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Legal • April 25, 2009
soft story notice to tenants
Notice to Tenants re: Soft Story Building This is to notify you that the building at ____________________________________, Berkeley, California is on the City of Berkeley’s Inventory of Potentially Hazardous Soft Story Buildingsand may constitute a severe threat to life safety in the event of an earthquake ofmoderate to highmagnitude. This notice is required by Berkeley Municipal Code (BMC) Chapter 19.39. This chapter alsorequires that the building be analyzed by a civil or structural to determine its seismicvulnerability. For purposes of the program, soft story buildings are those buildings constructed prior to 1997,containing at least five residential units and typically having tuck-under parking or a store front on the first floor. If you have any questions about the law, please contact ______________ the project manager: •
by phone at_________________,
• • For questions about this particular building, please contact: _______________________________________________________________ (Name of owner or manager and how to contact) ________________________________________________________________ signature of owner) (date) (print name) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Proof of service On ___________________________ I delivered the above notice by: follows: _______________________________________________________________. _____________________________________at________________________. _________________________________________ _________________ (signature of server) (date) __________________________________ (
