References to Ordinances

Ordinances Affecting the Public Works Code Publisher's Note: The following table lists all ordinances affecting the Public Works Code passed by the Board of Supervisors beginning in 2011. The table includes links to the ordinances (as maintained in PDF format on the Board of Supervisors' web site) and to the code sections affected. For other legislation, including older ordinances and those affecting other codes, please refer to the Comprehensive Ordinance Table or the Board's "Legislation Passed" web site. Jump to: 2011 Ordinances 2012 Ordinances 2013 Ordinances 2014 Ordinances 2015 Ordinances 2016 Ordinances 2017 Ordinances 2018 Ordinances 2019 Ordinances

2020 Ordinances 2021 Ordinances 2022 Ordinances 2023 Ordinances 2024 Ordinances 2025 Ordinances 2026 Ordinances New Ordinances 2011 Ord. No. File No. Eff. Date Short Title and Code Sections Affected Ord. No. File No. Eff. Date Short Title and Code Sections Affected 12-11 100041 02/13/11 Public Works Code, Administrative Code - Personal Wireless Service Facility Site Permits and Associated Fees

Sections Affected: Art. 25, Secs. 1500 to 1528 (Added) 13-11 101445 02/17/11 Public Works Code - Banners on the Path of Gold

Sections Affected: 184.78 (Amended) 18-11 101147 03/18/11 Public Works Code - Establishment of Regulatory Controls for the Discharge of Fats, Oils, and Grease Into Sewers

Sections Affected: 140 to 140.7 (Added) 73-11 110222 06/04/11 Public Works Code - Declaring Illegal Dumping on Public Property a Nuisance and Providing a Mechanism for Abating and Enforcing that Nuisance

Sections Affected: Art. 26, Secs. 1600, 1601, 1602, 1603, 1604, 1605 (Added) 74-11 110280 06/04/11 Public Works Code, Police Code - Posting of Signs on City Property, Increasing Penalty, and Enforcement

Sections Affected: 184.62, 184.63, 184.65 (Amended) 77-11 110281 06/11/11 Public Works Code, Administrative Code, and Health Code - Consolidate Existing Department of Public Works' Nuisance Enforcement, Abatement, and Cost Collection Processes

Sections Affected: 706.9 (Added); 170, 174.1, 707.1, 727, 735 (Amended); 174.2, 174.3, 174.4, 174.5, 174.6, 174.7, 174.8, 174.9, 174.10, 174.11, 174.12, 174.13, 728, 729, 730, 731, 732, 733, 734, 735.1, 735.2, 735.3, 735.4 (Repealed) 158-11 110709 08/31/11 Public Works - Temporary Street Occupancy Fees

Sections Affected: 724.1 (Amended)

2012

Ord. No. File No. Eff. Date Short Title and Code Sections Affected 34-12 111281 03/22/12 Sidewalk Width Changes - Establishing a Streamlined Process for Certain Changes

Sections Affected: 2.1.1 (Amended)

2013

Ord. No. File No. Eff. Date Short Title and Code Sections Affected 114-13 130251 07/28/13 Public Works Code - Public Improvements as Gifts

Sections Affected: 791 (Added) 119-13 120193 07/28/13 Public Works Code - Mobile Food Truck Facilities Locational Requirements

Sections Affected: 184.86.1 (Added); 184.80, 184.83, 184.84, 184.85, 184.88, 184.89, 184.93, 184.96, 184.97, 184.98 (Amended) 155-13 130369 08/24/13 Building, Health, Public Works Codes - Soil and/or Groundwater Testing Requirements

Sections Affected: Art. 20, Secs. 1000, 1001, 1004, 1006, 1012, 1014 (Repealed) 260-13 130814 12/14/13 Public Works Code - Control of Construction Site Runoff

Sections Affected: 146, 146.1, 146.2, 146.3, 146.4, 146.5, 146.6, 146.7, 146.8, 146.10, 146.11 (Added)

2014

Ord. No. File No. Eff. Date Short Title and Code Sections Affected 72-14 140261 06/22/14 Park, Police, Public Works Codes - Graffiti Prevention and Abatement

Sections Affected: 1307.5 (Added); 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306 (Amended) 76-14 140319 06/27/14 Public Works Code - Surface-Mounted Facility Site Permits

Sections Affected: Art. 27, Secs. 2700, 2701, 2702, 2703, 2704, 2705, 2706, 2707, 2708, 2709, 2710, 2711, 2712, 2713, 2714, 2715, 2716, 2717, 2718, 2719, 2720, 2721, 2722, 2723, 2724, 2725, 2726, 2727, 2728, 2729, 2730, 2731 (Added)

81-14 140063 07/13/14 Public Works Code - Plaza Program

Sections Affected: 792 (Added) 220-14 130412 12/07/14 Public Works Code - Installation of Communications Infrastructure in Excavation Projects

Sections Affected: 2.4.14, Art. 2.4 Subart. IX, Secs. 2.4.95, 2.4.96, 2.4.97 (Added); 2.4.4, 2.4.13 (Amended) 235-14 140844 12/26/14 Planning Code - Formula Retail and Large-Scale Retail Controls

Sections Affected: 184.86.1 (Amended)

2015

Ord. No. File No. Eff. Date Short Title and Code Sections Affected 18-15 141297 03/15/15 Public Works Code - Personal Wireless Service Facility Site Permits, and Amending Fees

Sections Affected: 1529 (Added); 1500, 1502, 1504, 1506, 1508, 1509, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513, 1514, 1519, 1520, 1521, 1522, 1527 (Amended); 1503 (Repealed) 109-15 150350 08/01/15 Health, Public Works Codes - Mandatory Use of Alternate Water Supplies in New Construction

Sections Affected: 723.2 (Amended) 119-15 150221 08/14/15 Planning, Public Works Codes - Street Trees and Adoption of Associated Fees

Sections Affected: 802, 805, 806, 808, 811, 812 (Amended) 139-15 150560 09/05/15 Public Works Code - Fees for Nighttime Work Permit and Preapplication Meetings

Sections Affected: 2.1.1 (Amended) 163-15 150270 10/23/15

[Oper. 01/21/16] Public Works Code - Contractor Parking Plan

Sections Affected: 2.4.20, 2.4.41, 2.4.42, 724, 724.1 (Amended) 183-15 150758 11/15/15 Public Works Code - Public Right-of-Way Occupancy Fee Exemption

Sections Affected: 723.2 (Amended)

2016

Ord. No. File No. Eff. Date Short Title and Code Sections Affected

44-16 160103 05/08/16 Public Works Code - Clarifying Graffiti Prohibition and Establishing Administrative Penalties

Sections Affected: 2300, 2301, 2302, 2303, 2304, 2305, 2306, 2307, 2307.5, 2307.6, 2308, 2309 (Added); 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1307.5, 1308, 1309 (Amended and/or Redesignated) 64-16 160155 05/27/16 Public Works Code - Stormwater Management Requirements

Sections Affected: 147, 147.1, 147.2, 147.3, 147.4, 147.5 (Amended) 167-16 160590 09/10/16 Public Works Code - Street Space Occupancy Permits

Sections Affected: 724 (Amended) 224-16 160893 12/22/16 Public Works Codes - Places for People Program; Permit Fee

Sections Affected: Adds 793, 793.1, 793.2, 793.3, 793.4, 793.5, 793.6

2017 Ord. No. File No. Eff. Date Short Title and Code Sections Affected Ord. No. File No. Eff. Date Short Title and Code Sections Affected 6-17 161081 02/19/17 Various Codes - Nonsubstantive Clean-Up Ordinance

Sections Affected: 723.2; 792; 1510 81-17 170160 04/23/17 Transportation, Public Works Codes - Unauthorized Bicycle Violations, Stationless Bicycle Share Program

Sections Affected: 1603; 1604; 1605 104-17 170123 06/25/17 Public Works Code - Construction Site Runoff on Port Property - Enforcement

Sections Affected: 146.10 198-17 170442 11/04/17 Public Works, Administrative Codes - Requirements for Surface- Mounted Facility Site Permits

Sections Affected: 2700; 2710; 2711; 2712; 2713; 2722; 2726; 2727; 2732 (Added) 203-17 170209 11/26/17 Public Works Code - Bicycle Chop Shops

Sections Affected: Adding Article 20: 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003 244-17 170599 01/21/18 Public Works, Police Codes - Permit for Testing of Autonomous Delivery Devices on Sidewalks

Sections Affected: Adding 794 245-17 170985 01/21/18 Public Works and Subdivision Codes - City Maintenance of Street Trees

Sections Affected: 706; 802; 803; 805; 806; 807; 809; 811; 812; 813; Adding 805.1

2018

Ord. No. File No. Eff. Date Short Title and Code Sections Affected 35-18 170761 4/08/18 Public Works, Administrative Codes - Street Encroachment Permits and Maintenance Fund for Certain Permits

Sections Affected: 786, 786.2, 786.3, 786.4, 786.5, 786.7, Adding 786.8, 786.9 50-18 171318 4/29/18 Public Works Code - Fees for Autonomous Delivery Device Testing and Nighttime Work Permits

Sections Affected: 2.1.1; 794 99-18 180214 6/4/18 Transportation, Public Works Codes - Unauthorized Powered Scooter Violations, Powered Scooter Share Program

Sections Affected: 1603; 1605 310-18 181026 1/21/19 Public Works Code - Temporary Mobile Caterer Permit

Sections Affected: Adding 184.95

2019

Ord. No. File No. Eff. Date Short Title and Code Sections Affected 31-19 181155 3/25/19 Public Works Code - Major Encroachment Permit Revocation Hearings

Sections Affected: 786 190-19 190598 9/9/19 Public Works Code - Personal Wireless Service Facility Site Permits

Sections Affected: 1500, 1501, 1502, 1506-1511, 1514, 1521, 1522, 1527; deleting 1512, 1513 253-19 190810 12/16/19 Administrative, Public Works Codes - Recording of Jurisdictional Transfers and Street Vacations

Sections Affected: 787 291-19 191033 1/19/20 Administrative, Public Works, Police Codes - Establishing Office of Emerging Technology - Requiring Permits for Using Emerging Technology Devices on Public Right-of-Ways

Sections Affected: Amending 2.1.3, 723; Adding 723.5

2020

Ord. No. File No. Eff. Date Short Title and Code Sections Affected 132-20 191283 9/21/20 Police and Public Works Codes - Administrative Penalties and Fines for Illegal Dumping

Sections Affected: Amending 1601 - 1605; Adding 1606

2021

Ord. No. File No. Eff. Date Short Title and Code Sections Affected 99-21 210284 8/28/21 Administrative, Public Works, and Transportation Codes - Shared Spaces

Sections Affected: 2.1.1, 2.1.3, 793 - 793.6 144-21 201151 10/25/21 Oper. 1/1/22 Various Codes - Construction and Demolition Debris Recovery

Sections Affected: Amending 725, 725.1 - 725.3, 725.5 - 725.9, Repealing 725.4 239-21 211098 1/22/22 Retro. 12/4/21 Public Works Code - Waiver of Temporary Street Space Occupancy Permit Fee - Sidewalk Sales During the Holiday Season

2022

Ord. No. File No. Eff. Date Short Title and Code Sections Affected 1-22 210836 2/13/22 Public Works Code - Street Tree Planting and Removal

Sections Affected: Amending 806, 808, 809, 811 30-22 220013 3/28/22 Public Works Code - Mobile Food Facility Permit Renewal Fees Collection

Sections Affected: Amending 184.83 44-22 211292
4/22/22 Various Codes - Street Vendor Regulation

Sections Affected: Adding Art 5.9 (5.9-1 to 5.9-14); Amending 184.80 51-22 211301 5/1/22 Administrative, Public Works Codes - Permit Review, and Limits on Fines for Shared Spaces Violations

Sections Affected: Amending 793.4 56-22 211151 5/16/22 Public Works Code - Graffiti Abatement - Lifting Suspension of Issuance of Certain Violations; Reinstating Collection of Certain Fees and Fines

Sections Affected: Amending 2304

174-22 220538 9/4/22 Public Works Code - Public Works Graffiti Abatement Pilot Program

Sections Affected: Amending 2304, 2306

2023 Ord. No. File No. Eff. Date Short Title and Code Sections Affected Ord. No. File No. Eff. Date Short Title and Code Sections Affected 4-23 221069 2/20/23 Public Works Code - Exemption of Banner Fees and Inspection Fees - Leather and LGBTQ Cultural District and SoMa Pilipinas-Filipino Cultural Heritage District

Sections Affected: Amending 184.78 5-23 221106 2/20/23 Retro. 11/25/22 Public Works Code - Waiver of Temporary Street Space Occupancy Permit Fee - Sidewalk Sales During the Holiday Season 67-23 230124 5/28/23 Administrative and Public Works Codes - Shared Spaces Program

Sections Affected: Amending 793.4 150-23 230570 8/28/23 Public Works Code - Waiver of Annual Occupancy Assessment Fee - Seal Rock Inn (noncodifiable) 141-23 230312 8/26/23 Retro. 3/31/23 Public Works, Administrative Codes - Curbside Shared Spaces Permit and License Fees

Sections Affected: Amending 2.1.1 (in Art. 2.1) 252-23 230768 1/19/24 Public Works Code - Authorizing and Permitting Neighborhood Amenities

Sections Affected: Amending 2.1.1, 723, 723.1, 723.2, 786, 786.7, 786.9, 789.2, 789.4, 789.5, 791

2024 Ord. No. File No. Eff. Date Short Title and Code Sections Affected Ord. No. File No. Eff. Date Short Title and Code Sections Affected 40-24 240055 4/7/24 Public Works Code - Retroactive - Waiver of Temporary Street Space Occupancy Permit Fee - Sidewalk Sales During Lunar New Year Holiday Season 43-24 231255 4/15/24 Retro. 1/1/24 Public Works Code - Neighborhood Commercial Districts Banner Fee Waiver

Sections Affected: Amending 184.78 52-24 230867 4/22/24 Public Works Code - Excavation by Microtrenching for Fiber

Sections Affected: Amending 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.4

66-24 240087 5/5/2024 Pier 70, Public Works Code - Street and Public Infrastructure Acceptance, Official Sidewalk Widths and Street Grades, Sidewalk Maintenance for Certain Long-Term Lessees

Sections Affected: Amending 706, Adding 706.10 90-24 240056 6/10/24 Public Works Code - Vending Requirements and Restrictions

Sections Affected: Amending 5.9-2, 5.9-3, 5.9-4, 5.9-5, 5.9-6, 5.9-8, 5.9-11 171-24 240439 8/12/24 Public Works Code - Vending Requirements and Restrictions

Sections Affected: Amending 5.9-2, 5.9-3, 5.9-4, 5.9-5, 5.9-6, 5.9-8, 5.9-11 196-24 240601 8/31/24 Public Works Code - Fee Modification

Sections Affected: Amending 2.1.1, 724.1 236-24 240801 11/11/24 Public Works Code - Commemorative Plaque - Activists of Woodland Avenue; Fee Waiver 237-24 240804 11/11/24 Various Codes - Greater Downtown Community Benefit District Master Permitting for Entertainment Activation Program

Sections Affected: Adding 795 252-24 240806 12/8/24 Public Works Code, Planning Code - Fee Waiver for Vicha Ratanapakdee Mosaic Stairway 279-24 240926 1/19/25 Oper. 2/1/25 Various Codes - Fee Elimination and Administrative Provisions Sections Affected: Amending 2.1.1, 176.4, 183-3, 184.83

2025 Ord. No. File No. Eff. Date Short Title and Code Sections Affected Ord. No. File No. Eff. Date Short Title and Code Sections Affected 22-25 240982 4/7/25 Building, Administrative, Public Works Codes - Disability Access Improvements for Places of Public Accommodation

Sections Affected: Amending 723.2 57-25 250186 6/2/25 Public Works Code - Mission Rock - Street and Public Infrastructure Acceptance - Establishing Official Sidewalk Widths and Street Grades

Sections Affected: Amending 2.4.2 58-25 250187 6/2/25 Public Works Code - Minor Sidewalk Encroachments at the Mission Rock, Pier 70, and Potrero Power Station Projects

Sections Affected: Adding 796 59-25 250188 6/2/25 Public Works, Administrative Codes - Mission Rock Utilities, Inc. - Master Encroachment Permit for Privately-Owned District Utility System

Sections Affected: Amending 786.8 74-25 250185 6/16/25 Public Works Code, Administrative Code - Fee Waiver - Detroit Street Steps Archway

117-25 250541 8/17/25 Public Works, Administrative Codes - Café Tables and Chairs, Display Merchandise, Appurtenant Building Features, and Sidewalk Shared Spaces

Sections Affected: Amending 176, 176.1, 176.2, 176.7, 176.8, 176.9; Repealing 176.3; Renumbering & Amending 176.4, 176.5, 176.6, 176.6A as 176.3, 176.4, 176.5, 176.6; Repealing Art. 5.3 (Secs. 183, 183-1 - 183-7); amends Sec. 723.2 (in Art. 15) 140-25 250606 9/1/25 Various Codes - Environmental Health Permit, Fee, and Penalties Revisions

Sections Affected: Amending 1527 142-25 250608 9/1/25 Public Works, Subdivision Codes - Fee Modification and Waiver

Sections Affected: Amending 2.1.1, 2.4.41, 2.4.42, 724.1, 724.7; Repealing Sec. 788 195-25 250817 11/16/25 Public Works Code - Public Works Graffiti Abatement Program Sections Affected: Amending 2306 201-25 250802 11/27/25 Public Works and Administrative Codes - Encroachment Permit for the 530 Sansome Mixed-Use Tower and Fire Station 13 Development Project and Public Infrastructure Acceptance 223-25 250893 12/22/25 Public Works Code - Elimination of Contractor Parking Plan Requirements and Fees

Sections Affected: Amending 2.4.20, 2.4.41, 2.4.42, 724, 724.1 224-25 250894 12/22/25 Public Works Code - Streamlining Approvals of Commemorative Public Right-of-Way and Public Place Designations and Installation of Commemorative Street Plaques

Sections Affected: Amending 789.1, 789.2, 789.4; Repealing 789.3 225-25 250925 12/22/25 Public Works Code - Pollution Liability Insurance Requirements for Excavators

Sections Affected: Amending 2.4.23 242-25 251051 1/10/26 Public Works, Port Codes - Enhanced Enforcement for Vending Targeted Merchandise Without a Permit

Sections Affected: Amending 5.9-1, 5.9-2, 5.9-3, 5.9-5, 5.9-11, 5.9-12

2026 Ord. No. File No. Eff. Date Short Title and Code Sections Affected Ord. No. File No. Eff. Date Short Title and Code Sections Affected 38-26 251004 4/12/26 Administrative, Public Works Codes - Shared Spaces Program

Sections Affected: Amending 793.2, 793.3

46-26 260133 4/26/26 Public Works, Police Codes - Sidewalk Flower Stand Permits

Sections Affected: Amending 2.1.1, 155, 156, 157, 159, 161, 162, 163; Repealing 160 49-26 250967 5/11/26 Health, Business and Tax Regulations, Public Works Codes - Compact Mobile Food Operation Definitions and Fees

Sections Affected: Amending 184.80, 5.9-2, 5.9-8 76-26 260238 6/7/26 Administrative, Public Works, Transportation Codes - Electric Vehicle Curbside Charging

Sections Affected: Amending 723 99-26 260217 6/29/26 Various Codes - Boards, Commissions, and Advisory Bodies

Sections Affected: Repealing 131, 803; Amending 184.12, 802, 810 0132-26 260541 8/23/26 Public Works Code - Encroachment Permit and Occupancy Fee Waivers

• Harry Street Steps Waste Bin Enclosure

New Ordinances Publisher's Note: The following table lists all ordinances affecting the Public Works Code that have been passed by the Board of Supervisors but that are not yet effective. The table includes links to the amending ordinances (as maintained in PDF format on the Board of Supervisors' web site) and to the code sections affected. For other legislation, including older ordinances and those affecting other codes, please refer to the Comprehensive Ordinance Table or the Board's "Legislation Passed" web site.

Ord. No. File No. Eff. Date Short Title and Code Sections Affected