289 Chestnut St, San Francisco, CA 94133

The Mary Kay Hartley Family Trust owns this three-story, six-unit multi-family residential building located at 289 Chestnut Street in Telegraph Hill. Built in 1954, the property has undergone several significant safety improvements and maintenance updates over the years. Most recently, in late 2024, permits were issued for major exterior work involving the replacement of wood shingles with fiber cement siding on both the back and west walls.

The building has completed its mandatory soft-story retrofit (Tier 3) as of 2016, which included reinforcement with shear walls and various structural improvements. Fire safety has been a recurring focus, with voluntary fire alarm system replacements in 2016 and 2022, including a mandatory upgrade to low-frequency horns to meet 2019 code requirements. The building has undergone substantial improvements to its structure and systems over the years, including a complete electrical service upgrade in 2008 to 400 amps, new furnace installations in multiple units, and various individual unit renovations.

There were some concerning issues in the past, including multiple violations related to fire safety and emergency systems in 2015, all of which were subsequently abated. An unsafe building complaint from 2008 regarding dirt and rock sliding into a neighboring property was addressed within a month. The property has maintained regular housing inspections, with the most recent routine inspection occurring in 2015. Although there have been several 311 calls about the general area, including tree root damage to sidewalks (2019), these are external to the building's operations.