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<span><strong>We will ask you about:</strong>
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  <li>Your contact information</li>
  <li>Your business information</li>
  <li>Your business location</li>
  <li>Your project plan</li>
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  <strong>This application will take about 15 minutes.</strong>
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Check what forms you need for your business permits

About you

Chain store

Your BAN is a 7-digit number. If you don't know it, <a href="https://data.sfgov.org/Economy-and-Community/Map-of-Registered-Businesses-San-Francisco/9tqe-vdng" target=_new>find your BAN</a>.

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  <span>We found the business for your BAN.</span>
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  <span>We found the business for your BAN but your business has more than 1 address.</span>
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  <span>We cannot find that BAN. <a href="https://data.sfgov.org/Economy-and-Community/Map-of-Registered-Businesses-San-Francisco/9tqe-vdng" target=_new>Find your BAN</a>.</span>
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About your business

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  <span>We found the block and lot number for your address.</span>
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  <span>We found the block number for your address but your address has more than 1 lot number.</span>
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<p>If you do not know the lot number of your address, look it up in <a href="https://sfplanninggis.org/pim/" target="_blank">our property information map</a>.</p>
<p>If your address has more than 1 block or lot, tell your permit tech after we email you.</p>

Enter the address without abbreviations. <br />If you cannot find the address, email <a href="mailto:CPC.SmallBiz@sfgov.org?subject=Project address lookup" target="_blank">CPC.SmallBiz@sfgov.org</a>

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  <span>We found your address for the block and lot numbers.</span>
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  <span>We found more than 1 address for the block and lot numbers.</span>
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  <span>We cannot find that block and lot number. Look up your block and lot with your address in <a href="https://sfplanninggis.org/pim/" target="_blank">our property information map</a>.</span>
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Your business location

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  <span>You are not eligible for expedited review under Proposition H. Start your permits with the <a href="https://sfdbi.org/inhousereview" target="_blank">Department of Building Inspection for inhouse review</a>.</span>
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Your project

Type to select your existing use. If you do not know your use, check <a target="_blank" href="https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/san_francisco/latest/sf_planning/0-0-0-17783#JD_102">the Planning Code Section 102 for use definitions</a>. Select all that apply.

For example, changing a bar to a retail shop or an entertainment venue to a restaurant.

Type to select your proposed use. If you do not know your use, check <a target="_blank" href="https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/san_francisco/latest/sf_planning/0-0-0-17783#JD_102">the Planning Code Section 102 for use definitions</a>. Select all that apply.

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  <span>You are not eligible for expedited review under Proposition H. You will need an Industrial user discharge permit. This will take more than 30 days.</span>
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Your business use

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<span>You will need to have a commercial kitchen exhaust. You must include a cooking equipment schedule and cooking equipment plans.
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If you do not know if you are providing entertainment, check the <a href="https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/san_francisco/latest/sf_police/0-0-0-3285" target="_blank">SF Police Code for Entertainment definitions</a>.

Your services

Your space

Some examples would be circuit board work, alterations to HVAC or alterations to things powered by the electric panel, not just plugged in. 

An example would be rewiring your ceiling lights. If you are just plugging in lights on existing outlets, you are not altering the lighting system.

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  <span>You are not eligible for expedited review under Proposition H. Start your permits with the <a href="https://sfdbi.org/inhousereview" target="_blank">Department of Building Inspection for inhouse review</a>.</span>
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