What have neighboring Cities done?
1 ALAMEDA
(mandatory screening)
HAYWARD
(mandatory screening)
OAKLAND
(mandatory screening
and retrofit)
SCOPE
• All wood framed residential
buildings of 5 or more units
• Permitted before 1985
• All buildings of 2 or
more stories with 3
or more units
• Permitted before
1/1/1979
• All wood framed
residential buildings
of 5 or more units
• Permitted before
1985
ORDINANCE
DATE • March 2009 • July 2023 • January 2019
MANDATORY
REQUIREMENTS
• Initial Engineering
screening
• Install earthquake gas shut
off valve
• Notify building tenants
• Post warning on building
• Complete building
screening
• Complete mandatory
evaluation
• Obtain permits and
complete retrofit
ATTACHMENT B
What have neighboring Cities done?
ALAMEDA HAYWARD OAKLAND
PHASING • 18 months • 1 year
• 1 to 6 years dependent pm
size and complexity of
building
EXEMPTIONS
• 60 days to appeal
determination of
soft-story status
• None • 1 year to prove they should
have more time to comply
ACCOMODATIONS
• Parking spaces could
be eliminated if
required to
complete retrofit
• None
• Parking, setback and height
requirements could be
waived
• Number of units could be
increased
SUCCESS RATE • 63% of identified
buildings retrofitted
• 3% of identified
buildings retrofitted
• 28% of identified buildings
retrofitted
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