This provides information on how you participate, how much it may cost, and a sample drawing to be submitted with permit application.Sidewalk Landscaping Resident’s Guide.
Sidewalk Landscaping Sample Plans and Drawings
You are required to submit a drawing with your permit application. See below helpful sample plans:
A Sidewalk Landscaping Permit grants permission to replace concrete sidewalk with landscaping to increase green spaces that are vital to San Francisco’s quality of life. A permit is required to ensure that the landscaping in sidewalk areas is properly constructed and maintained in order to maximize environmental benefits, protect public safety and limit conflicts with infrastructure.
Application and Approval Process
Requests to install landscaping on sidewalks shall include the following:
Street Use and Mapping and our landscape architects have developed a set of reference drawings and specifications for As-Needed Sidewalk Inspection and Repair Program (SIRP) sidewalk landscaping installations. These documents are useful to aid residents and/or contractors with finalizing a proposed plan for the sidewalk landscape permit application as well as a guide for City approved installation details and plan layouts.
Helpful Information for Residents and Contractors:
San Francisco possibly has over 26 micro-climates. For a climate zone map that illustrates the three major climates zones of San Francisco (Zones 1-3) and that will assist you in selecting adaptable plants for your zone, check out the Climate Zone Map of San Francisco.
Public Works has developed a list of paving and mulch material options for sidewalk landscaping installations. The list of material options was developed for As-Needed Sidewalk Inspection and Repair Program (SIRP) sidewalk landscape installations, however this list is useful to aid residents and/or contractors with finalizing material selection for all sidewalk landscape installations.
1. For a detail for installing a permeable paving system of pavers over an aggregate base adjacent to a planting bed, see below. Note that you will be required to install a rigid edge to help secure the permeable base material. This will help reduce any potential subsidence of the pavers.
