345 Lyon St, San Francisco, CA 94117

The three-story, five-unit apartment building at 345 Lyon Street in Park North, owned by the Joanne Marie Gordon Revocable Trust, has undergone several significant improvements and faced various challenges since its construction in 1900. Most notably, the building completed a mandatory soft-story retrofit in 2015, costing $50,000, which involved strengthening shear walls and installing new isolated foundations to improve seismic safety, with the work now classified as complete under Tier 3 status. Other major maintenance work has included reroofing in 2010 ($20,650) and replacement of front stairs in 1993.

The building faced a series of safety and maintenance issues during a 2003 routine inspection, which highlighted multiple concerns including fire safety deficiencies (such as an inoperable fire escape ladder, missing gas meter instructions, and egress obstructions), building maintenance needs (like exterior wood post repairs), and general safety issues (including smokes detector concerns). All these violations were abated by September 30, 2003. A subsequent routine safety inspection was conducted in 2017, though the report does not indicate any violations from this inspection.

More recently, the area around the building has experienced typical urban challenges, as evidenced by multiple 311 calls in late 2023 and early 2024 regarding issues such as sidewalk cleaning, graffiti, and temporary encampments nearby, though these external matters do not directly reflect on the building's condition or management. The building's documented history shows a pattern of responsive maintenance and improvements, particularly regarding seismic safety compliance through the soft-story retrofit, though it has faced periodic challenges typical of older urban buildings. The most recent inspections and permit completions suggest ongoing attention to building safety and maintenance requirements, with no active violations currently on record.