Subdivisions and Mapping, Office of the City and County Surveyor

Public Works' mapping division processes and reviews all subdivision projects that occur in San Francisco, including all condominium conversions.  We also provide surveying services for all city agencies.

Regarding: Hardcopy submittals to SF Public Works, Surveys and Mapping.

Public access to our office is extremely limited during this time of precautions put in place due to COVID-19. To the greatest extent possible in the interest of safety and your own convenience, please avoid dropping off hardcopy materials to our office. Send all hardcopy materials via postal mail or other parcel delivery service to the following address:

Public Works Bureau of Street-Use and Mapping 
49 South Van Ness Avenue, Suite 300
Attn: 9th Floor, Subdivision and Mapping
San Francisco, CA 94103

If for any reason you must drop off your hardcopy materials, please do so at the following location and hours: 

49 South Van Ness Avenue, 1st floor lobby.
Monday through Friday, 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM.

An unattended drop-box is available at the permit center check-in desk. No receipt is available. You may have to stand in line for 15 minutes or more as entrance to the building is limited. Please plan accordingly. We request that you email to inform us you have dropped off specific materials at subdivision.mapping@sfdpw.org.

Due to nonuse, mapping staff has discontinued attended dropoff services. Please continue to use the unattended dropoff box available at the permit center check-in desk.

Please monitor our website for updates: https://sfpublicworks.org/services/subdivisions-and-mapping.

You are welcome to inquire with us should you have any questions with regard to mailing of submittals, or drop-off procedures.
Please send email to: subdivision.mapping@sfdpw.org.

Effective January 1, 2018 California State Senate Bill 2 (SB 2 - Atkins) is in effect and there is a mandated state fee added to the base recording fees charged to record a document. Each document set, including maps, submitted to the Public Works mapping department for recordation requires a fee of $75 per resultant APN in each real property document to be recorded, not to exceed a maximum SB2 fee of $225 per document. Again, this is in addition to the base recording fee.

This applies to all current and future project applications. Please visit the Recording Fee website of the Office of the Assessor-Recorder for more information.

http://www.sfassessor.org/recorder-information/recording-document/recording-fees

To increase efficiency and reduce paper consumption, the Office of the City and County Surveyor requires that all project applications be submitted electronically.*

• Paper applications will be returned to project applicants.
• As our applications are currently being updated, disregard application language which calls for paper submittal.
• Please use the most updated application from our website; if an older version of the application is used it will be sent back to the applicant.
• Applications must be entirely complete or they will be rejected.
• Application re-submittals are subject to an additional $250.00 administrative fee.
• Electronic file size submittal in any one email is limited to 20 megabytes. File Sharing services, multiple emails, or compressed files may be used.
• Digital media is accepted by post or messenger delivery.
• Submit each application document as a separate PDF file. Do not bundle multiple documents into one PDF.
• Document file naming convention should reflect the name of the document as found in the application checklist.
• Note: All documents requiring notarized signature must be submitted in both electronic and original hardcopy format.
• All checks that are submitted to Public Works Mapping Department are required to be submitted with an Assessor Parcel Number (APN) and subject property address written on the face of the check. If a check is submitted without the APN and property address then the submittal will be considered incomplete and subject to an additional $250 fee for re-submittal.
• It is the policy of Public Works Mapping Department that every project has a single point of contact. All correspondence with Public Works Mapping Department must come through the Project Surveyor.

Applications

1. Commercial Condominium Conversion
2. Residential Condominium Conversion (2 Residential Units ONLY)
3. Condominium Conversion Process Flowchart - Both Units Owner Occupied
4. Expedited Conversion Program (ECP) - Group 7 SUSPENDED (2-6 Residential Units) - See Expedited Conversion Program Below
5. Lot Line Adjustment - For Adjusting Property Lot Lines
6. Monument Referencing Application - For Survey Monuments Threatened by Construction
7. Monument Preservation Guidelines FY 24-25 
8. New Condominium - For Adding Unit(s) to an Existing Building or Creating a New Property and Ultimately Creating Condominiums
9. Parcel - Final Map - For Lot Subdivisions
10. Record of Survey - For surveys prepared and sealed by a registered CA land surveyor identifying the boundaries of land and real property
11. Sidewalk Legislation - For Sidewalk Changes
12. Vacating public right of way or public easements
13. Certificate of Compliance - For Finding Existing Lots in Compliance with the Subdivision Map Act

Additional Project Information