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Purpose
Mission Statement
About BIC
Contact BIC
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You are invited to attend the Building Inspection Commission (BIC) meetings the third Wednesday of every month. Meetings are accessible, open to the public, and aired live on SFGTV Channel 78 and SFGTV website. Meetings are held at
City Hall, Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94103
The BIC may be contacted at 415-558-6164
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PURPOSE
To serve the City and County of San Francisco and the general public by ensuring that life and property within the City and County are safeguarded, and to provide a public forum for community involvement in that process.
MISSION STATEMENT
As a policy-making and supervisory body mandated by the City Charter, the seven member citizen Building Inspection Commission (BIC) will manage the Department of Building Inspection (DBI) and the bodies subordinate to the Commission by overseeing the effective, efficient, fair and safe enforcement of the City and County's Building, Housing, Plumbing, Electrical, and Mechanical Codes, along with Disability Access Regulations.
ABOUT THE BIC
The San Francisco Building Inspection Commission and the Department of Building Inspection were created by voter referendum in 1994. The BIC was designed to provide representation for the various communities, which interact with the Building Department. The seven different commission slots are filled by a structural engineer, a licensed architect, a residential tenant, a residential builder, a residential landlord, a community based non-profit housing developer, and a member of the general public at large. The BIC appoints the Director of DBI, sets policy, hears various appeals on issues leading up to the issuance of building permits, sits as the Abatement Appeals Board to hear appeals of Director's Orders of Abatement, and provides a public forum through their bi-monthly meetings.
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THE COMMISSION
The Mayor appoints four positions and the President of the Board of Supervisors appoints three. Currently, the Building Inspection Commission consists of the following:
Angus McCarthy, President
Appointed by the Mayor
Residential Builder Seat
Warren Mar, Vice-President
Appointed by the President of the Board of Supervisors
Residential Landlord Seat
Kevin Clinch
Appointed by the Mayor
Licensed Structural Engineer Seat
Frank Lee
Appointed by the Mayor
Architect Seat
Dr. James McCray, Jr.
Appointed by the Mayor
Non-Profit Housing Seat
Myrna Melgar
Appointed by the President of the Board of Supervisors
General Public Seat
Debra Walker
Appointed by the President of the Board of Supervisors
Tenant Seat
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How to Contact the BIC
Sonya Harris, Secretary to the Building Inspection Commission, may be reached at:
Building Inspection Commission
Department of Building Inspection
1660 Mission Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103-2414
(415) 558-6164, FAX (415) 558-6509
Meetings
The BIC meets on the third Wednesday of every month. Meetings are accessible, open to the public, are aired live on SFGTV Channel 78 and SFGTV website, and are held commencing at 9:00 a.m. at:
City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 416
San Francisco, CA 94102
Video on Demand on BIC meetings are also available on SFGTV.
Agendas
The Agenda is published on the Friday before the regularly scheduled meeting. Agendas are posted on the Department's website www.sfdbi.org under Agendas & Minutes, the Main Library in the Government Documents section, the Bulletin Board located at the ground floor elevator lobby of 1660 Mission Street, the bulletin board outside of Room 416 at City Hall, and are also available by contacting Sonya Harris, Commission Secretary at (415) 558-6164.
Minutes
Minutes are posted on the Department's website www.sfdbi.org under the Agenda and Minutes link 10 days after approval by the BIC.
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