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1700 20th St

San Francisco permit 202503061721 · Potrero Hill

Commercial or tenant improvementOver-the-counter, with plansIssued
Street view · Jun 2021
Google Street View of 1700 20th St, Jun 2021
Scope of work
As written on the permit application.

T.i. of existing office space to proposed cafe. remove 1 existing window and provide one new window on arkansas street frontage. future adu to come under seperate permit. abe #202502200310

Timeline
Key dates from the city record.
Filed
Mar 6, 2025
Issued
May 16, 2025 (2 months after filing)
Completed
Not completed yet

For comparison, San Francisco permits with the same review (over-the-counter, with plans) filed in 2025 were typically issued within 1 month (median of 5,178 issued permits).

City plan review
Each review stop the plans went through, from the city's routing record.
Review stops
15 stops across 6 departments
Comments issued
3 times, by Building Inspection, Public Health
Review stopFinishedResult

Intake

Building Inspection · INTAKE

Mar 6, 2025Administrative

Zoning review

Planning · CP-ZOC

Mar 6, 2025Approved

Building plan review

Building Inspection · BLDG

Mar 7, 2025Issued Comments

Zoning review

Planning · CP-ZOC

Apr 7, 2025Approved

Building plan review

Building Inspection · BLDG

Apr 8, 2025Approved

Structural plan approval

Building Inspection · PAD-STR

Apr 8, 2025Approved

Mechanical and energy plan review

Building Inspection · MECH

Apr 8, 2025Issued Comments

Fire prevention review

Fire Department · SFFD

Apr 8, 2025Approved

Public Utilities Commission review

Public Utilities · SFPUC

Apr 8, 2025Approved

Public health review

Public Health · HEALTH

Apr 10, 2025Administrative

Public health food review

Public Health · HEALTH-FD

Apr 23, 2025Issued Comments

Public health food review

Public Health · HEALTH-FD

May 8, 2025Approved

Mechanical and energy plan review

Building Inspection · MECH

May 13, 2025Approved

Street use and mapping

Public Works · DPW-BSM

May 13, 2025Approved

Central Permit Bureau

Building Inspection · CPB

May 16, 2025Administrative

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
$165,000
People named on this permit
Only people we matched to a California license are listed.
NameRoleLicense on permit
Thomas Steven Podesta

Thomas Podesta Engineer

EngineerC37028
Sources
Everything on this page comes from public records. Check them yourself.
Permit 202503061721 on the city's permit tracking site

San Francisco Department of Building Inspection, the official record