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Salt Lake City

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Housing Advisory and Appeals Board

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HAAB Board Agenda

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Zoning

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Hearing

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July 8, 2020 01:00 PM

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AGENDA FOR THE SALT LAKE CITY HOUSING ADVISORY AND APPEALS BOARD MEETING Teleconference meeting to be held online from various locations Wednesday July 8, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. Board members will join the Webex meeting hosted by Civil Enforcement staff. Contact Craig Weinheimer at 801-386-0542 with any problems or concerns connecting to the meeting. In lieu of physical site visits to properties, civil enforcement staff will provide a video feed of the following properties during the meeting at the appropriate time. 1443 East 100 South 1431 East 100 South 33 South Wolcott Street These following portions of the meeting are open to the public for observation. If you are interested in participating during the Public Hearing portion of the meeting or would like to provide general comments, email: HAAB@slcgov.com with your comments, or to receive a meeting invitation. 1:00 pm POLICY MEETING: A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: 1. HAAB will approve minutes from its meeting held Wednesday June 10, 2020. B. APPEAL HEARING: 1. Consideration of Residential Housing Code Violations at: 1443 East 100 South (Case No. HAZ2020-00572; Represented by Erin Smith) Council District 3 - Chris Wharton A. Unit #1: Appeal deficient emergency egress and/or rescue opening in room used for sleeping. B. Unit #2: Appeal deficient emergency egress and/or rescue opening in room used for sleeping. C. Unit #3: Appeal deficient emergency egress and/or rescue opening in room used for sleeping. D. Unit #4: Appeal deficient emergency egress and/or rescue opening in room used for sleeping. E. Unit #5: Appeal deficient emergency egress and/or rescue opening in room used for sleeping. F. Unit #6: Appeal deficient emergency egress and/or rescue opening in room used for sleeping. G. Unit #7: Appeal deficient emergency egress and/or rescue opening in room used for sleeping. H. Unit #8: Appeal deficient emergency egress and/or rescue opening in room used for sleeping. I. Unit #9: Appeal deficient emergency egress and/or rescue opening in room used for sleeping. J. Common area: Appeal deficient headroom in both stairways leading to the basement area. 2. Consideration of Residential Housing Code Violations at: 1431 East 100 South (Case No. HAZ2020-00959; Represented by Robert Sweeney) Council District 3 - Chris Wharton A. Unit #1: Appeal deficient emergency egress and/or rescue opening in room used for sleeping. B. Unit #3: Appeal deficient emergency egress and/or rescue opening in room used for sleeping. C. Unit #10: Appeal deficient emergency egress and/or rescue opening in room used for sleeping. D. Unit #11: Appeal deficient emergency egress and/or rescue opening in room used for sleeping. E. Common area: Appeal deficient headroom in both stairways leading to the basement area. 3. Consideration of Residential Housing Code Violations at: 33 South Wolcott Street (Case No. HAZ2019-01806; Represented by Kelly Miller) Council District 3 - Chris Wharton A. Unit #3: Appeal deficient emergency egress and/or rescue opening in room used for sleeping. B. Unit #7: Appeal deficient emergency egress and/or rescue opening in room used for sleeping. C. Unit #8: Appeal deficient emergency egress and/or rescue opening in room used for sleeping. D. Unit #9: Appeal deficient emergency egress and/or rescue opening in room used for sleeping. E. Unit #10: Appeal deficient emergency egress and/or rescue opening in room used for sleeping. F. Unit #11: Appeal deficient emergency egress and/or rescue opening in room used for sleeping. G. Common area: Appeal deficient headroom in both stairways leading to the basement area. C. OTHER BUSINESS: A. Board members available for hearing on August 12, 2020. B. Do the board members prefer to continue to receive a hard copy of the packet. D. ADJOURN Housing Advisory and Appeals Board Staff Reports July 8, 2020 Exhibit A: Consideration of Residential Housing Code Violations at:1443 East 100 South (Case No. HAZ2020; Represented by Erin Smith) Council District 3 - Chris Wharton A) Appeal: The net openable area of the window opening required for emergency egress/rescue in a room used for sleeping is deficient in the minimum size for unit #1. The current window is a vertical slider and not part of the original construction. It has been replaced at least once and it is constructed with a vinyl frame and insulated double-pane glass. Findings: The property is a rooming house that is used by a sorority from the University of Utah. As mentioned, the existing window is not part of the original construction. The original window may have been a single or double hung style with single pane glass, wood frame and wood sashes. The current window for this appeal is a vertical slider that reduces the width to less than the required minimum standard. The size of the unobstructed net openable area in the vertical slider when fully opened measures Seventeen inches (17') in width and forty inches (40') in height. Required Standard: Every room used for sleeping located below the fourth (4th) floor requires at least one (1) opening to the exterior for emergency egress/rescue. The clear unobstructed openable area of the required opening can be no less than twenty inches (20') by twenty-four inches (24') with a sill height of no greater than forty-eight inches (48'). B) Appeal: The net openable area of the window opening required for emergency egress/rescue in a room used for sleeping is deficient in the minimum size for units #2, #3 and #4. The current windows are vertical sliders and not part of the original construction. They have been replaced at least once and are constructed of vinyl frames with insulated double-pane glass. All the windows are typical in style and size. Findings: The existing windows are not part of the original construction. The original windows may have been a single or double hung style with single pane glass, wood frames and wood sashes. The current windows for this appeal are vertical sliders that reduce the width to less than the required minimum standard. The size of the unobstructed net openable area the vertical sliders when fully opened measures fifteen inches (15') in width and forty inches (40') in height. Required Standard: Every room used for sleeping located below the fourth (4th) floor requires at least one (1) opening to the exterior for emergency egress/rescue. The clear unobstructed openable area of the required opening can be no less than twenty inches (20') by twenty-four inches (24') with a sill height of no greater than forty-eight inches (48'). C) Appeal: The net openable area of the window opening required for emergency egress/rescue in a room used for sleeping is deficient in the minimum size for unit #5. The current window is a vertical slider and not part of the original construction. It has been replaced at least once and it is constructed with a vinyl frame and insulated double-pane glass. Findings: The original window may have been a single or double hung style with single pane glass, wood frame and wood sashes. The current window for this appeal is a vertical slider that reduces the width to less than the required minimum standard. The size of the unobstructed net openable area in the vertical slider when fully opened measures fifteen inches (15') in width and forty inches (40') in height. Required Standard: Every room used for sleeping located below the fourth (4th) floor requires at least one (1) opening to the exterior for emergency egress/rescue. The clear unobstructed openable area of the required opening can be no less than twenty inches (20') by twenty-four inches (24') with a sill height of no greater than forty-eight inches (48'). D) Appeal: The net openable area of the window opening required for emergency egress/rescue in a room used for sleeping is deficient in the minimum size for units #6 and #7. The windows in these two unit appear to be part of the original construction. Findings: The windows are constructed with wood frames and single-pane glass. They are a casement style in the shape of a triangle and swing inward about six inches (6') and held there by a chain that's attached to both the window panel and the window frame with no way of detaching either end. The length along the bottom edge is thirty-one inches (31') and the height along the tall side edge is thirty-one inches (31'). When measuring the width of the net openable area at twenty-four inches (24') up from the bottom of the long side edge it is roughly ten inches (10'). There are three (3) windows in each room for a total of six (6) and all of them are typical in style and size. Required Standard: Every room used for sleeping located below the fourth (4th) floor requires at least one (1) opening to the exterior for emergency egress/rescue. The clear unobstructed openable area of the required opening can be no less than twenty inches (20') by twenty-four inches (24') with a sill height of no greater than forty-eight inches (48'). E) Appeal: The windowsill height exceeds the housing code maximum standard in units #6 and #7. Findings: Below the windows some cabinet space has been constructed creating some small closets and dresser drawers. The top of the cabinet space is a flat shelf and constructed up to the base of the windows making it an extension of the actual windowsill. The height of the windowsill measured from the floor to the top of the flat shelf is sixty-five inches (65').Required Standard: Every room used for sleeping located below the fourth (4th) floor requires at least one (1) opening to the exterior for emergency egress/rescue. The clear unobstructed openable area of the required opening can be no less than twenty inches (20') by twenty-four inches (24') with a sill height of no greater than forty-eight inches (48'). C) Appeal: The net openable area of the window opening required for emergency egress/rescue in a room used for sleeping is deficient in the minimum size for unit #8. The current window is a vertical slider and not part of the original construction. It has been replaced at least once and it is constructed with a vinyl frame and insulated double-pane glass. Findings: The original window may have been a single or double hung style with single pane glass, wood frame and wood sashes. The current window for this appeal is a vertical slider that reduces the width to less than the required minimum standard. The size of the unobstructed net openable area in the vertical slider when fully opened measures thirteen one half inches (13 1/2') in width and forty inches (40') in height. Required Standard: Every room used for sleeping located below the fourth (4th) floor requires at least one (1) opening to the exterior for emergency egress/rescue. The clear unobstructed openable area of the required opening can be no less than twenty inches (20') by twenty-four inches (24') with a sill height of no greater than forty-eight inches (48'). B) Appealed: The headroom height of the stairways leading to the basement level is deficient in the required minimum height. Findings: There are two (2) stairways that access the basement. One stairway leads to a sorority meeting room. The headroom height above the nose of the second (2nd) tread up from the basement floor level measures six feet one inch (6'1'). The other stairway leads to multiple utility closets, laundry room and a basement living room that is mostly used as a craft room. The headroom measured at the top of the opening from the floor of the landing that accesses the bottom half of the stairway is five feet ten inches (5'10). Exhibit B: Consideration of Residential Housing Code Violations at: 1431 East 100 South (Case No. HAZ2020-00959S; Represented by Robert Sweeney) Council District 3 - Chris Wharton A) Appeal: The net openable area of the window opening required for emergency egress/rescue in a room used for sleeping is deficient in the minimum size for units #1, #3, #10 and #11. The current windows are vertical sliders and not part of the original construction. They have been replaced at least once and are constructed of aluminum frames with insulated double-pane glass. All the windows are typical in style and size. Findings: The property is a rooming house that is used by a fraternity from the University of Utah. As mentioned, the existing windows are not part of the original construction. The original windows may have been single or double hung style with single pane glass, wood frames and wood sashes. The current windows for this appeal are all vertical sliders that reduce the width to less than the required minimum standard. The size of the net openable area in the vertical sliders when fully opened measures seventeen inches (17') in width and fifty inches (50') in height, respectively. All windowsill heights are well below the housing code minimum standard. Required Standard: Every room used for sleeping located below the fourth (4th) floor requires at least one (1) opening to the exterior for emergency egress/rescue. The clear unobstructed openable area of the required opening can be no less than twenty inches (20') by twenty-four inches (24') with a sill height of no greater than forty-eight inches (48'). B) Appealed: The headroom height of the stairway leading to the basement level units is deficient in the required minimum height. Findings: The headroom height above the nose of the fourth (4th) tread up from the floor of the basement level measures five feet ten inches (5'10').Required Standard: Every dwelling unit shall have a safe, continuous and unobstructed means of egress of a minimum height of six feet four inches (6'4') and a minimum width as per this code. Interior and exterior stairs shall have a minimum headroom height of six feet four inches (6'4'), except for stairs to mechanical or storage rooms, utility and non-habitable rooms in any residential structure and laundry rooms in individual dwelling units, which have no minimum headroom height. Exhibit C: Consideration of Residential Housing Code Violations at: 33 South Wolcott Street (Case No. HAZ2019-01806; Represented by Kelly Miller) Council District 3 - Chris Wharton A) Appeal: The net openable area of the window opening required for emergency egress/rescue in a room used for sleeping is deficient in the minimum size for units #7, #8, #9, #10 and #11. The current windows are vertical sliders and not part of the original construction. They have been replaced at least once and are constructed of vinyl frames with insulated double-pane glass. All the windows are typical in style and size. Findings: The property is a rooming house that is used by a sorority from the University of Utah. As mentioned, the existing windows are not part of the original construction. The original windows may have been single or double hung style with single pane glass, wood frames and wood sashes. The current windows are all vertical sliders that reduce the width to less than the required minimum standard. The size of the net openable area of the vertical sliders when fully opened measures sixteen inches (16') in width and forty-six inches (46') in height, respectively. All the windowsill heights are well below the housing code minimum standard. Required Standard: Every room used for sleeping located below the fourth (4th) floor requires at least one (1) opening to the exterior for emergency egress/rescue. The clear unobstructed openable area of the required opening can be no less than twenty inches (20') by twenty-four inches (24') with a sill height of no greater than forty-eight inches (48'). B) Appeal: The net openable area of the window opening required for emergency egress/rescue in a room used for sleeping is deficient in the minimum size for unit #3. The current window is a double casement style and not part of the original construction. It's difficult to determine if this window is the first (1st) replacement. It is constructed of vinyl frames with insulated double-pane glass. Findings: The double casement window is constructed with two (2) openable panels and appears to have been installed within the last few years. When each panel is in the fully opened position the outside edge of the panels slides towards the center reducing the width of the net openable area. The net openable area when fully opened measures fourteen inches (14') in width and forty-five inches (45') in height. Required Standard: Every room used for sleeping located below the fourth (4th) floor requires at least one (1) opening to the exterior for emergency egress/rescue. The clear unobstructed openable area of the required opening can be no less than twenty inches (20') by twenty-four inches (24') with a sill height of no greater than forty-eight inches (48'). C) Appealed: The headroom height of the stairway leading to the upper level units is deficient in the required minimum height. Findings: The headroom height above the second (2nd) tread from the floor of the bottom level measures five feet eleven inches (5'11') at the nose of the tread. Required Standard: Every dwelling unit shall have a safe, continuous and unobstructed means of egress of a minimum height of six feet four inches (6'4') and a minimum width as per this code. Interior and exterior stairs shall have a minimum headroom height of six feet four inches (6'4').

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Kory Solorio

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June 29, 2020 03:42 PM

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