Meet the DBI Pros Summit October 25 2006

Meet the DBI Pros Summit October 25, 2006 Amy Lee, Acting Director Code Enforcement 1

MEET THE DBI PROS Presented by: Thomas Venizelos, Senior Building Inspector, DBI-BID Donal Duffy, Building Inspector, DBI-BID James Li, Acting Senior Building Inspector, DBI-BID-CES Alan Davison, Senior Housing Inspector, DBI-HIS May-Ling Dea, Housing Inspector, DBI-LAD

MEET THE DBI PROS Panel Resource Members: Yvonne Mere, City Attorney Office of the City Attorney Rebecca Logue-Bovee, Executive Director Housing Rights Committee Janan New, Executive Director San Francisco Apartment Association Lupe Arreola, Outreach Coordinator, St. Peter’s Housing Committee

MEET THE DBI PROS WHAT IS CODE ENFORCEMENT? This is the administrative process utilized by the DBI to require property owners with code violations to comply with the San Francisco: n n n n Administrative Building Codes Electrical Housing Mechanical Plumbing

MEET THE DBI PROS WHICH SECTIONS/DIVISIONS INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS IN THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS? Building Inspection (BID) n Disability Access (DAD) n Electrical Inspection (EID) n Housing Inspection (HIS) n Plumbing Inspection (PID) n Lead Abatement Division (LAD) n Code Enforcement Section (CES) n

MEET THE DBI PROS Notice of Violation (NOV) n Description of the problem n Instruction on how to correct the code violations n Tells how much time you have to comply n Establishes penalties if applicable

MEET THE DBI PROS DIRECTOR’S HEARING n n n Held at DBI Chief Inspector Presides Witnesses Sworn in City, Owner & Interested Parties – Opportunity to Testify Proceedings Audio Recorded

MEET THE DBI PROS DIRECTOR’S ORDER OF ABATEMENT IS A CLOUD OR LIEN RECORDED ON TITLE OF PROPERTY

MEET THE DBI PROS

Notice of Violation

Notice of Penalty & Fee

Appeal of Imposition of Penalty

Director’s Final Order on Notice of Penalty and Fee

Notice of Decision & Order for Appeal of Imposition of Penalty

MEET THE PROS CONTACT INFORMATION: Building Inspection Division (BID) – (415) 558 -6096 Code Enforcement Section (CES) – (415) 558 -6454 Housing Inspection Division (HIS) – (415) 558 -6220 Lead Abatement Division (LAD) – (415) 558 -6598

MEET THE PROS Thank you for attending! n n n We value you and your opinion We want you to feel that we’re here to help assist you Our goal is to improve the value of our services to better serve you We’ve been listening to you telling us what’s important New improvements are on the horizon Please fill out evaluation forms. Thank you!