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1540 Polk St

San Francisco permit 202212158461 · Nob Hill

Commercial or tenant improvementOver-the-counter, with plansIssued
Street view · Sep 2026
Google Street View of 1540 Polk St, Sep 2026
Scope of work
As written on the permit application.

To comply with the accessible business entrance program abe #202209164498. 1) replace door threshold witth max 1/2" height. 2) new 1:20 slope ramp. 3) new ada push bottom to the main business entrance.

Timeline
Key dates from the city record.
Filed
Dec 15, 2022
Issued
May 5, 2023 (5 months after filing)
Completed
Not completed yet

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
18 stops across 4 departments
Comments issued
Not recorded for this permit
Put on hold
Once

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

Review stopFinishedResult

Apartment and hotel inspection

Building Inspection · HIS

Dec 15, 2022—

Code enforcement

Building Inspection · CES

Dec 15, 2022—

Intake

Building Inspection · INTAKE

Dec 15, 2022—

Zoning review

Planning · CP-ZOC

Dec 15, 2022—

Building plan review

Building Inspection · BLDG

Dec 20, 2022—

Fire prevention review

Fire Department · SFFD

Dec 20, 2022—

Intake

Building Inspection · INTAKE

Mar 2, 2023—

Zoning review

Planning · CP-ZOC

Mar 2, 2023—

Building plan review

Building Inspection · BLDG

Mar 2, 2023—

Intake

Building Inspection · INTAKE

Mar 7, 2023—

Zoning review

Planning · CP-ZOC

Mar 7, 2023—

Building plan review

Building Inspection · BLDG

Apr 19, 2023—

Intake

Building Inspection · INTAKE

Apr 4, 2023—

Zoning review

Planning · CP-ZOC

Apr 4, 2023—

Building plan review

Building Inspection · BLDG

Apr 19, 2023—

Mechanical and energy plan review

Building Inspection · MECH

Apr 24, 2023—

Street use and mapping

Public Works · DPW-BSM

Apr 24, 2023—

Central Permit Bureau

Building Inspection · CPB

May 5, 2023—

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
Issued
Estimated cost
$6,000
People named on this permit
Only people we matched to a California license are listed.
NameRoleLicense on permit
Yao Kun Chen

Yao Chen Architecture Studio

ArchitectC36094
Sources
Everything on this page comes from public records. Check them yourself.
Permit 202212158461 on the city's permit tracking site

San Francisco Department of Building Inspection, the official record