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Meet Fog City As-Builts: The Visual Historians of Your Building
Fog City As-Builts are the team to work with when you need floor plans, elevations, and sections drawn for your building.
Jun 10
APPROVED: Ordinance 250608: Public Works Fees
This ordinance is part of the Mayor's PermitSF initiative, intended to streamline permitting and to help small businesses. The ordinance, tied to approval of Ordinance 250541, would eliminate DPW fees for cafe table/chairs, merchandise displays, and various projections from the face of the building into the right of way.
Jun 9
APPROVED: Ordinance 250634: Commercial Use Sizes
This ordinance relaxes limits on commercial use sizes in some NCD zones, eliminating the need for Conditional Use for larger businesses. It would also allow large spaces to be subdivided in all zones without conditional use, even if the reduced spaces exceed sf limits in that zone.
Jun 9
APPROVED: Ordinance 250537: Place of Entertainment Permits and Amplified Sound Permits
This ordinance is part of the Mayor's PermitSF initiative, intended to streamline permitting and to help small businesses. The ordinance includes streamlining of reviews for Entertainment and Amplified Noise Permits.
Jun 9
APPROVED: Ordinance 250538: Conditional Use Streamlining
This ordinance is part of the Mayor's PermitSF initiative, intended to streamline permitting and to help small businesses. The ordinance includes streamlining of reviews for Conditional Use applications and a reduced fee for these filings.
Jun 9
APPROVED: Ordinance 250539: Awnings, Signs, and Gates
This ordinance is part of the Mayor's PermitSF initiative, intended to streamline permitting and to help small businesses. The ordinance includes expansion of the Awning Amnesty program to include existing signs and gates.
Jun 9
APPROVED: Ordinance 250540: Temporary Use Permits
This ordinance is part of the Mayor's PermitSF initiative, intended to streamline permitting and to help small businesses. The ordinance includes various Planning Code changes related to temporary use permits.
Jun 9
APPROVED: Ordinance 250541: Public Works Permit Revisions
This ordinance is part of the Mayor's PermitSF initiative, intended to streamline permitting and to help small businesses. The ordinance includes various Public Works (DPW) changes including elimination of permits for cafe tables/chairs, sidewalk merchandise displays, and Minor Street Encroachments for many building elements.
Jun 9
APPROVED: Ordinance 250542: Various Planning Code Changes
This ordinance is part of the Mayor's PermitSF initiative, intended to streamline permitting and to help small businesses. The ordinance includes various Planning Code changes related to non-retail uses, glazing requirements for storefronts, sign requirements, and impact fees.
Jun 9
APPROVED: Ordinance 250284: Rear Yard Structures
This ordinance would allow rear yard structures of up to 120 sf and 10' in height to be constructed within the rear yard setback. It also includes amnesty for nonconforming rear-yard structures constructed prior to 2003.
Jun 6
APPROVED: Ordinance 250259: Business Fees Waived
This ordinance would waive permit, license, and registration fees for new small businesses opening a commercial business in San Francisco. It also waives fees for small businesses expanding into a new location.
Jun 6
APPROVED: Ordinance 250257: Tourist Hotels
This ordinance allows tourist hotel and motel rooms to be used for Interim Housing for people experiencing homelessness, or at risk of homelessness, without loss of the hotel use classification.
Jun 6
APPROVED: Ordinance 250211: Concrete Building Seismic Safety
This ordinance requires all concrete buildings be evaluated for seismic safety and sets a schedule by which reports and studies must be submitted to the City.
Jun 6
Ordinance 250191: Violation Amnesty
If approved, this ordinance would provide limited amnesty for violations on properties impacted by the fraudulent actions of Rodrigo Santos and Bernie Curran.
Jun 6


We want to De-Mystify Fire Violations for you
SF Fire Violations aren't very descriptive. Allow us to demystify them for you!
Jun 5


Meet Battalion One: Your All-in-One Fire Protection Partner
Battalion One is the contractor you need to help with anything from fire sprinklers, to fire alarms, even extinguishers, and annual inspections.
Jun 3


Our New Vendor Program is HERE!
Now, not only will Property Atlas notify you about all new violations for your properties, we'll also help you find a qualified contractor to help you resolve those violations. See our personally selected group of highly qualified contractors.
May 21


Never Miss a Compliance Deadline Again with our new Tracker
In 2025, Property Atlas is making property management faster and more efficient with our new Compliance Tracking platform.
Dec 13, 2024
KILLDED: Ordinance 241087: Development Fee Waivers
If approved, this ordinance would waive certain development impact fees in the Market and Octavia Area.
Nov 15, 2024
APPROVED: Ordinance 241069: ADU's Sold Separately
If approved, this ordinance would allow ADU units to be sold separately as condominiums.
Nov 15, 2024
APPROVED: Ordinance 241067: Tourist Hotels
This ordinance allows tourist hotel and motel rooms to be used for Interim Housing for people experiencing homelessness, or at risk of homelessness, without loss of the hotel use classification.
Nov 15, 2024
ON HOLD: Ordinance 241063: Adjustments to BMR thresholds
If approved, this ordinance would allow certain Below Market Rate (BMR) units to be resold at higher prices.
Nov 15, 2024
KILLED: Ordinance 241066: Supermarket Closure Notification Period
If approved, this ordinance would require large supermarkets to provide 6 months notice to their customers and the City before closing.
Nov 15, 2024


Why are City Building Permit Records protected like Fort Knox?
In the City of San Francisco, obtaining copies of past property permit plans is a lengthy, obnoxious process. Maybe it's time for reform.
Oct 30, 2024
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