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1522 Bush Street

Western Addition · San Francisco, CA 94109

  • Built 1916
  • Office building
  • 2 stories
  • Zoned RC-4
  • District 2
  • Historic status: historic resource
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15,741 sq ftBuilding area
6,000 sq ftLot area
  1. 1916

    Recorded in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor as built for use as a parts store/repair shop. Brick-built as an automobile supplies store, with a row of now-rare pivoting wooden windows in the second storey.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
  2. 1931

    An auto repair shop worked here for 34 years from 1931; auto supplies had been sold here for twelve years before that.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
  3. Feb 1984

    Sign - erect.

    Complete Permit 8401655 $$$ $500
  4. Jun 1990

    Parapet.

    Expired Permit 9011882 $$$ $9,000
  5. Jul 1997

    Reroofing.

    Expired Permit 9712738 $$$ $31,000
  6. Mar 2003

    Grade lot.

    Withdrawn Permit 200303068998 $$$ $10,000
  7. Mar 2003

    Demolition parking.

  8. Jan 2004

    Erect a eight story fifteen unit residential building.

    Withdrawn Permit 200401154120 $$$ $4,500,000
  9. Jun 2009

    To comply with nov 200908427. provide seismic strengthening per 2007 building code chapter 16c to existing building. provide new entry door @ bush street side. upgrade existing paint booth. provide new rollup doors @ bush street side.

    Complete Permit 200906241151 $$$ $150,000
  10. 2010

    Evaluated in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor and given California Register status code 3CS — individually eligible for the California Register, under Criteria 1 and 3.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
  11. Jun 2010

    Revision to permit application 2009.06.24.1151 to increase sites of steel frames and enlarge size of drilled piers.

    Withdrawn Permit 201006295555 $$$ $20,000
  12. Apr 2012

    Replace existing paint booth with a new pre fabricated paint booth at 2nd floor in kind. comply to complaint #201061610.

    Issued Permit 201204067833 $$$ $6,000
  13. Apr 2012

    Revision to permit application 200906241151 to delete the upgrade of the paint booth from the description of the scope of work on the application, administrative permit only.

    Issued Permit 201204259105 $$$ $1
  14. Mar 2013

    Automatic fire suppression installation system over spray booth. building has no f/a system.

    Complete Permit 201303071663 $$$ $4,000
  15. Mar 2015

    Change of use. convert existing automotive repair structure into (3) dwelling units & a separate arts activities space. new window systems, new entries, new garage doors, new automated fire sprinkler system, new m.e.p systems & interior improvements throughout.

    Cancelled Permit 201503171056 $$$ $3,250,000
  16. Aug 2018

    Removal of interior non-structural walls, doors, & glazing; ab-017 per plans.

    Complete Permit 201808107004 $$$ $60,000
  17. Aug 2018

    Repair defective welding done as part of umb seismic retrofit.

    Complete Permit 201808167493 $$$ $440,000
  18. Jun 2019

    Change of use from auto repair to a combination of community clinic and supporting administrative uses, including renovations to the exterior facade.**maher n/a**.

    Complete Permit 201906203952 $$$ $7,500,000
  19. Mar 2020

    New fire alarm system. new annuciator. add smoke detectors (12)+(2), duct detectors (2), horn/strobes (19), strobes (33), 2-way comm. system, manual pull (1), heat detectors (3). site plan was 2019-0620-3952.

    Cancelled Permit 202003126926 $$$ $40,000
  20. May 2020

    Installation of bullet-resistant glazing sliding panels adjacent to the exterior windows (at both the bush street 2nd floor facade, and at both the 1st and 2nd floor facades at the austin street facade) to provide additional security for the planned parenthood clinic.**related to permit201906203952.

    Complete Permit 202005057305 $$$ $440,000
  21. Sep 2020

    (11) evacuation maps, basement, level 1, mezzanine, level 2.

    Complete Permit 202009255023 $$$ $4,400
  22. Dec 2020

    Revision to the approved addendum #2 (arch, interior improvements) to site permit application 201906203952, providing details and locations of smoke alarm access hatches in elevator shafts, as require by ssfd.

    Complete Permit 202012080513 $$$ $2,000
  23. Jan 2021

    New errcs system.

    Issued Permit 202101152817 $$$ $9,500
  24. Mar 2021

    Install 1 non illuminated address wall sign: "1522".

    Complete Permit 202103045774 $$$ $2,000
  25. Mar 2021

    Install 1 non illuminated wall sign: "planned parenthood: northern california".

    Complete Permit 202103045775 $$$ $2,500
  26. Mar 2021

    Install 1 illuminated projecting double faced sign: "planned parenthood northern california".

    Complete Permit 202103045777 $$$ $6,000

4 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline.

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