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281 A Castro St

San Francisco permit 202510076859 · Castro/Upper Market

Legalize or fix a violationFull plan reviewComplete
Street view · Dec 2022
Google Street View of 281 A Castro St, Dec 2022
Scope of work
As written on the permit application.

Legalization of (e) studio unit to comply with nov 202182222: interior remodel to create adu at 1/f level of (e) 3-story, 2-unit.

Timeline
Key dates from the city record.
Filed
Oct 21, 2025
Issued
Jan 16, 2026 (3 months after filing)
Completed
May 13, 2026 (4 months after issuance)

For comparison, San Francisco permits with the same review (full plan review) filed in 2025 typically took 5 months to be issued (median of 642 issued permits).

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

Permit Center

Permit Center · PERMIT-CTR

Oct 14, 2025Approved

Central Permit Bureau

Building Inspection · CPB

Oct 21, 2025Administrative

Zoning review

Planning · CP-ZOC

Oct 29, 2025Approved

Building plan review

Building Inspection · BLDG

Oct 28, 2025Issued Comments

Mechanical and energy plan review

Building Inspection · MECH

Oct 24, 2025Issued Comments

Fire prevention review

Fire Department · SFFD

Oct 23, 2025Approved

Street use and mapping

Public Works · DPW-BSM

Oct 22, 2025Approved

Urban forestry

Public Works · DPW-BUF

Nov 4, 2025Approved

Public Utilities Commission review

Public Utilities · SFPUC

Oct 30, 2025Approved

Building inspector

Building Inspection · BID-INSP

Nov 21, 2025Approved

Permit Processing Center

Building Inspection · PPC

Dec 2, 2025Administrative

Zoning review

Planning · CP-ZOC

Dec 2, 2025Approved

Building plan review

Building Inspection · BLDG

Nov 21, 2025Approved

Mechanical and energy plan review

Building Inspection · MECH

Nov 25, 2025Approved

Fire prevention review

Fire Department · SFFD

Nov 20, 2025Approved

Street use and mapping

Public Works · DPW-BSM

Nov 20, 2025Approved

Urban forestry

Public Works · DPW-BUF

Dec 2, 2025Approved

Public Utilities Commission review

Public Utilities · SFPUC

Dec 1, 2025Approved

Development fee collection

Building Inspection · DFCU

Dec 2, 2025Administrative

Central Permit Bureau

Building Inspection · CPB

Jan 16, 2026Administrative

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

Permit details
Permit type
Additions alterations or repairs
Status
Complete
Estimated cost
$128,175
People named on this permit
Only people we matched to a California license are listed.
NameRoleLicense on permit
Andrea Gabriele Cernusak

Andrea Cernusak

ArchitectC33206
Sources
Everything on this page comes from public records. Check them yourself.
Permit 202510076859 on the city's permit tracking site

San Francisco Department of Building Inspection, the official record