SERVICE

Apply for your Shared Spaces permit for the sidewalk or parking lane

Submit your application for a sidewalk or parking lane Shared Space.

What to know

What to do

1. Gather your information

We will ask you for this information to apply. 

Your business 

  • Your contact information 
  • Your Business Account Number (BAN) (If you don't know it, you can look it up.) 
  • Your hours of operation 
  • Gross receipts from last reported tax year

Your Shared Space 

  • The kind of Shared Spaces permits you want  
  • How you plan to use the space  
  • Feet of sidewalk and square footage you will use 
  • Hours you plan to use the parking lane for a movable parklet 

You must upload your Certificate of Insurance (COI) and some pictures of your space.

If you have them, you may upload:

2. Apply

This application will take about 20 minutes. Once you start the form, you cannot save it and return later.

We will send you a confirmation email. 

Supporting information

Special cases

Renew your Tables and Chairs permit

To renew a Public Works Table and Chair or Display permit issued before pandemic Shared Spaces permits, email us at commercialpermitrenewals@sfdpw.org

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