together. there's a lot of advantages to the designer. and i think we may see some of these buildings putting them in they they don't have to get the advantages. particularly the ones downtown. you try to put the sprinklers in and they get to take advantage of the code. >> the new code doesn't consider the post earthquake. we have an unfortunate loss of water pressure after an earthquake. the local jurisdiction are a little bit concerned about over reliance on sprinklers instead of fixed assets because of lost water. >> my main fire protection engineer, he's concerned and wants to implement if you have a tank in your building, you have the water supply, sprinkler system. they have to have some back up water already >> high

basically, and the planning code, for a portion of the deck -- under the planning code, it would be a portion of the deck, and it would also trigger a neighborhood notice at that point because we do have a policy that if it is on a noncompliant portion of the building, if the debt is on noncompliant portion, we would do a courtesy notice -- if the death -- deck is on in noncompliant portion -- on a noncompliant portion, we would do a courtesy notice. i thought continuing the jurisdiction request would maintain the ability to request jurisdiction on this permit, but as vice president garcia noted, -- is also be an appealable document, and i believe the scope is a same -- would also be an appealable document. certainly, the board has the ability to grant jurisdiction here and hear the appeal on this matter and here -- hear this. we could discuss this with the city attorney's office, but i do not know what ability there is to deal with a revision permits. commissioner goh: i thought we heard earlier that the scope was not the same and that the revision permit would not allow us to have t

to figure out what server the code i was interested in was on. because it would be much faster than me sitting on the network looking for it. i basically used social engineering and i've used technical exploitation but in the book we focused more on the social engineering side because we thought that was more interesting. and frank actually reviewed the book and he liked it. he called me a master social engineer i don't know what that means in his category but i guess it's a compliment. i was happy at the time because he never reviews book and it was great honor to have him review my book. any other questions? john markoff, oh, you follow me on twitter. [inaudible] >> well, obviously, john marroff and i haven't done -- john markoff is a "new york times" reporter who wrote about me in the 1990s and in his reporting he actually had stated things as facts that weren't true. that i hacked into norad in 1983 and nearly started a nuclear war but that was right out of war games. amongst other ridiculous accusations as fact and what it did it elevated th

the difference is in the california building code. i can also give you tips on how to choose and specter appeared first of all, the program has an inspector's knowledge of the california building code, and the reason why that is so important is because you have to comply with both. the california billing code is enforced when you get a building permit, and forced by the local building requirements. it says all new buildings have to be totally accessible. it also says that new buildings when you do an alteration course have to be accessible when you do a project. there's a big difference between a big project and a little project. a big project is going to be not as accessible as a new building, but a smaller project actually has a smaller level of access required in the california building code. you might think that because you got a building permit that that means that everything is good and you are complying with the ada, but it is actually the difference in the building code because its is even if you have an existing building and