645 Quintara St

San Francisco permit 202302071532 · West of Twin Peaks

Retaining wall or site workOver-the-counter, with plansComplete

Street view · Apr 2025

Google Street View of 645 Quintara St, Apr 2025

Scope of work

As written on the permit application.

New retaining wall to ensure existing retaining wall does not fail. existing retaining wall is approximately 80 years old and constructed with 2 supporting buttresses at both ends of a 34'-0" span.

Timeline

Key dates from the city record.

Filed: Feb 7, 2023
Issued: Apr 20, 2023 (2 months after filing)
Completed: Jul 27, 2023 (3 months after issuance)

For comparison, San Francisco permits with the same review (over-the-counter, with plans) filed in 2023 were typically issued within 1 month (median of 4,704 issued permits).

City plan review

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

Review stops: 7 stops across 2 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
Intake Building Inspection · INTAKE	Feb 7, 2023	Feb 7, 2023	—
Zoning review Planning · CP-ZOC	Feb 7, 2023	Feb 7, 2023	—
Structural plan approval Building Inspection · PAD-STR	Feb 7, 2023	Feb 7, 2023	—
Structural plan approval Building Inspection · PAD-STR	Mar 16, 2023	Mar 16, 2023	—
Zoning review Planning · CP-ZOC	Apr 4, 2023	Apr 4, 2023	—
Structural plan approval Building Inspection · PAD-STR	Apr 4, 2023	Apr 4, 2023	—
Central Permit Bureau Building Inspection · CPB	Apr 20, 2023	Apr 20, 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: Complete
Estimated cost: $48,000

People named on this permit

Only people we matched to a California license are listed.

Name	Role	License on permit
Allen Scott Nudel Forell	Engineer	S4508

Sources

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

Permit 202302071532 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 Apr 2025