Check your property’s environmental information

Check in the Property Information Map (PIM). 

Search with your address or block and lot numbers.

Look in the Environmental Information section.

Check for:

• Soil and groundwater contamination (Article 31 and Maher ordinance)
• Other physical conditions like excess air pollution, archeological areas, and flood zones

Email pic@sfgov.org for additional information on any physical conditions listed for your property.

You can also check if your project site is located in or adjacent to an Earthquake-Induced Landslide Area, as shown on the California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology Seismic Hazard Zones Map for San Francisco (11/17/00).

Projects located on a Hunters Point Shipyard parcel may need to perform enhanced environmental mitigations.

Review the Health Code Article 31 webpage and regulations and submit an application to Public Health.

Projects that disturb 50 cubic yards of soil, or include a change to sensitive use, and are located in the Maher Ordinance area, may be required to perform site assessment and mitigation.

The Maher Ordinance area is any area considered by the Department of Public Health to have known or suspected contamination, including sites with historical industrial uses, areas near freeways, and current or historical underground storage tanks.

Review the Maher Ordinance webpage and submit an application to Public Health.

Depending on your project, you may need a geotechnical report or other engineering review to ensure safe construction on San Francisco’s hillsides.

If your project requires additional review, you will need to hire one or more licensed engineers to prepare the following:

• Geotechnical report
• Third-party engineering review
• Structural Advisory Committee review

Once your licensed engineer submits all required documents, DBI will review your plans and a completeness check before your application moves forward for final review and approval.

Check if your project requires a geotechnical report or third-party engineering review.