501-503 Ashbury St, San Francisco, CA 94117

The 4-unit residential building at 501-503 Ashbury Street, managed by McKeever Properties, was constructed in 1900 and consists of four stories plus retail space. The building's maintenance and safety history reveals several significant concerns, most notably around fire safety and compliance issues. In December 2020, a fire escape inspection raised serious concerns, with documentation indicating sections extending to the roof had been removed, and questions about the height of the ground extension on Ashbury Street.

A fire escape violation was officially issued on December 18, 2020, though this was subsequently marked as abated. Earlier building violations, documented in 1996, 2000, and 2006, included issues such as security concerns (self-closing devices on exterior doors), missing handrails, and gas utility requirements (shutoff tools and instructional diagrams), all of which were resolved. The building's maintenance record shows some permitted work such as street and sidewalk improvements in 2006 and 2008, and a reroofing project from 1997, though the latter appears as expired in the records.

Recent activity at the property (from late 2024) has primarily involved external issues such as street cleaning, graffiti removal, and parking enforcement, rather than interior building concerns. The property has experienced multiple fire-related incidents, though all were determined to be false alarms with no civilian injuries reported. While the building appears to have addressed its historical safety violations, the most recent fire escape concerns from 2020 suggest this system may require periodic attention.