72 Lily St, San Francisco, CA 94102

The 72 Lily Street property in Hayes Valley is a 3-story, 24-unit multi-family residential building constructed in 1909. The property has experienced several significant structural and safety issues over its history, with the most recent concerns centering around a currently active violation from November 2022 regarding an unauthorized roof structure over the lightwell, which was addressed in early 2023 through a permit to remove corrugated panels and restore the lightwell.

The building has a documented history of fire safety concerns, including multiple alarm system issues in 2023 (most recently in October 2023), a sprinkler/standpipe system problem in March 2022, and various fire escape maintenance needs. A noteworthy safety inspection from November 2019 highlighted significant structural features including lack of elevators, limited fire breaks, inadequate lighting, and maintenance concerns with outside stairwells and handrails. The building underwent a mandatory soft-story retrofit completed in 2014, which included repairs to handrails and conforming to seismic safety requirements.

More recent violations from January 2023 (now resolved) included issues with fire extinguisher maintenance, fire escape drop ladder functionality, and various fire safety system compliance requirements. The property has been the subject of multiple routine inspections over the years, with several active violations currently in play from the 2002 routine inspection related to handrails, fire escape systems, and security requirements. Recent 311 calls near the property (from 2024) have primarily concerned street cleaning and encampments, though these are external to the building itself.