9th St
72 decisions the Board of Supervisors took about 9th St, between 1906 and 1989, read from its own minutes and each linked to the scanned page; most of them in the 1910s; often about railroads and spur tracks, the rules for this street changed, paving and grading.
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What keeps coming up
- Railroads and spur tracks8Rail lines run into factories and yards — the industrial city, mostly gone by 1930.
- The rules for this street changed7Rezonings, height limits, and rules written for one block.
- Paving and grading5Cutting streets to their official level and surfacing them.
- Oil tanks and boilers4Fuel-oil tanks and boilers, each one licensed by name and capacity.
- Sewers4Sewers laid, broken, replaced — and occasionally sinking with the ground.
- Clinics and hospitals3Clinics, health centres and hospitals.
Decade by decade
Newest first. Each decade shows its most notable decision; the line opens the scanned page.
- 1980s13Showplace Square sign district drawn onto the Zoning Map · 1988
- 1960s2Triple turning lanes allowed at Geary Boulevard and Masonic Avenue · 1962
- 1950s6South of Market blocks designated Redevelopment Area D · 1953
- 1940s7Jessie Street sidewalks set at two feet six inches near Ninth · 1946
- 1930s4Garages barred within 200 feet of hospitals and schools · 1935
- 1920s11Left turns banned on Market Street between First and Ninth · 1924
- 1910s23Hotel district for taxi fares stretched from Fifth to Ninth Street · 1919
- 1900s6Polk Street sidewalks set at twelve feet · 1906
The most notable decisions
Garages barred within 200 feet of hospitals and schools
Ordinance · 12 August 1935 ↗Showplace Square sign district drawn onto the Zoning Map
Ordinance · 8 February 1988 ↗Height limits to be lowered in the Mid-Market area
Resolution · 3 August 1987 ↗South of Market blocks designated Redevelopment Area D
Resolution · 30 March 1953 ↗Hotel district for taxi fares stretched from Fifth to Ninth Street
Ordinance · 14 October 1919 ↗Special sign rules created for the Showplace Square area
Ordinance · 8 February 1988 ↗Lower building heights proposed for the Mid-Market area, sent to committee
Resolution · in progress · 23 January 1989 ↗Interim height limits proposed for Mid-Market between Ninth and Seventh
Motion · proposed · 2 February 1987 ↗Polk Street sidewalks set at twelve feet
Ordinance · 27 June 1906 ↗One-way plan covers Ninth, Tenth, Bryant and Harrison Streets
Resolution · 23 April 1951 ↗
Where this comes from
Every decision the record places on this street is here. Every line is written from one item in the minutes of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the city council, and links to the page it was printed on at the Internet Archive or in the Clerk's own files. Many of the Board's decisions name no street at all, and only the ones that do can be placed here. How the record was read · The whole city