638 Rhode Island St

San Francisco permit 202509195773 · Potrero Hill

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

Street view · Jan 2025

Google Street View of 638 Rhode Island St, Jan 2025

Scope of work

As written on the permit application.

New retaining wall to be reflected on west side of exterior stairs at the rear of the property. not to comply with nov #202290972. nov to be addressed under sepeated permit.

Timeline

Key dates from the city record.

Filed: Sep 19, 2025
Issued: Oct 1, 2025 (within 1 month of filing)
Completed: Dec 9, 2025 (2 months after issuance)

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: 8 stops across 3 departments
Comments issued: None

Review stop	Arrived	Finished	Result
Building inspector Building Inspection · BID-INSP	Sep 19, 2025	Sep 19, 2025	Approved
Code enforcement Building Inspection · CES	Sep 19, 2025	Sep 19, 2025	Approved
Intake Building Inspection · INTAKE	Sep 19, 2025	Sep 19, 2025	Administrative
Zoning review Planning · CP-ZOC	Sep 19, 2025	Sep 19, 2025	Not Applicable
Building plan review Building Inspection · BLDG	Sep 19, 2025	Sep 19, 2025	Approved
Fire prevention review Fire Department · SFFD	Sep 22, 2025	Sep 22, 2025	Approved
Apartment and hotel inspection Building Inspection · HIS	Oct 1, 2025	Oct 1, 2025	Administrative
Central Permit Bureau Building Inspection · CPB	Oct 1, 2025	Oct 1, 2025	Administrative

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: $5,000

People named on this permit

Only people we matched to a California license are listed.

Name	Role	License on permit
Andrew Johnston Rodgers Rodgers Architecture	Architect	C30697

Sources

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

Permit 202509195773 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 Jan 2025