The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-10-16
WOOD STRUCTURES
DOOMED BY LAW
Works Board Notifies Owners
to Remove Temporary Build
ings by May |, 1910

Inspectors from the board of public
works are having a busy and some
what exciting time visiting the owners
of properties in very large district in
San Francisco upon which temporary
buildings were erected Immediately
after the fire on permits issued by the
then mayor of San Francisco. Inquiry
at the board of works reveals the fact
that no one knows how many buildings
are affected by the order of the super
visors that they shall all be demolished
or removed on or before May 1, 1910.
No record was kept of them. The per-
nit to put up temporary buildings was
a measure of expediency to meet an
emergency.
STREETS THAT ARE AFFECTED
Buildings that must be removed were
erected in the following streets: East,
steuart, Spear, Main, Beale, Fremont
Drumm, Davis. Front. Battery, San
some. Montgomery. Kearny. Grant ave-
nue. and Dupont. Stockton, Powell, Ma
son. Jones, Leavenworth, Hyde, Larkin,
polk Van Ness avenue. Market, Mis-
sion. Grove, Fulton. McAllister, Golden
Gate avenue, Turk, Eddy, Ellis, o'Far-
rell. Geary Post, Suffer, BUSH, Plne'
california. Sacramento, Clay, Washing-
ton Jackson, Pacific avenue, CONNER
ciai Vallejo. Green. Union, Filbert and
Greenwich. aAlso a number in Frank
lin and Cough streets.
These streets. in part, are lncluded
in the fire district which runs east and
west from the water front In East
street out to Cough and north and
south from Howard street to Green
wich. the general outlines of the dis
trict being irregular. A large number
of blocks is included in the territory
wherein the inspectors of the board of
works are to give notice to the prop
erty owners.
SUPERVISORS ORDER REMOVAL
In order that there may be no mis-
understanding as TO the full intent of
the supervisors the essential part of
the ordinance adopted by the super
visors TO effect the removal of the tenn
porary buildings is published here as
follows:
All buildings and structures erected
previous to the passage of this ordi-
nance and subsequent to April Is, 1906,
within the city and county of San Fran
cisco. in violation of and contrary to
the laws and ordinances of said city
and county of San Francisco, are here
by ordered demolished or removed on
or before May 1, 1910.
The board of public works is hereby
directed to forthwith serve notice upon
all owners and lessees or agents of
owners or lessees of property affected
by the provisions of this ordinance
It is hereby made the duty of the
board of public works to enforce the
provisions of this ordinance, and said
board of public works is hereby au-
thorized and directed to demolish or
remove any building or structure af-
fected by this ordinance upon the fail
ure of the owner or agent of the owner
thereof to comply with the terms of
this ordinance and the cost of said
demolition or removal shall constitute
first lien on said building or structure
and the material thereof
Any person, company, corporation or
association, or any officer or agent of
any person, company or corporation.
falling to comply with the provisions
of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by fine not
exceeding $500 or by Imprisonment IN
months, or by both such fine and i'm
prisonment.
NAP SHOWS DISTRICT
The accompanying map shows the
district according to information re-
ceived at the board of public works to
which the order applies. The boun-
daries are indicated by the shaded part
of the map.