551-563 Lombard St, San Francisco, CA 94133

The three-story, 13-unit multi-family residential building at 551-563 Lombard Street in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood, built in 1914, has a number of maintenance and compliance issues that require attention. Most notably, the building is currently Non-Compliant under the mandatory Soft Story Retrofit Program, with an active violation dating from October 2017 regarding failure to file the required permit application for seismic retrofit work.

This violation has generated additional monthly monitoring fees and requires the maintenance of a posted "Earthquake Warning" placard, with a final warning letter issued in September 2019. The building's maintenance history shows several significant infrastructure updates, including a house trap replacement in 2016, sewer lateral replacement in 2008, and earlier repairs of the building's siding in 1990.

The property has undergone multiple routine housing inspections in 2004-2007, though there are no records of serious violations from these inspections. Recent sidewalk and street space repairs were conducted in 2016, indicating ongoing maintenance of public access areas. While not directly related to building safety, there have been numerous complaints about driveway blocking, with nine documented cases between 2019-2022, though these are primarily parking enforcement issues rather than building or safety concerns.