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Best Facade Forward

Reprinted with permission by SF Apartment Magazine.

In the July 2017 issue of the magazine, we notified readers of the drafting of a new ordinance to place additional obligations for facade repair on owners of older buildings with a certain number of stories. The ordinance was later changed and adopted. This article brings readers up to date by discussing the language of the ordinance adopted and now in place. 

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