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The City and County insures its officers against liability, other than a liability which may be insured against under the provisions of Division 4 of the Labor Code of the State of California, for injuries or damages resulting from their negligence or carelessness in the operation, during the course of their service or employment and within the scope of their duties to the City and County in such service or employment, of any motor vehicle which is owned by the City and County or which is rented by the City and County from any person other than an officer of the City and County.
Such insurance, so far as it is not effected by contract with any insurer authorized to transact such insurance in the State of California, whether contracted for by the City and County directly or through a contractor, shall be deemed to be self-insurance of the City and County.
A motor vehicle, as used in this Section, is a vehicle which is self-propelled, within the meaning of such term as used in the Vehicle Code of the State of California.
Officer or officers, as used in this Section, shall include any deputy, assistant or employee of the City and County, acting within the scope of his or her office or employment in the operation of any such motor vehicle, except as otherwise provided.
Liability, as used in this Section, shall be liability of an officer for injury or damages resulting from such negligence or carelessness in such operation of such a motor vehicle within the meaning of the term liability, as used in Section 1956 of the Government Code of the State of California.
(Ord. No. 5060 (1939), Sec. 1; amended by Ord. 191-99, File No. 990878, App. 7/1/99)
(a) For purposes of this Section 4.14, “polluting garden and utility equipment” means gasoline-powered equipment under 25 horsepower, including two-stroke and four-stroke models, such as, but not limited to, lawnmowers, leaf blowers, trimmers, weed whackers and jackhammers. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no City department shall use polluting garden and utility equipment on “Spare the Air Days” or other days in which the Bay Area Air Quality Management District notifies the public of unhealthy levels of air pollution and requests that the public refrain from engaging in polluting activities. The prohibition on the use of polluting garden and utility equipment shall not apply to an employee whose supervisor, in accordance with written departmental procedures, has exempted the employee from the prohibition on a specified day. The department head of each department that uses polluting garden and utility equipment shall establish procedures for informing employees about the prohibition on use and authorizing exemption requests.
(b) Chapter 12E of the Administrative Code establishes a ban on the City’s use of gas-powered landscaping equipment. In the event of any conflict between this Section 4.14 and Chapter 12E, Chapter 12E shall govern.
(Added by Ord. 5-98, App. 1/16/98; amended by Ord. 202-22, File No. 220199, App. 10/6/2022, Eff. 11/6/2022)
The Administrator of Laguna Honda Hospital is hereby authorized to conduct a store or stores within the confines of said institution for the sale of candies, soft drinks and other foodstuffs, tobacco, and sundries, subject to the following conditions:
(a) The Administrator of Laguna Honda Hospital shall supervise the management and operation of the store. He or she shall be the custodian or shall appoint from the hospital staff a custodian of all funds, merchandise, property, and equipment of said store.
(b) The Administrator shall be authorized to collect and deposit all proceeds from the store sales in a bank or banks as he or she may select.
(c) The Administrator and his or her representative may draw checks on the bank accounts for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, contractual services, and other obligations properly charged to the store operation.
(d) The Administrator shall be authorized to assign personnel from other services within the hospital to operate the store, as required.
(e) The Administrator is also authorized to install vending machines with the approval of the Director of Public Health and the City Purchaser in various locations throughout the hospital for the convenience of the patients, visitors, and employees.
(f) Proceeds from the sales of said vending machines shall be deposited in the store fund.
(g) The net proceeds arising from the operation of the store and vending machines shall be used upon the recommendation of the Administrator of Laguna Honda Hospital and the approval of the Director of Public Health for such things as may be for the general welfare of the patients of Laguna Honda Hospital, directly or indirectly, which are not provided for them by other appropriations.
(h) The Controller periodically may perform audits of the store's receipts, and the cost of such audits may be charged to the store's receipts.
(Added by Ord. 81-67, App. 3/27/67; amended by Ord. 166-13, File No. 130541, App. 8/2/2013, Eff. 9/1/2013)
No person, firm or corporation shall loan equipment or other personal property to the City and County or any officer or employee thereof for the use of the City and County on a trial basis, and no department, officer or employee of the City and County is authorized to use, accept, possess or receive for or on behalf of the City and County, any article of equipment or other personal property for use on a trial basis without the prior approval of the Purchaser and, unless and until the owner of said equipment or personal property shall first execute, sign and deliver to the head of the department in which said equipment or personal property is to be so used, an agreement in writing, in a form to be first approved by the City Attorney, that the owner of said equipment or other personal property shall protect, defend, indemnify and hold harmless the City and County of San Francisco and its officers and employees from and against all claims, actions, and liability arising out of loss, theft, or destruction of, or injury or damage to, said personal property from every cause whatsoever, including negligent act or omission of said City and County or its officers or employees while said property is in the possession or control of the City and County of San Francisco.
(Added by Ord. 117-64, App. 5/4/64; amended by Ord. 191-99, File No. 990878, App. 7/1/99)
Real and personal property belonging to, or subject to the control of, any City and County department, board, commission or authority shall only be used to advance or promote public programs or other purposes which have been duly authorized by the appropriate public agency. Upon finding that a City and County official or employee has engaged in activities prohibited by this Section, that official or employee shall be subject to disciplinary action in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Charter.
(Added by Ord. 7-86, App. 1/17/86)
(a) No advertising of cigarettes or tobacco products or alcoholic beverages shall be allowed on any property owned by or under the control of the City and County of San Francisco, except as stated in subsections (c) and (d) below. For purposes of this Section 4.20, "alcoholic beverage" shall be as defined in California Business and Professions Code section 23004 and shall not include cleaning solutions, medical supplies, and other products and substances not intended for drinking.
(b) This prohibition shall include the placement of the name of a company producing cigarettes or tobacco products or alcoholic beverages, or the name of any cigarette or tobacco product or alcoholic beverages, in any promotion of any event or promotion of any product or beverage on property owned by or under the control of the City and County of San Francisco.
(c) All leases, permits, or agreements awarded by the City and County of San Francisco allowing any person to use City property shall specifically provide that there shall be no advertising of cigarettes or tobacco products or alcoholic beverages as set forth in this Section 4.20. These prohibitions on advertising shall only apply to those leases, permits, or agreements entered into, renewed, or materially amended from and after the effective date of the ordinance establishing the prohibition.
(d) City property used for operation of a restaurant, concert or sports venue, or other facility or event where the sale, production, or consumption of alcoholic beverages is permitted, shall be exempt from the alcoholic beverage advertising prohibition in subsections (a) through (c) above, but the prohibition may be made applicable by lease, permit, or agreement.
(a) As provided by Section 611 of the San Francisco Planning Code, which was adopted by the voters in November 2002, new general advertising signs that are visible to the public are prohibited on the exterior of any City-owned building after March 5, 2002.
(b) No increase in the number of general advertising signs shall be allowed on street furniture, including transit shelters, kiosks, benches and newspaper racks, over the number authorized by City law and negotiated under the provisions of City contracts that were in effect as of January 1, 2008. These limitations shall apply to any successor contracts.
(c) The term "general advertising sign" shall have the meaning set forth in Section of the Planning Code.
(Added by Proposition E, App. 11/5/2009)
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