198 Valencia St

San Francisco permit 202209021840 · Mission

Commercial or tenant improvementOver-the-counter, with plansComplete

Street view · Sep 2026

Google Street View of 198 Valencia St, Sep 2026

Scope of work

As written on the permit application.

Tenant improvement of (e) warm shell space for a new restaurant. 1st time tenant in new space. adding a sushi counter, prep areas, warewash, storage & trash room. non-load bearing partition walls for a restaurant without a cook line.

Timeline

Key dates from the city record.

Filed: Sep 2, 2022
Issued: Oct 12, 2022 (1 month after filing)
Completed: May 22, 2023 (7 months after issuance)

For comparison, San Francisco permits with the same review (over-the-counter, with plans) filed in 2022 were typically issued within 1 month (median of 5,514 issued permits).

City plan review

Each review stop the plans went through, from the city's routing record.

Review stops: 10 stops across 5 departments
Comments issued: Not recorded for this permit

The city lists the review stops for this permit but not their results, so we can't tell whether reviewers asked for changes.

Review stop	Arrived	Finished	Result
Apartment and hotel inspection Building Inspection · HIS	Sep 2, 2022	Sep 2, 2022	—
Intake Building Inspection · INTAKE	Sep 2, 2022	Sep 2, 2022	—
Zoning review Planning · CP-ZOC	Sep 2, 2022	Sep 2, 2022	—
Building plan review Building Inspection · BLDG	Sep 2, 2022	Sep 2, 2022	—
Mechanical and energy plan review Building Inspection · MECH	Sep 2, 2022	Sep 2, 2022	—
Public Utilities Commission review Public Utilities · SFPUC	Sep 2, 2022	Sep 2, 2022	—
Electrical plan review Building Inspection · MECH-E	Sep 6, 2022	Sep 6, 2022	—
Fire prevention review Fire Department · SFFD	Sep 6, 2022	Sep 6, 2022	—
Public health review Public Health · HEALTH	Sep 7, 2022	Sep 7, 2022	—
Central Permit Bureau Building Inspection · CPB	Oct 12, 2022	Oct 12, 2022	—

Source: DataSF 87xy-gk8d (Building Permit Addenda with Routing), retrieved Nov 6, 2026. Reviewer names and notes are left out.

Permit details

Permit type: OTC alterations permit
Status: Complete
Estimated cost: $385,000

People named on this permit

Only people we matched to a California license are listed.

Name	Role	License on permit
Sven Erik Lavine Sven Lavine Architecture	Architect	C30122

Sources

Everything on this page comes from public records. Check them yourself.

Permit 202209021840 on the city's permit tracking site

San Francisco Department of Building Inspection, the official record

DataSF Building PermitsAddress, scope, cost, dates and status
Retrieved Nov 5, 2026
DataSF Building Permit ContactsArchitects and engineers named on the permit
Retrieved Nov 5, 2026
DataSF Building Permit Addenda with RoutingPlan review stops and results
Retrieved Nov 6, 2026
Google Street ViewStreet photo
Taken Sep 2026