The Port follows the guidelines outlined in the CCSF Electronic Plan Review (EPR) Applicant Procedure.
After you submit the permit application and documentation, it may take staff up to 48 hours to confirm your application is complete and email a link where you can upload your plans. Staff will review your plans and provide comments in Bluebeam.
Permits take at least 30 days to review and process before your permit is issued.
If your application is incomplete, staff will ask you submit revisions. This may add additional time to the review process.
Applications are accepted by email. Contact the Building Permit Desk if you must submit documentation in person.
It may take a minimum of 10 business days for Port staff to address comments and other issues.
The applicant will retain their spot in the queue. Projects are reviewed in the order they are received, and your spot does not change when you submit new comments.
You may upload additional documents to your assigned SharePoint folder while the application is under review.
Documents cannot be added to an approved permit. Email Permit-Desk@sfport.com to submit revisions to an approved permit.
Port staff will determine if a new permit application is needed on a case-by-case basis.
After your application has been closed out, your permit will be archived. You will no longer be able to access the SharePoint folder. You may still check your permit status on Acela.
The Port recommends purchasing a license for Bluebeam. All City agencies use Bluebeam to manage the permit review process.
The Free Bluebeam trial lasts 30 days. Once the trial period ends, Bluebeam will revert to “View Mode”, a simplified version of the software with limited functionality. You will still be able to enter Bluebeam Sessions and respond to Port comments in View Mode. However, after the 30-day trial period ends, you will need to purchase a Bluebeam license to access all features of the software.
Applicants who do not have access to Bluebeam software but wish to receive review comments via a PDF file, may request their submitted PDF files be returned digitally with comments. Applicants may then respond to comments in Adobe acrobat and resubmit the original reviewed set along with a revised submittal set.
Bluebeam sessions are not restricted – applicants may share the Session ID with their project team, engineers and contractors.
Contact the building permit desk (permit-desk@sfport.com or 415-274-0554) to locate your FIN or property address.