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Every person, firm or corporation engaging in or carrying on the business or occupation of billposting or advertising sign painting or outdoor advertising or maintaining billboards shall cause the name of such person, firm or corporation to be plainly painted in a conspicuous place on the outside of any wagon or vehicle used in such business or occupation and shall keep the same plain and distinct at all times.
Every employee of any person, firm or corporation, while employed in posting bills or painting signs or bulletins, shall wear a metal badge or shield on which shall appear in legible characters the name of the person, firm or corporation by whom such employee is employed.
As used in this Code, the term "dog kennel" shall mean and include any enclosure, premises, building, structure, lot or area in or on which more than three dogs of at least six months of age are kept, harbored, or maintained for commercial or noncommercial purposes for continuous periods of 24 hours or more; provided, however, that this definition shall not include City and County departments, recognized educational institutions, or medical research facilities which are in conformity with State or Federal law.
(Amended by Ord. 226-73, App. 6/22/73)
Any person, firm or corporation in the City and County granted a permit for the maintenance and operation of a dog kennel shall pay to the Tax Collector an annual license fee of $130 for the privilege of maintaining such dog kennel. Such annual license shall be for the fiscal year or any part thereof during which said dog kennel shall be maintained, and shall be due and payable in advance on the first day of October of each year and shall expire on the thirtieth day of September of the next year provided the above-mentioned permit has not been revoked.
(Amended by Ord. 105-74, App. 2/27/74; Ord. 207-93, App. 6/25/93)
The issuance of any license or permit to keep an animal as provided for herein in prima facie evidence that the owner has satisfied the basic licensing requirements under this Article, but such issuance shall be given no evidentiary weight to indicate that the owner has conformed to zoning regulations, building regulations, health and safety regulations, or to any other applicable rule, regulation, or statute, unless, pursuant to the issuance, official written approval has been given by the office or agency responsible for the administration of the rule, regulation, or statute in question. If such approval has been given, it shall be deemed prima facie evidence that the matter approved is in conformity with the rule, regulation, or statute in question.
(Added by Ord. 314-71, App. 12/23/71)
Whenever an application is made for a license to do business in the City and County of San Francisco, or a renewal of such license, and the business is a pet shop, a circus, an animal exhibit, or an enterprise which maintains animals in the course of business, the Tax Collector shall, before issuance or reissuance of the license, notify the Director of Animal Control. The Director of Animal Control shall promptly and within a reasonable time ascertain whether or not the owner of the animals is in conformity with the provisions of Article 1, Chapter V, Part II, Municipal Code (Health Code), and notify the Tax Collector of his findings. If the owner is in conformity with such provisions, the license may be issued; but if the owner is in violation of said Article, the license may not be issued or reissued until the condition causing the violation has been corrected as determined in a subsequent inspection.
(Added by Ord. 314-71, App. 12/23/71; amended by Ord. 133-91, App. 4/5/91)
All fees collected by the Tax Collector for dog licenses, dog kennel licenses, cat registrations, and business licenses for such businesses as maintain animals in the course of business, pursuant to Sections 220 and 221 of this Article, or Section 41.15 of the San Francisco Health Code, and all fees and donations collected by the Department of Animal Care and Control and any authorized licensing entities for dog licenses, as provided in Section 41.15 of the San Francisco Health Code, or for the sale, redemption or surrender of impounded animals and for the care and feeding thereof, as provided in Section 41.10 of the San Francisco Health Code shall be paid or delivered into the San Francisco Animal Control and Welfare Fund established by Section 10.117-87 of the San Francisco Administrative Code.
(Amended by Ord. 93-72, App. 4/12/72; Ord. 182-89, App. 6/5/89; Ord. 2-02, File No. 010491, App. 1/18/2002)
For license periods beginning on or before March 31, 2026, every person, firm, or corporation using an open flame or candles that require a permit from the Fire Department shall pay an annual license fee of $359. For license periods beginning on or after April 1, 2026, the annual license fee shall be $0.
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