553–563 Valencia Street

1. 1907

   Built.

2. February 15, 1907

   Nelson & Sheehan and W. S. Snook contracted to put up a three-storey frame building.

   The San Francisco Call, 15 February 1907, p. 13
3. Dec 2002

   Filed Permit 200212022554 $$$ $150,000

   Electrical, plumb, building-walls, floors, paints, alterations & mechanical-for work in laundromat only.

4. Dec 2002

   Permit 200212103201 $$$ $73,000

   Restaurant with handicap accessible restroom/kitchen/handicap accessible hand sink/dry storage area.

5. Sep 2010

   Permit 201009090510 $$$ $275,000

   New restaurant ti: demolition office and wait station. reconfigure bar to accomodate larger area of stool seating. reconstruction of facade to accomodate relocated entry. kitchen prep and dishroom area reconfiguration. lighting changes. interior finish updates.

6. Dec 2010

   Permit 201012015869 $$$ $3,200

   Ground floor - lower sprinklers in box beams, add 1 head, relocate 9 pendent sprinklers & remove 2 sprinklers.

7. Jan 2011

   Permit 201101068000 $$$ $10,000

   To comply with nov# 201185746 to replace rotted wood beam in front of building as needed in kind. this permit is also a revision to permit application 2010.09.09.0510.

8. Feb 2011

   Permit 201102019423 $$$ $11,350

   Part of building permit application 2010-0909-0510-install new 6' hood & duct & fan. hood and duct fire suppression on separate permit.

9. Apr 2011

   Permit 201104063557 $$$ $5,500

   Expand existing fire suppression system to meet ul300 standard: existing tanks, pull station; replace piping and relocate existing nozzles; add tank, nozzles and piping for new wood charbroiler.

10. Jun 2011

    Permit 201106168287 $$$ $2,500

    Installing (8) new sprinklers, relocating (2) sprinklers for tenant improvement. 8 new sprinklers, 2 relocated.

11. Aug 2011

    Permit 201108031631 $$$ $65,000

    Reroofing.

12. Nov 2011

    Permit 201111189313 $$$ $15,000

    Change of use.expand existing restaurant to adjacent vacant space from (b) occupancy to (a-2) occupancy. convert existing vacant space to new specialty bakery from (m) occupancy to (b) occupancy.

13. Jul 2016

    Permit 201607132277 $$$ $35,000

    Soft story retrofit per sfbc chapter 34b for 2012 iebc appendix a-4. residential only.

14. Jul 2016

    Permit 201607132275 $$$ $40,000

    Soft story retrofit per sfbc chapter 34b for 2012 iebc appendix a-4. commercial only.

15. Jan 2017

    Permit 201701036420 $$$ $20,000

    Revise permit # 1389185 of 04/18/2016 (application # 201111189313) no sprinklers required for 1st floor and exit corridor space (confirmed occupancy load is less than 100).

16. Jun 2017

    Issued Permit 201706209834 $$$ $320,000

    No change in use. remodel existing restaurant space. exterior minor work: replace tile and window to match existing at removed mechanical. replace existing rear alley window with new smaller.

17. Jan 2018

    Permit 201801037771 $$$ $8,000

    Existing fire sprinkler system ti - 15 relocated sprinklers and 8 added sprinklers. ref pa 2017-0620-9834.

18. Mar 2018

    Permit 201803153702 $$$ $5,000

    Install ul300 ansul fire system to protect kitchen hood and cooking equipment. ref pa 2017-0919-9012.

19. Aug 2019

    Permit 201908169051 $$$ $4,000

    Install smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in common areas, repair rooms that fire damage.remove obstractions in hallways and emergency exit.comply with electrical servicedead front 36" clear.rewire fire damage room. comply fix windows checkchain fire alarm certified it. fa / fs under separte permit.

DBI holds 52 permits for this parcel, most of them tenant improvements on individual floors. The timeline shows the 24 largest by stated cost, plus the earliest on file; the DBI query in the sources below returns all 52. 7 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 7 expired permits are not shown.