Department of Building Inspection Annual Report Fiscal Year 2016-2017 | Page 7

DBI oversees the building and life safety of San Francisco’s 200,000 commercial
and residential buildings in the City’s 49 square miles. We also enforce the
effective, efficient, fair, and safe code enforcement of the City and County’s
Building, Housing, Plumbing, Electrical, and Mechanical Codes, along with
Disability Access Regulations for all who live, work, and visit San Francisco;
and ensure owners maintain code-required habitability of the City’s more than
20,000 apartments and 500 residential hotels.
DBI Stats for FY 2016   –   2017
• Issued more than 66,900 permits, averaging more than
5,800 permits issued monthly and 260 permits issued daily.
• Of all permit applications, 92% were requested and issued over the
counter within two business days.
• Conducted over 156,000 total inspections, averaging more than
13,000 inspections conducted monthly and more than 620 conducted
daily, with 95% of inspections occurring within two business days of
the request.
• Received an average of 433 building, electrical, and plumbing
complaints monthly, with 84% processed within 3 business days.
• Produced a total of over 7,000 total 3R Reports with 99.7% of
reports issued within 7 business days.
• Processed a total of 12,700 Record Requests with 89% processed
over the counter.
Average based on 250 working days, not 365 calendar days.
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