Both the City of San Francisco and State of California love to make it difficult to own and manage a property. It seems there’s a new compliance requirement every month, adding more inspections, reports, and filings. Just in October, the Board of Supervisors passed legislation that requires all elevator buildings to maintain one working elevator at all times. https://www.mypropertyatlas.com/post/ordinance-240807-operable-elevator-requirements-in-residential-buildings
It’s difficult and time-consuming to stay on top of it all with existing properties, and even worse when you’re acquiring a property and have to assemble all of the historical information. Most firms have to hire a full-time person to track it all, often manually inserting data into internal spreadsheets. But what happens when that person leaves your team? Does anyone even know where that document lives on your server?
Property Atlas reached out to Neville Pereira, the Deputy Director of DBI, to ask if they had a central website that listed all the San Francisco property filing requirements and deadlines. After being bounced around within the department, the response we got was. . . . nope. Not even the Property Information Map (PIM) has a list of these compliance requirements! So we decided to do it ourselves.
Introducing our New Compliance Tracking Platform
In our new Compliance Tracking Platform, which covers both San Francisco and California state requirements, we make compliance tracking much easier for you, and you’ll never lose that information again. Once it’s logged, it’s saved in our database and lives with the property forever. Whether you’re trying to figure out when the last facade inspection was filed, when the next elevated exterior element report is due, or whether the fire alarm upgrade was completed, we can help. You'll want this information when you acquire a new property, right?
Our system makes it easy to log and track:
Submissions, including
Submittal of your Accessible Business Entry (ABE) checklist
Rent Board Housing Inventory submittal
Inspections, including
SB 721 and 604 Facade Inspections, including supplemental glazing inspections if required
Exterior Element Inspections (stairs/decks/balconies.
Backflow Preventer Inspections
Annual Fire Sprinkler Inspections and Fire Extinguisher Tests
Annual Elevator Inspections
Soft Story Compliance
Fire Alarm Upgrades
Boiler Permit Expiration Dates
Anything else you ask for. . . . we will track for you!
With our tool, your engineers, architects, and contractors can directly update the information, saving your team time and headaches. For inspections required 5-10 years apart, we’ll start sending reminders to your team 6 months in advance, with regular reminders to ensure you never miss a filing deadline. We’ll help you identify who did the inspection, when the report was filed, when it’s due, and even enable you to upload the paperwork so you don’t have to hunt for it later.
Your property owner doesn’t want to pay a $653 penalty for an expired boiler permit, or learn of abatement charges for failure to comply with a filing deadline because you or someone on your team dropped the ball. Those fees can quickly add up - planning violations can run up to $1,000 per day!
With Property Atlas, you’ll never miss a compliance deadline, and automatically stay on top of legislation changes that require new submittal. This exciting new feature is expected to launch in mid-January, so sign up now!
Isn’t this peace of mind worth $10 per month for the buildings you manage? Try it for FREE for 30 days. Book a demo with us now to learn more!
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