# Board of Supervisors Minutes: November 1, 2022 - Meeting date: 2022-11-01 - Document type: minutes - Pages in official PDF: 26 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/880/2022-11-01-minutes) - [Authoritative City PDF](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1009029&GUID=96C2817A-82A1-4AE7-ACB6-8BA9C27E6CA3) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City PDF is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 220944: Electrical Code - Repeal of Existing 2019 Code and Enactment of 2022 Code - Pages: 7-8 ### File 220945: Plumbing Code - Repeal of Existing 2019 Code and Enactment of 2022 Code - Pages: 8 - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: 220945 [Plumbing Code - Repeal of Existing 2019 Code and Enactment of 2022 Code] Ordinance repealing the 2019 Plumbing Code in its entirety and enacting a 2022 Plumbing Code consisting of the 2022 California Plumbing Code, as amended by San Francisco; adopting environmental findings and findings of local conditions under the California Health and Safety Code; providing an operative date of January 1, 2023; and directing the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to forward the Ordinance to the California Building Standards Commission, as required by State law. (Building Inspection Commission) Ordinance No. 230-22 FINALLY PASSED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton ### File 220970: Waiver of Permit, License, and Business Registration Fees for Certain Small Businesses - Pages: 8-9 - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: mber 1, 2021, to 1) extend the program through June 30, 2023; 2) increase the gross receipts permissible for a business to qualify for the tax and fee waiver from $2,000,000 to $5,000,000; 3) remove the requirement that the business be located on the ground floor; (4) expand the business types covered by the waiver from commercial businesses in certain Planning Code categories to all commercial businesses; 5) extend the period for refunds to the later of one year from the date of payment or June 30, 2023; 6) revise the procedures for challenging Tax Collector determinations that a business improperly claimed a waiver under this Ordinance; 7) increase the gross receipts above which the waiver would be retroactively revoked from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000 in the calendar year of, or in any calendar year during the three full calendar years following, the date the business commenced business within San Francisco or opened a new business location for commercial use; and 8) make other administrative and reporting changes, as defined herein. (Fiscal Impact) Supervisors Dorsey, Mandelman, Mar, and Stefani requested to be added as co-sponsors. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton ## Extracted text ### [Page 8](https://sfbos.info/documents/880/2022-11-01-minutes#page-8) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 11/1/2022 220945 [Plumbing Code - Repeal of Existing 2019 Code and Enactment of 2022 Code] Ordinance repealing the 2019 Plumbing Code in its entirety and enacting a 2022 Plumbing Code consisting of the 2022 California Plumbing Code, as amended by San Francisco; adopting environmental findings and findings of local conditions under the California Health and Safety Code; providing an operative date of January 1, 2023; and directing the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to forward the Ordinance to the California Building Standards Commission, as required by State law. (Building Inspection Commission) Ordinance No. 230-22 FINALLY PASSED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Chan, Dorsey, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton REGULAR AGENDA NEW BUSINESS Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee 220970 [Waiver of Permit, License, and Business Registration Fees for Certain Small Businesses] Sponsors: Ronen; Chan, Safai, Dorsey, Mandelman, Mar and Stefani Ordinance amending the program established in Ordinance No. 143-21 waiving certain first-year permit, license, and business registration fees for certain businesses, retroactive to November 1, 2021, to 1) extend the program through June 30, 2023; 2) increase the gross receipts permissible for a business to qualify for the tax and fee waiver from $2,000,000 to $5,000,000; 3) remove the requirement that the business be located on the ground floor; (4) expand the business types covered by the waiver from commercial businesses in certain Planning Code categories to all commercial businesses; 5) extend the period for refunds to the later of one year from the date of payment or June 30, 2023; 6) revise the procedures for challenging Tax Collector determinations that a business improperly claimed a waiver under this Ordinance; 7) increase the gross receipts above which the waiver would be retroactively revoked from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000 in the calendar year of, or in any calendar year during the three full calendar years following, the date the business commenced business within San Francisco or opened a new business location for commercial use; and 8) make other administrative and reporting changes, as defined herein. (Fiscal Impact) Supervisors Dorsey, Mandelman, Mar, and Stefani requested to be added as co-sponsors. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Chan, Dorsey, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton City and County of San Francisco Page 917 Printed at 11:10 am on 3/8/24