Beverly Hills

The city of Beverly Hills Ordinance #18-O-2767 went into effect on January 11, 2019. The ordinance establishing mandatory standards for earthquake hazard reduction in existing wood-frame buildings with soft, weak, or open-front walls is available here.

Scope

The mandatory seismic retrofit program for the city of Beverly Hills includes soft-story buildings identified by the following characteristics:

• Wood-frame construction
• Construction permit was applied for prior to January 1, 1978
• Two or more dwelling units
• The ground floor or basement portion of the structure contains parking or other similar open floor space that causes soft, weak, or open-front wall lines and there exists one or more stories above

A visual field survey and permit records research have been performed to identify structures with the above listed characteristics. Approximately 300 buildings in Beverly Hills were identified and have been issued notices to comply.

Priority Designations

Buildings were split up into three tiers in order of urgency to complete the retrofit.

• Tier 1: Buildings with 3+ stories
• Tier 2: Buildings with 2 stories and 6+ units
• Tier 3: All other buildings subject to the ordinance