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.

If you must drop off your hardcopy materials, please do so at the following location and hours:
49 South Van Ness Avenue, 2nd Floor Helpdesk at the Permit Center.
Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM.

An attended drop-box is available at the Help Center on the 2nd floor at the top of the main lobby stairs. No receipt or signature is available. You may have to stand in line, so please plan accordingly. We request that you email to inform us you have dropped off specific materials at subdivision.mapping@sfdpw.org and encourage you to clearly label the contents of any packages dropped off.

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.
As of January 1, 2018, California Senate Bill 2 (Atkins), the Building Homes and Jobs Act, adds a state-mandated fee to the base fee for recording a document.

For each document set submitted to the Public Works Bureau of Street Use & Mapping for recordation, including maps, the SB 2 fee is $75 for each resulting Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN). The fee is capped at $225 per document. For a Record of Survey, the fee applies to each subject APN.

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

Submitting an Application

The Office of the City and County Surveyor accepts project applications electronically only.

Before you submit

• Use the current application from the list below. We return applications submitted on older versions.
• Complete every part of the application. We reject incomplete applications.
• Resubmitting an application costs an additional $250 administrative fee.

Preparing your files

• Save each document as a separate PDF. Do not combine multiple documents into one file.
• Name each file to match the document’s name in the application checklist.
• Each email can carry up to 20 MB of attachments. For larger submittals, use a file-sharing service, send multiple emails, or compress your files.

Notarized documents

• Submit documents that need a notarized signature both electronically and as an original hard copy.

Payment by check

• Write the Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) and the property address on the front of every check. We consider a submittal without them incomplete, and resubmitting costs an additional $250.

Point of contact

• Every project has one point of contact. All correspondence with our office must come from 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 26-27
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
14. Corner Record Application

Additional Project Information