Submit your Accessible Business Entrance forms

Thank you for submitting your forms for the Accessible Business Entrance program

DBI's Technical Services Division Accessible Business Entrance program

Now that you have <a href="https://sf.gov/accessible-business-entrance-abe-program" target="_blank">chosen which process to use for the Accessible Business Entrance (ABE)</a> program, upload your documents.

<span><strong>You will need to upload one of these:</strong>
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  <li>Category Checklist</li>
  <li>Waiver form</li>
  <li>Exemption form</li>
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If you are not the property owner, you must upload an agent authorization form to serve as the representative for this property.

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  <strong>This application will take about 10 minutes.</strong>
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About you

About the owner

See our instructions about how to fill out the <a href="https://sf.gov/file/agent-authorization-form" target="_blank">agent authorization form</a> to serve as the representative for this property.

Upload your agent authorization form

Enter the address for the primary entrance to the business. If you have it, use the address on your letter or postcard. 
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Properties with multiple businesses must submit a form for each primary entrance.
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  <span>We found the block and lot number for your address.</span>
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  <span>We found the block number for your address but your address has more than 1 lot number.</span>
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<p>If you do not know the lot number of your address, look it up in <a href="https://sfplanninggis.org/pim/" target="_blank">our property information map</a>.</p>
<p>If your address has more than 1 block or lot, tell your permit tech after we email you.</p>

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  <span>We found your address for the block and lot numbers.</span>
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  <span>We found more than 1 address for the block and lot numbers.</span>
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  <span>We cannot find that block and lot number. Look up your block and lot with your address in <a href="https://sfplanninggis.org/pim/" target="_blank">our property information map</a>.</span>
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Enter your address in this format: 111 Sutter Street.

Primary business entrance

Tell us which form you completed to upload for the program, if you do not know which is complete, <a href="https://sf.gov/accessible-business-entrance-abe-program" target="_blank">follow our instructions</a>.

Choose your process

Your access professional must include this on your Category Checklist.

If you do not know, see our instructions about how to fill out the <a target="_blank" href="https://sf.gov/fill-out-category-checklist-compliance-form">category checklist</a> or email <a target="_blank" href="mailto:dbi.abe@sfgov.org">dbi.abe@sfgov.org</a>



About your accessibility evaluation

If you do not know, see our instructions about how to fill out the <a target="_blank" href="https://sf.gov/fill-out-category-checklist-compliance-form">category checklist</a> or email dbi.abe@sfgov.org.

Special programs

See our instructions about how to fill out the <a target="_blank" href="https://sf.gov/fill-out-category-checklist-compliance-form">Category Checklist</a>. Your checklist must be signed and stamped by your CASP or other design professional.

Submit your Category Checklist

Tell us the building permit application number for the work that brought the primary entrance into compliance with the Accessible Business Entrance program.

Waiver documentation: Past building permit

See our instructions about how to <a target="_blank" href="https://sf.gov/tell-us-you-have-made-your-primary-business-entrance-accessible">fill out the Waiver form</a>.

Submit your Waiver form

See our instructions about how to fill out the <a target ="_blank" href="https://sf.gov/request-exemption-accessible-business-entrance-program">Exemption form</a>.