Permit guides
Search the published guide library. Check the conditions, confirm the jurisdiction, then follow the official application path.
A San Francisco ADU requires site-specific Planning and building review, construction plans, applicable notices, trade permits and final inspections before occupancy.
A residential panel or service upgrade requires an electrical permit and inspection in San Francisco.
A fence up to three feet at the front or six feet at side or rear property lines can avoid a building permit, but Planning and site restrictions still apply.
San Francisco uses a plumbing/mechanical permit for residential furnaces, hydronic heat, heat pumps and other regulated HVAC replacement work.
San Francisco provides a dedicated reroofing permit and inspection path for residential roof-covering replacement.
A new rooftop solar system on an R-3 home uses San Francisco's digital S Permit and requires review, fee payment, a job card and inspection.
San Francisco requires plumbing/mechanical permitting and inspection for regulated residential water-heater installation or replacement.