SECTION 2A.97. FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

   Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Fire Department shall maintain and operate neighborhood firehouses and emergency apparatus at the same location and to the same extent as existed on January 1, 2004, as is listed below.

Stations	Location	Emergency Apparatus	Neighborhoods Served
Station 1	676 Howard	Engine/Truck/Rescue Squad	Downtown, Tenderloin, SoMa
Station 2	1340 Powell	Engine/Truck/Battalion	Chinatown, North Beach, Nob Hill
Station 3	1067 Post	Engine/Truck	Tenderloin, SoMa, Civic Center, Polk Gulch
Station 5	1301 Turk	Engine/Truck/Division	Fillmore, Western Addition, Japantown
Station 6	135 Sanchez	Engine/Truck	Castro, Lower Haight, Mission, Duboce Triangle
Station 7	2300 Folsom	Engine/Truck/Rescue Squad/Division	Mission District, Bernal Heights
Station 8	36 Bluxome	Engine/Truck/Battalion	SoMa, South Beach, Mission Bay
Station 9	2245 Jerrold	Engine/Truck/Battalion	Potrero Hill, Bernal Heights
Station 10	655 Presidio	Engine/Truck	Presidio Heights, Laurel Heights, Western Addition
Station 11	3880 26th Street	Engine/Truck/Battalion	Noe Valley, Mission District, Castro
Station 12	1145 Stanyan	Engine/Truck	Haight Ashbury, Cole Valley
Station 13	530 Sansome	Engine/Truck	Financial District, North Beach, Chinatown
Station 14	551 26th Avenue	Engine/Truck	Richmond, Presidio
Station 15	1000 Ocean	Engine/Truck/Battalion	Ingleside
Station 16	2251 Greenwich	Engine/Truck	Marina, Cow Hollow, Presidio
Station 17	1295 Shafter	Engine/Truck	Bayview/Hunters Point
Station 18	1933 32nd Avenue	Engine/Truck	Sunset
Station 19	390 Buckingham	Engine/Truck	Park Merced, Stonestown, Lake Merced
Station 20	285 Olympia	Engine/Mobile Air Unit	Forest Hill, Inner Sunset
Station 21	1443 Grove	Engine	Fillmore, Western Addition, Haight
Station 22	1290 16th Avenue	Engine	Inner Sunset
Station 23	1348 45th Avenue	Engine	Sunset
Station 24	100 Hoffman	Engine	Noe Valley, Castro, Twin Peaks
Station 25	3305 3rd Street	Engine	Potrero Hill, Bayview/Hunters Point
Station 26	80 Digby	Engine	Glen Park, Diamond Heights
Station 28	1814 Stockton	Engine	North Beach, Telegraph Hill
Station 29	299 Vermont	Engine	Potrero Hill, Mission District
Station 31	441 12th Avenue	Engine/Battalion	Richmond
Station 32	194 Park	Engine	Bernal Heights, Mission District
Station 33	8 Capitol	Engine	OceanView, Merced Heights
Station 34	499 41st Avenue	Engine	Outer Richmond
Station 35	Pier 22½	Engine/Fireboat	Embarcadero, Downtown, South Beach
Station 36	109 Oak Street	Engine/Battalion	Civic Center, Hayes Valley
Station 37	798 Wisconsin	Engine	Potrero Hill, Dog Patch
Station 38	2150 California	Engine/Battalion	Pacific Heights, Marina, Upper Fillmore
Station 39	1091 Portola	Engine	Miraloma, St. Francis Wood, West Portal
Station 40	2155 18th Avenue	Engine/Battalion	Parkside, Forest Hill
Station 41	1325 Leavenworth	Engine	Russian Hill, Nob Hill
Station 42	2430 San Bruno Avenue	Engine	Portola, Silver Terrace
Station 43	720 Moscow	Engine	Excelsior, Outer Mission, Crocker Amazon
Station 44	1298 Girard	Engine	Visitacion Valley, Sunnydale
Station 48	Treasure Island	Engine/Truck/Hose Tender	Treasure Island

 

   Each such firehouse shall remain open 24 hours a day, and the emergency apparatus located at each firehouse shall be adequately staffed so as to be able to respond to a fire, medical or other emergency 24 hours a day. The Fire Department shall not close, abandon or consolidate any existing firehouse, or provide a level of service at that firehouse or for the apparatus within that firehouse, lower than that existing as of January 1, 2004, except as specified below.

   In addition to the apparatus housed within each neighborhood firehouse as of January 1, 2004, as listed above, the Fire Department shall maintain and operate 24 hours per day the following: an arson/fire investigation unit; no fewer than four ambulances; and four Rescue Captains (Medical Supervisors). The Chief of the Department shall determine which station will house those units.

   The Fire Department, with the concurrence of the Fire Commission and subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors, may establish such additional firehouses as it deems necessary to meet the safety needs of the residents of the City and County of San Francisco. The Fire Department may relocate apparatus from one neighborhood firehouse to another only if the Chief, with the concurrence of the Fire Commission and approval by the Board of Supervisors, declares doing so is necessary to meet the safety needs of the citizenry and will not prevent servicing that neighborhood 24 hours a day. In no event may the Fire Department remove apparatus from a neighborhood firehouse if doing so prevents that firehouse from responding to fires and medical emergency calls from that location 24 hours a day.

   A neighborhood firehouse listed above may be closed only for unsafe structural conditions, or if necessary to retrofit or renovate the building, or if it has been replaced by a new firehouse in that same neighborhood. Such closure must be recommended by the Fire Department, concurred in by the Fire Commission, and approved by the Board of Supervisors, and must be accompanied by a detailed plan for restoring adequate services to the neighborhood served by that firehouse as soon as possible.

   Nothing in this Section shall prevent the Fire Department from temporarily closing a firehouse and moving the apparatus within it if that firehouse poses an immediate danger to public safety, provided that the Department shall seek the concurrence of the Fire Commission and the approval of the Board of Supervisors as soon as is reasonably possible.

   Nothing in this provision shall diminish, interfere with or otherwise alter the Mayor's authority under Article III, Section 3.100(13)* of the Charter.

(Added by Proposition F, 11/8/2005)

* Editor's Note:
   Charter Sec. 3.100(13) was redesignated as 3.100(14) by Proposition C, adopted at the November 2, 2010 election.

ARTICLE VI: REAL PROPERTY; RECREATION AND PARK

 

Sec. 2A.110.	Director of Property.
Sec. 2A.111.	Recreation and Park; New Facilities.

 

SEC. 2A.110. DIRECTOR OF PROPERTY.

   The Director of Property shall have the charge of the purchase of real property and improvements required for all City and County purposes, and the sale and lease of real property and improvements thereon owned by the City and County, except as otherwise provided by the Charter. In the acquisition of property required for street opening, widening or other public improvements, the Director shall make preliminary appraisals of the value of the property sought to be condemned or otherwise acquired, and report thereon to the responsible officer. It shall be his or duty, in addition, to assist in such proceedings on the request of the responsible officer.

   Except for the Convention Facilities Management Department, each department authorized by the approval of bond issues or by annual or supplemental appropriation ordinances to purchase or lease property or improvements needed for the purposes of such department shall make such purchases or leases through the Director of Property. The Director of Property shall make a preliminary valuation of the property to be acquired or leased and report the same to the department requiring such property. For such purposes the Director of Property may employ independent appraisers. The Director of Property shall conduct negotiations with the owner or owners thereof, at the conclusion of which the Director shall report the terms on which such sale or lease may be concluded, together with his or her recommendations thereon. The head of the department concerned may report to the Board of Supervisors and recommend acceptance or that proceedings in eminent domain be instituted for the acquisition of such property.

   The Director of Property shall maintain complete records and maps of all real property owned by the City, which shall show the purchase price, if known, and the department in charge of each parcel, with reference to deeds or grants establishing the City's title.

   The Director of Property shall annually report to the Mayor, the Controller, the Director of Administrative Services, and the Supervisors, the estimated value of each parcel and improvement. The Director of Property shall make recommendations to the Mayor and Director of Administrative Services relative to the advantageous use, disposition, or sale of real property not in use.

(Added by Ord. 277-96, App. 7/3/96)

SEC. 2A.111. RECREATION AND PARK; NEW FACILITIES.

   The Recreation and Park Department shall have power to construct new parks, playgrounds, recreation centers, recreation facilities, squares and grounds, and to erect and maintain buildings and structures on parks, playgrounds, squares, avenues and grounds. Pursuant to Charter Section 16.107, the Recreation and Park Commission shall have the authority to prepare and approve the plans, specifications and estimates for all contracts and orders, and to award, execute and manage all contracts and orders for capital projects on real property under its jurisdiction or management.

(Added by Ord. 352-96, App. 9/11/96; amended by Ord. 118-00, File No. 000478, App. 6/2/2000)

ARTICLE VII: PUBLIC UTILITIES

 

Sec. 2A.130.	Public Utilities; Powers and Duties.
Sec. 2A.131.	Public Utility; Hetch Hetchy Project.
Sec. 2A.132.	Public Utility Accounting.
Sec. 2A.133.	Public Utilities; Foreign Trade Zones.
Sec. 2A.134.	Public Utility Rates.

 

SEC. 2A.130. PUBLIC UTILITIES; POWERS AND DUTIES.

   The Public Utilities Department shall locate and determine the character and type of all construction and additions, betterments and extensions to utilities under its control, and shall determine the policy for such construction or the making of such additions, betterments and extensions from the public funds under its jurisdiction; provided that in each such case it shall secure the recommendation of the Manager of Utilities, which shall be presented in writing and shall include analyses of cost, service and estimated revenues of all proposed or feasible alternatives in cases where it is deemed by the manager that such alternatives exist.

   The Department shall also have power to enter into contract for the furnishing of heat, light and power for municipal purposes, and to supervise the performance and check the monthly bills under such contract. The Department shall provide adequate electric power to the municipal railway for its prudent use in providing transit services and related activities.

   The Department shall have full power and authority to enter into such arrangements and agreements as it shall deem proper for the joint use with any other person, firm or corporation owning or having jurisdiction over poles, conduits, towers, stations, aqueducts, and reservoirs for the operation of any of the utilities under its jurisdiction.

   The Department shall observe all City and County ordinances and the regulations of the Department of Public Works relative to utility openings, structures and poles in streets and other public places, as well as all ordinances and regulations relative to barricades, construction lights, refilling excavations and replacing and maintaining street pavements; and in connection with all such matters the said Department shall be subject to the same inspection rules and pay fees to the proper department in the same manner and at the same rates as any private person or corporation.

   The Department shall have charge of all valuation work relative or incidental to purchase proceedings initiated by the City and County for the acquisition of any public utility.

(Added by Ord. 352-96, App. 9/11/96)

SEC. 2A.131. PUBLIC UTILITY; HETCH HETCHY PROJECT.

   The Hetch Hetchy Project shall not be deemed completed until a specific finding of completion thereof has been made by the Public Utilities Commission and approved by the Board of Supervisors by a two-thirds vote of all members.

(Added by Ord. 352-96, App. 9/11/96)

SEC. 2A.132. PUBLIC UTILITY ACCOUNTING.

   The Public Utilities Department shall maintain separate accounts for each utility in such manner as to exhibit exact and complete financial results of ownership, management and operation; the actual cost of each utility; all costs of maintenance, extension and improvement; all operating expenses of every description; the general expenses of the Commission and bureaus thereof apportioned to each such utility; the amount paid or set aside for depreciation, insurance, interest and sinking fund; and estimates of the amount of taxes that would be chargeable against such property and the revenue thereof if privately owned and operated. All accounts shall be maintained in accordance with forms and requirements for public utilities engaged in like character of service, insofar as these shall be applicable to publicly owned and operated utilities.

(Added by Ord. 352-96, App. 9/11/96)