San Francisco County Municipal Code Art. 13 Miscellaneous Regulations for Professions and Trades

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[Carrying Firearms] Sec. 840. Carrying Firearms, Etc. – Regulations Governing. Sec. 841. Carrying Firearms, Etc. – Requirements. Sec. 842. Carrying Firearms, Etc. – Penalty for Violation. Sec. 843. Saving Clause. [Physicians; Reporting Requirements] Sec. 857. Physicians, Etc., to Report Injuries by Criminal Means. Sec. 858. Physician Practicing to Report.

Sec. 859. Exceptions. [Lights; Fire Escapes] Sec. 889. Requiring Red Lights Placed at Fire Escapes. Sec. 890. Owner to Place White Light in Hallway. Sec. 891. Chief of Police to Enforce. Sec. 892. Penalty. [Junk Dealers] Sec. 895. Permit Required. [Automatic Checkout Systems] Sec. 900. Definitions. Sec. 901. Item Prices. Sec. 902. Penalty. Sec. 903. Injunctive Relief. Sec. 904. Severability. [Public Rooms] Sec. 911. Defining Public Rooms. Sec. 912. Loitering in Public Rooms Prohibited. Sec. 913. Unauthorized Use of Public Rooms Prohibited. Sec. 914. Penalty. [Hotels, Etc.] Sec. 919. Requiring Operators of Hotels, Motels, Auto Courts and Furnished Apartment House Keepers to Keep a Register of Guests. Sec. 919.1. Prohibiting Residential Hotel Operators from Charging Visitor Fees; Limiting Residential Hotel Restrictions on Visitors; Violation is an Infraction. Sec. 920. Registering for Lodging Accommodations Under Fictitious Names Prohibited. Sec. 921. Penalty. [Police Badges] Sec. 934. Regulating Sale of Police Badges. [Press Cards] Sec. 939. Issuance of Press Cards. Sec. 939.1. Definitions. Sec. 939.2. Display of Press Card. Sec. 939.3. Fee for Press Card. Sec. 939.4. Penalty. [Sidewalk Elevators] Sec. 944. Sidewalk Elevator, Etc., Iron Door, Etc., and Lock Required. Sec. 945. Mechanical Device for Stopping Required. Sec. 946. Unlawful Openings Prohibited-Kind of Metal Guards Required. Sec. 947. Night Opening, Lamps and Guards Required For. Sec. 948. Trap-door, Kind of Metal Guards Required For. Sec. 949. Trap-door, While Open, Guards Required. [Sales; Miscellaneous Prohibitions] Sec. 954. Sale of Merchandise on Ocean Beach Prohibited. Sec. 955. Prohibited Soliciting Upon Streets of Magazine Subscriptions, Etc. [Gas Supply, Residential] Sec. 959. Regulating Turning Off of Gas Supply in Hotels and Dwellings. Sec. 960. Use of Defective Stop Cocks in Hotels and Dwellings Prohibited. Sec. 961. Penalty. — Sec. 964. Crushing Rock, Etc., Within Certain Hours, Etc., Prohibited. [Transportation Tickets]

Sec. 969. Transportation Tickets-Regulating Sale Of. Sec. 970. Regulations to be Posted. Sec. 971. Penalty. Sec. 972. Exceptions. — Sec. 974. [See Editor's Note below.] Sec. 975. [See Editor's Note below.]

Editor's Notes: The bracketed division headers in this Article have been provided by the editor as an aid for the user and are not official parts of the Code. Sections 974.1 et seq. are codified at Article 13.1 below. Sections 975.1 et seq. are codified at Article 13.2 below. [Carrying Firearms] Editor's Note: See also the following Police Code provisions: · Art. 9, Secs. 613 et seq., Miscellaneous Conduct Regulations (relating to firearms and ammunition). · Art. 35, Firearm Strict Liability Act. · Art. 36, Prohibiting the Carrying of a Firearm While under the Influence of an Alcoholic Beverage or Drug, or Possession of a Firearm While upon Public Premises Selling or Serving Alcoholic Beverages. · Art. 36A, Sale, Manufacture and Distribution of Firearms and Ammunition; Possession of Handguns. · Art. 36B, Storage of Firearms in Motor Vehicles. · Art. 45, Firearms and Weapons Violence Prevention Ordinance. SEC. 840. CARRYING FIREARMS, ETC. – REGULATIONS GOVERNING. Any person who in the course of employment or his livelihood carries a firearm or any other deadly or dangerous weapons as defined by Section 1291-A, Article 17, Chapter VIII, Part II of the San Francisco Municipal Code, concealed or unconcealed, shall register with the Chief of Police in writing by signed statement, stating the name, occupation, residence and business address of the registrant, his age, height, weight, color of eyes and hair, and reason desired to carry such weapon, and shall submit therewith two sets of fingerprints and one photograph. (Added by Ord. 6350, Series of 1939, App. 11/22/50) SEC. 841. CARRYING FIREARMS, ETC. – REQUIREMENTS. Any person carrying a firearm or any other deadly or dangerous weapon as defined by said Section 1291-A, Article 17, Chapter VIII, of the San Francisco Municipal Code, in the City and County of San Francisco, must: (1) Be at least 21 years of age; (2) Be a citizen of the United States; (3) Be of good moral character; (4) Be able to manifest a knowledge of Sections 197, 834, 835, 837 and 847 of the Penal Code of the State of California. (Added by Ord. 6350, Series of 1939, App. 11/12/50) SEC. 842. CARRYING FIREARMS, ETC. – PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of Section 840 to 842 of this Article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding $500, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Added by Ord. 6350, Series of 1939, App. 11/22/50) SEC. 843. SAVING CLAUSE. If any section, sentence, clause, or part of Section 840 to 842 is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions of these sections. The Board of Supervisors hereby declares that it would have passed these sections and each section, sentence, clause and part thereof, despite the fact that one or more sections, sentences, clauses or parts thereof are declared unconstitutional. (Added by Ord. 6350, Series of 1939, App. 11/22/50) SEC. 850. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38; repealed by Ord. 196-12 , File No. 120671, App. 9/24/2012, Eff. 10/24/2012) SEC. 851. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38; repealed by Ord. 196-12 , File No. 120671, App. 9/24/2012, Eff. 10/24/2012) SEC. 852. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38; repealed by Ord. 196-12 , File No. 120671, App. 9/24/2012, Eff. 10/24/2012) [Physicians; Reporting Requirements] SEC. 857. PHYSICIANS, ETC., TO REPORT INJURIES BY CRIMINAL MEANS. It shall be the duty of every physician or surgeon, superintendent, proprietor or other person in charge of any public or private hospital or sanitarium within the City and County of San Francisco whenever any person has become an inmate or patient of or has been brought into such hospital or sanitorium suffering from any wound or other injury by his own act or by the act of another to report immediately to the Chief of Police of said City and County of San Francisco the name of such inmate or patient, and all facts appertaining to such case within the knowledge of such physician or surgeon, superintendent, proprietor or other person in charge of said hospital or sanitarium. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38) SEC. 858. PHYSICIAN PRACTICING TO REPORT. It shall be the duty of every physician or surgeon practicing within the City and County of San Francisco who is not the owner, proprietor, superintendent, or other person in charge of any hospital or sanitarium who has under his charge or care any patient or other person suffering from any wound or injury by his own act or by the act of another to report immediately to the Chief of Police of said City and County of San Francisco, the name of such patient or other person and all facts appertaining to such case within the knowledge of such physician or surgeon. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38) SEC. 859. EXCEPTIONS. The provisions of Section 857 and 858 of this Article shall not apply to any case wherein the person wounded or injured has been brought to the hospital or sanitarium or to the physician or surgeon by any member of the Police Department of the City and County of San Francisco. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38) SEC. 864. [REPEALED.]

(Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38; repealed by Ord. 118-21, File No. 210566, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021)

(Added by Ord. 383-78, App. 8/18/78; repealed by Ord. 118-21, File No. 210566, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021) SEC. 869. [REPEALED.] (Amended by Ord. 270-82, App. 6/10/82; repealed by Ord. 118-21, File No. 210566, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021)

(Amended by Ord. 270-82, App. 6/10/82; repealed by Ord. 118-21, File No. 210566, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021)

(Amended by Ord. 270-82, App. 6/10/82; repealed by Ord. 118-21, File No. 210566, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021)

(Added by Ord. 270-82, App. 6/10/82; amended by Ord. 204-87, App. 6/3/87; Ord. 317-87, App. 7/24/87; Ord. 294-90, App. 8/1/90; repealed by Ord. 118-21, File No. 210566, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021)

(Added by Ord. 270-82, App. 6/10/82; repealed by Ord. 118-21, File No. 210566, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021)

(Added by Ord. 270-82, App. 6/10/82; repealed by Ord. 118-21, File No. 210566, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021)

(Added by Ord. 270-82, App. 6/10/82; repealed by Ord. 118-21, File No. 210566, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021)

(Added by Ord. 270-82, App. 6/10/82; repealed by Ord. 118-21, File No. 210566, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021)

(Added by Ord. 270-82, App. 6/10/82; repealed by Ord. 118-21, File No. 210566, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021)

(Added by Ord. 270-82, App. 6/10/82; repealed by Ord. 118-21, File No. 210566, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021)

(Added by Ord. 270-82, App. 6/10/82; repealed by Ord. 118-21, File No. 210566, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021)

(Added by Ord. 270-82, App. 6/10/82; repealed by Ord. 118-21, File No. 210566, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021)

(Added by Ord. 270-82, App. 6/10/82; amended by Ord. 238-11 , File No. 111101, App. 12/15/2011, Eff. 1/14/2012; repealed by Ord. 118-21, File No. 210566, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021)

(Added by Ord. 270-82, App. 6/10/82; repealed by Ord. 118-21, File No. 210566, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021)

(Added by Ord. 270-82, App. 6/10/82; repealed by Ord. 118-21, File No. 210566, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021)

(Added by Ord. 270-82, App. 6/10/82; repealed by Ord. 118-21, File No. 210566, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021)

(Added by Ord. 270-82, App. 6/10/82; repealed by Ord. 118-21, File No. 210566, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021)

(Added by Ord. 270-82, App. 6/10/82; repealed by Ord. 118-21, File No. 210566, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021)

(Added by Ord. 270-82, App. 6/10/82; repealed by Ord. 118-21, File No. 210566, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021) SEC. 870. [REPEALED.] (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38; repealed by Ord. 118-21, File No. 210566, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021) SEC. 875. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38; repealed by Ord. 194-12 , File No. 120672, App. 9/17/2012, Eff. 10/17/2012) SEC. 876. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38; repealed by Ord. 194-12 , File No. 120672, App. 9/17/2012, Eff. 10/17/2012) [Lights; Fire Escapes] SEC. 889. REQUIRING RED LIGHTS PLACED AT FIRE ESCAPES. Every person, firm or corporation, owner, proprietor, manager, superintendent, lessee or agent of any building used as a hotel, public lodging house, public rooming house or apartment house within the City and County of San Francisco, shall place or cause to be placed in a conspicuous position in every hallway thereof, signs which shall indicate by letters, not less than three inches in height, the location of every fire escape and near every such sign there shall be placed a red light, which must be kept burning from sunset to sunrise. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38) SEC. 890. OWNER TO PLACE WHITE LIGHT IN HALLWAY.

Every person, firm or corporation, owner, proprietor, manager, superintendent, lessee or agent of any building used as a hotel, public lodging house, public rooming house or apartment house within the City and County of San Francisco, shall place or cause to be placed in every hallway, and passageway, a bright white light, capable of furnishing light enough to enable any person to see the stairway and exit from said hallway and passageway, to guide them in case of fire or panic to safety. Said white light shall burn from sunset to sunrise. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38) SEC. 891. CHIEF OF POLICE TO ENFORCE. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to instruct all police officers to inspect all hotels, public lodging houses, public rooming houses and apartment houses on their respective beats at least once a month during the hours of sunset and sunrise, for the purpose of seeing that the provisions of Section 889 and 890 of this Article are strictly complied with. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38) SEC. 892. PENALTY. Every person, firm or corporation, owner, proprietor, manager, superintendent, lessee or agent who shall violate or refuse to comply with the provisions of Sections 889 and 890 of this Article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $100, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and each such person, firm or corporation, owner, proprietor, manager, superintendent, lessee or agent shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for every day such violation, or refusal shall continue, and shall be subject to the penalty imposed by this Section for each and every such separate offense. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38) [Junk Dealers] SEC. 895. PERMIT REQUIRED. As of June 30, 2013, all existing permits issued by the San Francisco Police Department to junk gatherers pursuant to Police Code Section 895 et seq. shall expire. All persons wishing to conduct business in the City and County of San Francisco as a junk dealer after June 30, 2013, must apply for and obtain a junk dealer permit pursuant to Police Code Section 974.1 et seq. (Added by Ord. 555-81, App. 11/12/81; amended by Ord. 2-13 , File No. 120434, App. 1/24/2013, Eff. 2/23/2013) SEC. 896. REPEALED. (Added by Ord. 555-81, App. 11/12/81; amended by Ord. 238-11 , File No. 111101, App. 12/15/2011, Eff. 1/14/2012; repealed by Ord. 2-13 , File No. 120434, App. 1/24/2013, Eff. 2/23/2013) SEC. 897. REPEALED. (Amended by Ord. 555-81, App. 11/12/81; repealed by Ord. 2-13 , File No. 120434, App. 1/24/2013, Eff. 2/23/2013) SEC. 898. REPEALED.

(Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38; repealed by Ord. 2-13 , File No. 120434, App. 1/24/2013, Eff. 2/23/2013) [Automatic Checkout Systems] SEC. 900. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this ordinance, the following definitions shall apply: (a) Automatic Checkout System. An electronic system employing a scanning device combined with a computer and register to read a universal product code or similar code on packaging and display and total the cost of the items purchased. (b) Consumer Commodity. (1) Food, including all material whether solid, liquid, or mixed, and whether simple or compound, which is used or intended for consumption by human beings or domestic animals normally kept as household pets, and all substances or ingredients added to any such material for any purpose. This definition shall not apply to individual packages of cigarettes or individual cigars. (2) Paper and plastic products, such as, but not limited to, napkins, facial tissue, toilet tissue, foil wrapping, plastic wrapping, paper toweling, and disposable plates and cups. (3) Detergents, soaps and other cleaning agents. (4) Pharmaceuticals, including nonprescription drugs, bandages, hygiene products, and toiletries. (c) Grocery Department. An area within a general retail merchandise store which is engaged primarily in the retail sale of packaged food, rather than food prepared for immediate consumption on or off the premises. (d) Grocery Store. A store engaged primarily in the retail sale of packaged food, rather than food prepared for consumption on the premises. (e) Person. An individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association or other organizational group or combination acting as a unit. (Added by Ord. 598-79, App. 12/3/79) SEC. 901. ITEM PRICES. Every retail grocery store or grocery department within a general retail merchandise store which uses an automatic checkout system shall cause to have a clearly readable price indicated on each packaged consumer commodity offered for sale on or after January 1, 1980, provided, however, that said requirement shall not apply to: (1) Any unpackaged fresh food produce, or fresh dairy product; (2) Any consumer commodity under three cubic inches in size or weighing less than three ounces or priced for less than 30 cents; (3) Any grocery business which has as its only regular employees the owner thereof, or the parent, spouse, or child of such owner, or in addition thereto, not more than two other persons employed on a regular schedule for a continuing period of time; (4) Identical items within a multi-item package; (5) Items sold through a vending machine; (6) "Special" or "sale" items offered for sale at less than normal price, for a period of seven days or less. (Added by Ord. 598-79, App. 12/3/79) SEC. 902. PENALTY. (a) Any person intentionally violating any of the provisions of Section 901 of this Article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not less than $100, and not more than $500, or by imprisonment in the jail of the City

and County for a term of not more than six months or by both such fine and imprisonment. (b) Failure to have a clearly readable price indicated on 12 units of the same item of the same commodity shall constitute a presumption of intent to violate Section 901. (c) Every additional 12 units of the same item that fail to have a price indicated on them shall constitute a presumption of intent to violate

(d) Each day that a violation continues after notification thereof by any person to the grocery store or department manager or assistant manager shall constitute a separate violation and shall constitute a presumption to violate Section 901. (Added by Ord. 598-79, App. 12/3/79) SEC. 903. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. (a) Any person may bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin a violation of Section 901. (b) Persons violating Section 901 shall be liable to any person injured for losses and expenses and attorney's fees incurred as a result of the violation and for the sum of $50 in addition thereto. This remedy shall apply only to actions brought by or on behalf of a single plaintiff and shall not apply to multiple plaintiffs or class actions. (Added by Ord. 598-79, App. 12/3/79) SEC. 904. SEVERABILITY. If any part or provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance, including the application of such part or provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby and shall continue in full force and effect. To this end provisions of this Article are severable. (Added by Ord. 598-79, App. 12/3/79) [Public Rooms] SEC. 911. DEFINING PUBLIC ROOMS. The words "public rooms," for the purpose of Section 912 and 913 of this Article, shall be deemed to include any lobby, hallway, mezzanine, foyer, public rest or sitting rooms, or any other place in a hotel used in common by the public and guests of a hotel. (Added by Ord. 270-82, App. 6/10/82) SEC. 912. LOITERING IN PUBLIC ROOMS PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful for any person to linger, loiter, sit or stand in any public room in any hotel in violation of the expressed wish of the owner or manager of such hotel. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38) SEC. 913. UNAUTHORIZED USE OF PUBLIC ROOMS PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful for any person to use any public room in any hotel for business purposes or social purposes in violation of the

expressed direction of the owner or manager of such hotel. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38) SEC. 914. PENALTY. Any person violating any of the provisions of Sections 911 to 913, inclusive, of this Article, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $50, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period of not to exceed 30 days or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38) [Hotels, Etc.] SEC. 919. REQUIRING OPERATORS OF HOTELS, MOTELS, AUTO COURTS AND FURNISHED APARTMENT HOUSE KEEPERS TO KEEP A REGISTER OF GUESTS. The owner, manager or person in charge of any hotel, motel, auto court, or furnished apartment house shall keep a suitable book or register cards, open to inspection by regularly employed members of a law enforcement agency, in which all occupants of hotels, motels, auto courts, and furnished apartments shall sign their names, and the number of the hotel room, motel, auto court, or furnished apartment assigned to these guests shall be indicated on the registry book or registry cards. (Amended by Ord. 1071, Series of 1939, App. 12/3/57)

VISITOR FEES; LIMITING RESIDENTIAL HOTEL RESTRICTIONS ON VISITORS; VIOLATION IS AN INFRACTION. (a) No operator, employee or agent of a Residential Hotel, as defined in San Francisco Administrative Code Section 41.4, may impose or collect a charge for any person to visit a guest or occupant of the hotel. No operator, employee or agent of Residential Hotel may implement or impose any policy restricting persons from visiting guests or occupants of Residential Hotel except in accordance with the provisions of the Uniform Residential Hotel Visitor Policy or any Supplemental Visitor Policy approved pursuant to Administrative Code Chapter 41D. The provisions of this Section shall be posted on an 8-1/2 inch by 11-inch sign in the lobby of each such Residential Hotel in an area visible to guests and occupants. (b) Penalty. In addition to any available civil penalties, any operator, employee or agent of a Residential Hotel who violates any of the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of an infraction, the penalty for which shall be a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500, consistent with the California Government Code. (Added by Ord. 135-01, File No. 010526, App. 7/6/2001; amended by Ord. 62-02, File No. 020343, App. 5/3/2002; Ord. 38-17, File No. 161291, App. 2/17/2017, Eff. 3/19/2017) SEC. 920. REGISTERING FOR LODGING ACCOMMODATIONS UNDER FICTITIOUS NAMES PROHIBITED. No person shall write or cause to be written, or knowingly permit to be written, in any register in any hotel, motel, auto court, lodging house, rooming house, or other place whatsoever where transients are accommodated in the City and County of San Francisco, any other or different name or designation than the true or legal name of the person so registered therein. (Added by Ord. 256-67, App. 9/27/67) SEC. 921. PENALTY.

Any person violating any of the provisions of Section 920 of this Article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $500 or by imprisonment in the County Jail not exceeding 180 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Added by Ord. 256-67, App. 9/27/67) SEC. 924. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38; repealed by Ord. 194-12 , File No. 120672, App. 9/17/2012, Eff. 10/17/2012) SEC. 925. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38; repealed by Ord. 194-12 , File No. 120672, App. 9/17/2012, Eff. 10/17/2012) SEC. 926. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38; repealed by Ord. 194-12 , File No. 120672, App. 9/17/2012, Eff. 10/17/2012) SEC. 927. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38; repealed by Ord. 194-12 , File No. 120672, App. 9/17/2012, Eff. 10/17/2012) SEC. 928. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38; repealed by Ord. 194-12 , File No. 120672, App. 9/17/2012, Eff. 10/17/2012) SEC. 929. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38; repealed by Ord. 194-12 , File No. 120672, App. 9/17/2012, Eff. 10/17/2012) [Police Badges] SEC. 934. REGULATING SALE OF POLICE BADGES. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell or offer for sale, or cause to be sold or offered for sale, or to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to any person, any badge or star of the kind or design used by the members of the Police Department, without the written authorization of the Chief of Police. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38) [Press Cards] SEC. 939. ISSUANCE OF PRESS CARDS. The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to issue press cards to newsgatherers, reporters and photographers in the actual and bona fide employment of a newspaper or periodical, for the purpose of securing their admittance within all police lines in the City and County of San Francisco. The Chief of Police shall establish procedures for the application, issuance, expiration, reissuance, and revocation of press cards. Such procedures shall include, at a minimum, the requirement that applications be in writing, that press cards must include a clear photo of the person to whom it is issued, and that press cards be carried by the person to whom it is issued in order to exercise the newsgathering privileges described in Sections 939-939.5. All press cards issued under this Section shall have a term of one year. Expiration and re-issuance of press cards shall be governed by procedures to be established by the Chief of Police.

A record of the issuance of such press cards shall be kept in the office of the Chief of Police, with the date of issuance, the photograph, name and contact information of the person to whom issued, and the unique number of the card. The Chief of Police may at any time revoke the privilege attached to any or all such cards. Unless revoked, the privilege attached to such cards shall automatically terminate on the date of expiration, such expiration date to be determined as hereinabove indicated. Such cards shall not be transferable and it shall be unlawful for any person to use or have in his or her possession any such card unless the same was issued to that person by the Chief of Police; or to use any such card after the privilege attached thereto has terminated or been revoked. It shall likewise be unlawful for any person to use any such card while such person is not in the actual and bona fide employment of a newspaper or periodical as a newsgatherer, reporter, or photographer while gathering information or images for use in the news. (Added by Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008; amended by Ord. 217-12 , File No. 111239, App. 10/23/2012, Eff. 11/22/2012)

As used in this Article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) News-Gathering Vehicle. A News-Gathering Vehicle is a motor vehicle for which a Vehicle Press Permit has been issued by the Metropolitan Transportation Agency while the vehicle is in the control of a newspaper, radio or television station, or is being operated by an employee of a newspaper, radio or television station whose primary duty is to gather or photograph news events while gathering information or images for use in the news. (b) Vehicle Press Permit. A Vehicle Press Permit is a parking permit issued by the Municipal Transportation Agency for the use of an authorized News-Gathering Vehicle. (Added by Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008; amended by Ord. 217-12 , File No. 111239, App. 10/23/2012, Eff. 11/22/2012) Editor's Note: For provisions relating to Vehicle Press Permits issued by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, see Transportation Code Sec. 912.

A person who displays a valid press card issued by the Chief of Police to that person pursuant to the provisions of Section 939 of this Article shall be entitled to pass behind police lines in a vehicle that does not have a Vehicle Press Permit; provided, however, that such access may be denied at the discretion of the Chief of Police to protect the public health, safety or welfare. (Added as Sec. 939.3 by Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008; renumbered and amended by Ord. 217-12 , File No. 111239, App. 10/23/2012, Eff. 11/22/2012) (Former Sec. 939.2 added by Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008; repealed by Ord. 217-12 , File No. 111239, App. 10/23/2012, Eff. 11/22/2012)

The Chief of Police may collect a permit fee for issuing press cards in order to recover costs of administering the program. (Added as Sec. 939.5 by Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008; renumbered and amended by Ord. 217-12 , File No. 111239, App. 10/23/2012, Eff. 11/22/2012) (Former Sec. 939.3 added by Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008; renumbered as Sec. 939.2 and amended by Ord. 217-12 , File No. 111239, App. 10/23/2012, Eff. 11/22/2012)

Any person violating any provision of Sections 939 through 939.3 of this Article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $25 or by imprisonment in the County Jail not exceeding 10 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Added as Sec. 939.7 by Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008; renumbered and amended by Ord. 217-12 , File No. 111239, App. 10/23/2012, Eff. 11/22/2012) (Former Sec. 939.4 added by Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008; repealed by Ord. 217-12 , File No. 111239, App. 10/23/2012, Eff. 11/22/2012) SEC. 939.5. (Added by Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008; renumbered as Sec. 939.3 and amended by Ord. 217-12 , File No. 111239, App. 10/23/2012, Eff. 11/22/2012)

SEC. 939.7. (Added by Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008; renumbered as Sec. 939.4 and amended by Ord. 217-12 , File No. 111239, App. 10/23/2012, Eff. 11/22/2012) [Sidewalk Elevators]

SEC. 944. SIDEWALK ELEVATOR, ETC., IRON DOOR, ETC., AND LOCK REQUIRED. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to construct, operate or use, or cause to be constructed, operated or used, any sidewalk elevator unless the shafts or sidewalk openings of such sidewalk elevators be covered with substantial iron doors, or iron gratings as nearly flush with the upper surface of the sidewalks as will permit proper drainage, and unless such doors or gratings be provided with some mechanical device for locking and unlocking them which will not require any person to ride on such elevator for the purpose of locking or unlocking said doors or gratings. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38) SEC. 945. MECHANICAL DEVICE FOR STOPPING REQUIRED. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to construct, operate or use, or cause to be constructed, operated or used, any sidewalk elevator unless the same shall be equipped with some mechanical device which will prevent the platform of said elevator from approaching within less than five feet of the sidewalk doors or gratings thereof when the said doors or gratings are closed. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38) SEC. 946. UNLAWFUL OPENINGS PROHIBITED – KIND OF METAL GUARDS REQUIRED. It shall be unlawful for any person to open any sidewalk elevator doors or gratings unless he is directed or permitted by the person, firm or corporation using said elevator to open such doors or gratings. And it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation operating or using such sidewalk elevator to open or cause to be opened the elevator doors or gratings thereof unless a responsible person connected with the person, firm or corporation operating or using said elevator shall be stationed on the sidewalk immediately adjacent to said doors or gratings, who shall lift said doors or grating by hand, except that, if they are automatically lifted from below upon the rising of such elevator, before said doors or gratings are raised, removable metal guards, consisting of four metal posts, not less than three feet in height, shall be inserted in sockets placed in the sidewalk at the four corners of such doors or gratings, with the tops of such posts connected by chains or bars, so that all sides of such openings shall be guarded, except that side next to curb, and the public protected from injury by the sudden raising of such doors. Such metal guards shall be removed as soon as said doors or gratings are closed. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38) SEC. 947. NIGHT OPENING, LAMPS AND GUARDS REQUIRED FOR. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation operating or using sidewalk elevators to keep the doors or gratings thereof open or permit the same to remain open except during the time necessary for the receiving or shipping of merchandise or supplies and unless during said time the said doors or gratings remain open suitable guards or railings are provided around the opening of the sidewalk to prevent accidents to the public, and unless a lighted lamp shall be maintained at openings when the doors or gratings thereof are open after dark. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38) SEC. 948. TRAP-DOOR, KIND OF METAL GUARDS REQUIRED FOR. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to construct, operate, or use, or cause to be constructed, operated, or used, any trap- door, or opening whatsoever in any sidewalk, unless the same be equipped with removable metal guards, consisting of four metal posts, not less than three feet in height, and which metal posts shall be inserted in sockets placed in the sidewalk at the four corners of such trap-door or opening, with the tops of such posts connected by chains or bars, so that all sides of such openings shall be guarded. Such metal guards shall be removed as soon as said trap-doors or openings are closed. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38)

SEC. 949. TRAP-DOOR, WHILE OPEN, GUARDS REQUIRED. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, operating or using trap-doors or other openings in sidewalks to keep the doors, openings or gratings thereof open or permit the same to remain open except during the time necessary for the receiving or shipping of merchandise or supplies and unless during said time the said trap-doors, openings or gratings remain open suitable guards or railings are provided around the opening of the sidewalk to prevent accidents to the public. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38) [Sales; Miscellaneous Prohibitions] SEC. 954. SALE OF MERCHANDISE ON OCEAN BEACH PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell or offer for sale any goods, wares, merchandise or other commodity on that portion of said City and County of San Francisco known as the Ocean Beach, contiguous to and lying immediately west of the "Great Highway," between high and low water mark thereof, and between the northerly line of Wawona Street extending westerly to the Pacific Ocean and low water mark, and the northerly line of Anza Street extending westerly to the Pacific Ocean and low water mark. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38) SEC. 955. PROHIBITED SOLICITING UPON STREETS OF MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTIONS, ETC. No person shall on any public street or sidewalk in the City and County of San Francisco, or in any area or doorway or entrance-way immediately abutting thereon, solicit the sale to street or sidewalk traffic of any subscription to any magazine or periodical for future delivery, or the sale of any tangible personal property to be delivered to the purchaser thereof, or to any other person, at a subsequent time. (Added by Ord. 3263, Series of 1939, App. 5/15/45) [Gas Supply, Residential] SEC. 959. REGULATING TURNING OFF OF GAS SUPPLY IN HOTELS AND DWELLINGS. It shall be unlawful for any proprietor, owner, lessee or person to turn off the gas supply, at the meter, or any other point on the supply pipe, except at the stop cock on the gas fixture, in any hotel, lodging house, apartment house, or in any house or building wherein rooms are rented or used for sleeping purposes, or in any private residence, except said gas supply is turned off for repairs or by reason of accident, or in cases where the building is vacated. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38) SEC. 960. USE OF DEFECTIVE STOP COCKS IN HOTELS AND DWELLINGS PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful for any proprietor, owner, lessee or person to maintain or use in any hotel, lodging house, apartment house or in any

house or building wherein rooms are rented or used for sleeping purposes, or in any private residence, any gas fixture having a defective key or stop cock, or any key or stop cock which has not a pin or other device to prevent a reopening of the gas way by further continuous movement of the key or stop cock in the same direction after the gas way has been closed. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38) SEC. 961. PENALTY. Every person who shall violate any of the provisions of Sections 959 and 960 of this Article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 nor less than $50, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period of not more than six months nor less than 50 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38) — SEC. 964. CRUSHING ROCK, ETC., WITHIN CERTAIN HOURS, ETC., PROHIBITED. No person, firm or corporation shall carry on the business of crushing rock, brick or concrete by machinery or otherwise in the City and County of San Francisco unless the place where such business is conducted and carried on is so enclosed as to prevent the deposit or scattering of rock, dust or debris outside of said enclosure upon the public streets, highways or squares, or property of adjacent owners; and no such machinery shall be operated within the fire limit of said City and County between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and the hour of 6:00 a.m. of the following day. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38) [Transportation Tickets] SEC. 969. TRANSPORTATION TICKETS – REGULATING SALE OF. (a) It is hereby determined and declared that the price or charge for the sale, resale, purchase, or procurement by purchase or otherwise, within the City and County of San Francisco, of tickets, reservations or passenger accommodations, issued by any railroad, parlor or sleeping car owner or operator, steamship company, air line or bus line, is a matter affected with a public interest and subject to the supervision of the authorities of said City and County, for the purpose of safeguarding the public against fraud, extortion, exorbitant rates and similar abuses. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to offer for sale, sell, resell, or cause to be sold, or resold; or to purchase, acquire or procure, either on his own behalf or on behalf of another, in the City and County of San Francisco, any ticket, reservation or passenger accommodation, issued by any railroad, parlor or sleeping car owner or operator, or steamship company, air line or bus line, at a price in excess of $1 over the established tariff charge therefor. The term "established tariff charge" shall be the charge set forth in the tariff as published and filed by the railroad, parlor or sleeping car owner or operators, steamship company, air line or bus line, involved. (c) Nothing in Sections 969 to 972, inclusive, of this Article contained shall be taken or deemed to authorize or approve the sale of such ticket, reservation or passenger accommodation by any railroad, parlor or sleeping car owner or operator, or steamship company, air line or bus line, or by any officer, agent or employee thereof, at other than the lawful tariff rates applicable thereto. (Added by Ord. 3042, Series of 1939, App. 12/14/44) SEC. 970. REGULATIONS TO BE POSTED.

The person responsible for the management of each travel agency and hotel, operating within the City and County of San Francisco, and where such reservations may be made, shall cause a copy of Sections 969 to 972, inclusive, of this Article to be posted in a conspicuous place on said premises. (Added by Ord. 3042, Series of 1939, App. 12/14/44) SEC. 971. PENALTY. Any person violating the provisions of Sections 969 to 972, inclusive, of this Article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed $100 or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a term not to exceed 30 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Added by Ord. 3042, Series of 1939, App. 12/14/44) SEC. 972. EXCEPTIONS. (a) Sections 969 to 972, inclusive, of this Article shall not apply to tickets, reservations or passenger accommodations to or from places outside of the continental United States and Canada, nor shall it apply to the sale, resale, purchase or acquisition of any of such tickets or reservations sold, disposed of, purchased or acquired, pursuant to any written contract between a travel agency and the owner or operator of any of the above enumerated transportation companies. (b) Nothing contained in Sections 969 to 972, inclusive, of this Article shall prevent a regularly established travel bureau or travel agency from selling tours over common carriers, with stopover accommodations and services, for a price that includes an entire tour, nor shall such a bureau or agency be limited by Sections 969 to 972, inclusive, of this Article in its charges for travel assistance or service rendered to its patrons in the regular course of its business. (Added by Ord. 3042, Series of 1939, App. 12/14/44) SEC. 973. (Added by Ord. 249-60, App. 5/12/60; repealed by Ord. 194-12 , File No. 120672, App. 9/17/2012, Eff. 10/17/2012) — Editor's Note: Sections 974.1 through 974.25 are codified below as Article 13.1 ("Junk Dealers – Permit and Regulation"). Editor’s Note: Sections 975.1 through 975.4 were moved to Article 13.2 (“Bicycle Messenger Businesses”) by Ord. 201-17, File No. 161065, approved October 5, 2017, effective November 4, 2017, and becoming operative February 2, 2018.