San Francisco County Municipal Code Art. 2 Regulations

Sec. 2.1. Rules of Port Commission to Be Obeyed. Sec. 2.2. Signs to Be Obeyed. Sec. 2.3. Public May Be Excluded. Sec. 2.4. Athletic Activities Prohibited in Certain Areas. Sec. 2.5. Restrictions on Posting of Signs. Sec. 2.6. Personal Services. Sec. 2.7. Airplanes, Helicopters, Hot Air Balloons, Etc., Prohibited. Sec. 2.8. Peddling and Vending Regulated. Sec. 2.9. Camping Prohibited. Sec. 2.10. Sleeping Prohibited During Certain Hours. Sec. 2.11. Performance of Labor. Sec. 2.12. Building Materials. Sec. 2.13. Ground to Be Restored to Condition. Sec. 2.14. Warning Signals at Danger Points.

OBEYED. From time to time, the Port Commission (or the Redevelopment Agency Commission pursuant to Article 7 hereof) may adopt and post rules and regulations implementing the provisions of this Port Code. No person shall willfully disobey or violate any of the rules or regulations of the Commission or the Redevelopment Agency governing the use and enjoyment by the public of any park or of any building, structure, equipment, apparatus or appliance in any park, which rules or regulations, at the time, are posted in some conspicuous place in that area of the park or in or near the building, structure, equipment, apparatus or appliance to which the rule or regulation applies. (Added by Ord. 92-00, File No. 000634, App. 5/19/2000)

No person shall willfully disobey the notices, prohibitions or directions on any sign posted by the Commission. (Added by Ord. 92-00, File No. 000634, App. 5/19/2000)

In case of an emergency, or when in the judgment of the Commission or the Executive Director the public interest demands it, any portion of any park or park building therein may be closed to the public until such park area or building is reopened to the public by the Commission or the Executive Director; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall authorize the Executive Director to close any portion of any park building because of activities, existing or anticipated, engaged in for the purpose of expressing ideas or causes, which activities are protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. (Added by Ord. 92-00, File No. 000634, App. 5/19/2000)

CERTAIN AREAS. Where a sign is posted, no person shall participate in any athletic activity, including, but not limited to running, jogging, volleyball, baseball, soccer, football, roller skating, bicycle riding, skateboarding, or frisbee. The prohibition contained in this Section applies to running or jogging only when the person running or jogging does not remain on pedestrian paths. (Added by Ord. 92-00, File No. 000634, App. 5/19/2000)

(A) No person shall post or affix to any tree, shrub, plant, fence, building, monument, wall, post, vehicle or other physical object in any park any written or printed material, including, but not limited to, signs, notices, handbills, circulars and pamphlets. (B) Notwithstanding Section 2.5, signs may be posted in the following circumstances: (1) Any person who has scheduled an event in any park pursuant to a permit from the Executive Director may erect or post signs on the day that the event is scheduled to occur giving directions to such event, provided that such person receive prior approval from the Commission. (2) Any person leasing the park from the Commission may post signs on or about the premises leased informing the public of the event scheduled to occur, provided that the locations selected for such posting have been designated by the Executive Director as appropriate for such use, which designated location or locations for such facility shall be applicable to all lessees of such facility, and provided further, that such signs not be posted earlier than one week before the event is scheduled to occur nor later than one week after the event is over. (3) Persons and organizations maintaining and operating recreational facilities on park property on a daily basis may post signs which identify the facilities which provide information pertaining to recreational activities, or which inform the public of events sponsored by such persons and organizations or of regulations governing such facilities, provided (A) that such signs are posted only on the facilities so operated and maintained, whether inside or outside and (B) that if they are posted outside, the organization receive prior written approval from the Executive Director. (4) The Commission or its designee may post signs in any park or in any facility in any park governing the public use of park property or informing the public of events sponsored by the Commission. (C) When a person or organization is required to obtain the prior written approval of the Executive Director in order to post a sign in a park, the Executive Director may withhold such approval only if it finds that the location of such sign or signs would harm public or private property, or inconvenience or endanger the public, or unduly cover or block park facilities. (D) No sign which is posted pursuant to this Section shall be affixed to any tree, shrub or plant.

(Added by Ord. 92-00, File No. 000634, App. 5/19/2000)

No person shall use any of the facilities or areas of any park for the purpose of providing tennis, golf, sailing, boating, baseball, jogging, horseback riding or other athletic instruction for compensation without first having obtained a permit, concession, license or lease from the Executive Director. (Added by Ord. 92-00, File No. 000634, App. 5/19/2000)

BALLOONS, ETC., PROHIBITED. No person shall launch nor land any airplane, helicopter, parachute, hang glider, hot air balloon, nor any other machine or apparatus of aviation in any park, nor shall any person bring into any park any balloon with a diameter of more than six feet or a gas capacity of more than 115 cubic feet, without written permission of the Executive Director. (Added by Ord. 92-00, File No. 000634, App. 5/19/2000)

(a) No person may vend, bring, or cause to be brought, for the purposes of vending any food, beverage, goods, wares, or merchandise within the jurisdiction of the Commission without first having obtained a permit, or a concession, license, or lease from the Executive Director. (b) The Commission, Executive Director, or designee may adopt Rules and Regulations applicable to all vending on property under the jurisdiction of the Commission, in accordance with Section 5.9-8 of the Public Works Code. (c) Any vending in violation of this Section 2.8 or any Rules and Regulations adopted by the Commission, Executive Director, or designee shall be subject to the enforcement provisions in Section 5.9-11 of the Public Works Code. (Added by Ord. 92-00, File No. 000634, App. 5/19/2000; amended by Ord. 118-21, File No. 210566, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021; Ord. 44-22, File No. 211292, App. 3/22/2022, Eff. 4/22/2022; Ord. 242-25, File No. 251051, App. 12/10/2025, Eff. 1/10/2026)

No person shall construct or maintain any building, structure, tent or any other thing in any park that may be used for housing accommodations or camping, except by written permission from the Executive Director. (Added by Ord. 92-00, File No. 000634, App. 5/19/2000)

HOURS. No person shall remain in any park for the purpose of sleeping between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., except that special permission may be granted by the Executive Director to persons providing security services between said hours in any park or for other unusual events. (Added by Ord. 92-00, File No. 000634, App. 5/19/2000)

No person, other than duly authorized personnel, shall perform any labor, on or upon any park, including, but not limited to, taking up or replacing soil, turf, ground, pavement, structure, tree, shrub, plant, grass, flower and the like, without written permission of the Executive Director. (Added by Ord. 92-00, File No. 000634, App. 5/19/2000)

No person shall place, pile, deposit or leave any building material in any park without first having obtained all necessary permits, including but not limited to building permits from the Executive Director. (Added by Ord. 92-00, File No. 000634, App. 5/19/2000)

Where work has been done in any park pursuant to a permit, the permittee shall repair, reconstruct, and put the ground in as good condition in all respects when the work shall have been completed or terminated or such permit shall have expired, as said ground was in when said permit was granted or said work commenced; the condition of the ground, site or place in the park where the work has been done pursuant to any permit shall be made satisfactory to the Executive Director, and on the completion of said work the permittee shall forthwith remove all buildings, structures, machinery or equipment used in connection with said work from the park. (Added by Ord. 92-00, File No. 000634, App. 5/19/2000)

Every person who does any act in any park, whether the act is done by that person or by an agent or at the person's direction, and whether the person is acting as principal, contractor, or employer, and by that act makes the park or any portion of it dangerous must erect and, so long as the danger continues, maintain around the portion of the park so made dangerous a good and substantial barrier, and shall maintain at appropriate places along such barrier, during every night, from sunset until daylight, flashing lights, flares or some other suitable light sufficient to give warning of said danger. (Added by Ord. 92-00, File No. 000634, App. 5/19/2000)