DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING INSPECTION		CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
HOUSING INSPECTION SERVICES			1660 Mission Street
							San Francisco, CA 94103-2414
		NOTICE OF INSPECTION

COMPLAINT:  200035825	BUILDING TYPE:   L/W 	USE TYPE: C/R/A 
DATE: 25-JUL-00	NOTICE TYPE:  FIRST WARNING
Inspector: Karlson   IMPORTANT NOTICE - DO NOT REMOVE

UNDER TERMS OF MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 102.13 ("a live/work unit is a structure... with an integrated work space principally used by one or more of the residents"), THIS PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO INSPECTION AT ANY TIME. IF VIOLATIONS ARE FOUND, OWNER OF EACH VIOLATING UNIT WILL BE SUBJECT TO A FINE NOT TO EXCEED 10% OF PROPERTY VALUE, OR $15,000 , WHICHEVER IS GREATER. IF VIOLATIONS ARE NOT CLEARED WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS, OWNER WILL BE SUBJECT TO FURTHER ACTION BY DBI.

SECTION 102.13 WAS PASSED IN 1988 TO "LEGALIZE" ARTISTS LIVING ILLEGALLY IN WORK SPACES. THERE HAVE RECENTLY BEEN A NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 102.13, WITH "LIVE/WORK" RESIDENTS PERFORMING PRINCIPAL WORK ELSEWHERE, OR EVEN USING UNITS SOLELY AND ENTIRELY FOR RESIDENCE PURPOSES. WHILE DBI HAS NO REASON TO SUSPECT THE OWNERS/RESIDENTS OF THIS BUILDING OF VIOLATIONS, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT SURPRISE INSPECTIONS OF ALL UNITS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME. INSPECTION CHECKPOINTS WILL INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:

1.	"integrated work space principally used by one or more of the residents" MUST BE FOUND IN THE UNIT AND MUST OCCUPY AT LEAST 66% OF UNIT (EVIDENCE OF WORK SPACE USE CAN INCLUDE EASELS, KILN, GLASSBLOWING APPARATUS, ETC.)
2.	PRIMARY WORK MUST HAVE BEEN PERFORMED IN THE INTEGRATED WORK SPACE OVER ENTIRE PERIOD OF OCCUPANCY (EVIDENCE MAY INCLUDE ARTISTIC RESUME, SUBMISSIONS TO GALLERIES/JOURNALS, ETC.)

THE CITY HAS DEEMED LIVE/WORK ABUSES UNACCEPTABLE AT THIS TIME FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS. SINCE LIVE/WORK UNITS ARE CLASSIFIED AS COMMERCIAL, OWNERS DO NOT PAY SCHOOL IMPACT DEVELOPMENT FEES, ARE NOT REQUIRED TO SET ASIDE 10% OF UNITS AS AFFORDABLE (AS THEY WOULD IF UNITS WERE RESIDENTIALLY CLASSIFIED), AND CAN BUILD UNITS HIGHER AND MUCH CLOSER TOGETHER THAN RESIDENTIAL UNITS. THEREFORE, LIVE/WORK CONSTRUCTION FOR THE USE OF MOSTLY UPPER-BRACKET NEW RESIDENTS IS IMMENSELY PROFITABLE AND HAS EXPANDED GREATLY BEYOND THE INTENTION OF SECTION 102.13. THE EFFECT HAS BEEN TO EVICT MANY SMALL BUSINESSES, AND TO SHUT DOWN OR CRIPPLE OTHERS VIA COMPLAINTS OF NEW NEIGHBORS. THIS HAS REDUCED EMPLOYMENT FOR BOTTOM-BRACKET RESIDENTS AND FORCED MANY OUT OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, ALL WITHOUT COMPENSATION.

RECOMMENDED BY:		VERY TRULY YOURS,
		
«recommender»		FRANK Y. CHIU, DIRECTOR
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