CHAPTER 1:
GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 1.1.	How Code Designated and Cited.
Sec. 1.2.	Catchlines of Sections.
Sec. 1.3.	Official Flag.
Sec. 1.5.	Official Flower Designated.
Sec. 1.5-1.	Official Song and Ballad Designated.
Sec. 1.5-2.	Official Colors Designated.
Sec. 1.5-3.	Official Bird Designated.
Sec. 1.5-4.	Official Band Designated.
Sec. 1.5-5.	Official Animal Designated.
Sec. 1.6.	Corporate Seal.
Sec. 1.6-1.	Official Key.
Sec. 1.7.	Disclaimers in Eminent Domain Proceedings Brought by United States.
Sec. 1.7-1.	Dismissal of Public Nuisance Abatement Action.
Sec. 1.7-2.	Dismissal of Action by Attorney for the Tax Collector When Full Amount Paid.
Sec. 1.9.	Inspection of Agricultural Products Prior to Shipment – Duty of County Agricultural Commissioner.
Sec. 1.10.	Inspection of Agricultural Products Prior to Shipment – Inspection Fees.
Sec. 1.10-1.	Farmers' Market Certification Fee.
Sec. 1.10-2.	Quarantine Inspection Fees.
Sec. 1.10-3.	Salad Products Processor Inspection Fees.
Sec. 1.11.	Inspection of Agricultural Products Prior to Shipment – Inspection of Imported Vegetables.
Sec. 1.12.	Inspection of Agricultural Products Prior to Shipment – Inspection of Imported Vegetables – Fees.
Sec. 1.13.	Inspection of Agricultural Products Prior to Shipment – Certificate of Inspection; Destruction of Unfit Vegetables.
Sec. 1.13-1.	Registration Fees – Structural Pest Control Operators, Pest Control Operators and Advisers.
Sec. 1.13-2.	Enforcement of Shell Egg Standards.
Sec. 1.13-3.	Agricultural and/or Pesticide-Related Contracts.
Sec. 1.13-4.	Inspection of Nursery Stock.
Sec. 1.13-5.	Weights and Measures – Registration and Fees.
Sec. 1.13-6.	Quantity Control of Prepackaged Items.
Sec. 1.13-7.	Kosher Food Records.
Sec. 1.13-8.	Petroleum Products.
Sec. 1.13-9.	Pest Detection and Trapping.
Sec. 1.14.	Weights and Measures – Scales to be Sealed by Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Sec. 1.15.	Weights and Measures – Scales of Peddlers and Hawkers.
Sec. 1.15.1.	Fees for Testing Weighing and Measuring Devices.
Sec. 1.15.2.	Taximeters.
Sec. 1.19.	Annual Tax Rate Ordinance: Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Ordinance.
Sec. 1.19-1.	Distribution of Tax Proceeds Levied in Accordance with Section XIII-A of California Constitution and Distributed in Accordance with State Law.
Sec. 1.20.	Limitation on Special Assessments.
Sec. 1.22.	Payment of Fees by the Public Administrator to the County Clerk.
Sec. 1.24.	Hold Harmless Agreements.
Sec. 1.25.	Government Entity Agreements.
Sec. 1.27.	Authority of Police Chief, District Attorney and Sheriff with Respect to Contracts with State for Witness Protection.
Sec. 1.29.	Voting Requirements for Members of Commissions, Committees and Other Bodies Created by Legislative Action.
Sec. 1.30.	Authorizing Contracts with Public Utilities for the Removal of Hazardous Materials.
Sec. 1.35.	Telpak Circuit System; Stolen Vehicles.
Sec. 1.36.	Alameda County Police Information Network System.
Sec. 1.48.	City Store – Merchandise – Profits.
Sec. 1.50.	Officers of the City and County.
Sec. 1.51.	Procedure by General Law or Ordinance.
Sec. 1.52.	Repair of Accepted Streets.
Sec. 1.53.	Sewer, Water and Other Connections.
Sec. 1.55.	Annual List of Contract-Related Reports.
Sec. 1.56.	Annual Reports.
Sec. 1.57.	Online Database Concerning Appointments to Advisory Bodies
Sec. 1.57-1.	Findings and Purpose.
Sec. 1.57-2.	Definitions.
Sec. 1.57-3.	Online Database of Appointments.
Sec. 1.57-4.	Annual Audit.
Sec. 1.57-5.	Enforcement.
Sec. 1.58.	Permits for United Nations and Hallidie Plazas.
Sec. 1.59.	Transfer of Institutional Police Department.
Sec. 1.60.	Board Review of Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
Sec. 1.61.	Anti-Discriminatory Housing Policies Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
Sec. 1.62.	Restaurant Week.
Sec. 1.63.	Neighborhood Noticing Ordinance.

 

SEC. 1.1. HOW CODE DESIGNATED AND CITED.

   This ordinance shall constitute and be designated and shall be cited as the San Francisco Administrative Code.

SEC. 1.2. CATCHLINES OF SECTIONS.

   The catchlines of the several sections of this code printed in boldface type are intended as mere catchwords to indicate the contents of the section and shall not be deemed or taken to be titles of such section, nor as any part of the section, nor, unless expressly so provided, shall they be so deemed when any of such sections, including the catchlines, are amended or re-enacted.

SEC. 1.3. OFFICIAL FLAG.

   The City and County shall have an official flag to be known as "The Flag of San Francisco."

   The flag shall be as follows:

   A phoenix rising from the flames, below which shall appear the motto "Oro en Paz – Fierro en Guerra" (gold in peace; iron in warfare), both in a golden hue on a field of white, with the flag itself bordered with gold.

   The words "San Francisco" shall appear horizontally along the lower portion of the flag, below the phoenix and the motto, in letters of appropriate size, rich blue in coloring.

(Ord. No. 979 (1939), Sec. 1)