Division I. Storage, Repair and Dismantling of Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Parts | |
Requiring Repairers and Storers of Damaged Automobiles and Public Garages to Keep Records Thereof. | |
Duties of Person in Charge of Garage or Parking Lot. | |
Notice of Charges to be Posted, Receipt for Vehicle. | |
Conditions for Acceptance for Storage or Parking. | |
Requiring Private Garages on Sidewalk Lines to Have Suitable Doors and Locks and Private Parking Lots to Provide Adequate Lighting or a Security Guard. | |
Requiring Keepers of Garages, Lots and Trailer Parks to Report Motor Vehicles Stored Therein When Ownership of Vehicle is Unknown. | |
Exception as to Disabled Motor Vehicle. | |
Division II. Parking and Traffic Violations | |
Traffic Code Section Numbering. | |
Violations. | |
Division I.
STORAGE, REPAIR AND DISMANTLING OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS
STORAGE, REPAIR AND DISMANTLING OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS
Every person, firm or corporation engaged within the City and County of San Francisco in the business of repairing motor vehicles, or of wrecking motor vehicles, and every person, firm or corporation conducting a public garage and every person, firm, corporation engaged in the storage of motor vehicles shall keep a full and complete record of the receipt for repair or storage of every damaged, partly demolished or injured motor vehicle, or of the wrecking of a motor vehicle, which shall at all times be open to the inspection of the Chief of Police, Such record shall contain the name and address of the person, firm or corporation from whom such automobile was received, purchased or taken in exchange or for storage or to whom sold, and the make, model, state of registration, license plate number, VIN number,, a full and complete description of the damages, demolition or injury and the cause and date thereof and the name and address of the owner thereof as ascertained from the person, firm or corporation from whom such motor vehicle was received. A business that engages in the wrecking or dismantling of motor vehicles, in addition to the records required above, shall also keep a record of the mileage shown on the odometer, and any discernible serial or manufacturers' numbers that identify individual parts of vehicles, including but not limited to, numbers on the vehicle transmission, windows and stereos. for such vehicle and shall deliver such record to the Chief of Police within 24 hours after the receipt of a motor vehicle. All records required by this section shall be written in the English language in a clear and legible manner.
(Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008)
Whenever any owner or operator of any motor vehicle offers the same for storage, temporary or permanent, in any public garage or parking lot in the City and County of San Francisco it shall be the duty of the owner or proprietor of said garage or parking lot to care for said motor vehicle in said garage or parking lot. If the garage or parking lot is incapable of receiving or storing any additional motor vehicles and if that fact is known to the owner or proprietor of said garage or parking lot, it shall be the duty of said owner or proprietor to advise the owner or operator of said motor vehicle that the garage or parking lot cannot receive, care for, or store said motor vehicle. If, with the consent of the owner or operator of said motor vehicle, the owner or proprietor of said garage or parking lot accepts the storage or parking of the motor vehicle, it shall be the duty of said owner or proprietor to store or park the motor vehicle in the nearest garage or parking lot in which storage space is available unless otherwise directed by the owner or operator of said motor vehicle. It shall be the duty of the owner of proprietor of said garage or parking lot at which said motor vehicle is offered for storage or parking, when called upon to so do, to return said motor vehicle to the owner or operator thereof who offered the same for storage or parking at the garage or parking lot where the same was offered for storage or parking. It shall be unlawful for the owner or proprietor of any garage or parking lot at which any motor vehicle is offered for storage or parking to park, or permit the same to be parked, on any public street, square, alley or other public place; provided, however, that nothing in this Article shall prevent the owner or proprietor of any garage or parking lot from storing said motor vehicle in any other garage or parking lot owned by him or her or under his or her control.
(Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008)
A list of charges for the storage or parking of a motor vehicle in a parking garage or lot must be posted at all times in a conspicuous place in the garage or lot It shall be unlawful to a higher price, rate or fee for the storing or parking of any motor vehicle than the posted charges. Every operator of a parking garage or lot shall, on request of the owner or operator of a vehicle, provide a receipt for, provide a receipt for the storage or parking of the vehicle, which receipt shall show the name and location of the garage or parking lot in which the motor vehicle is to be stored or parked.
(Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008)
No owner or proprietor of any garage or parking lot shall accept the storage or parking of any motor vehicle in any garage or parking lot unless the motor vehicle is offered for storage or parking by the owner or operator thereof, except when the motor vehicle is offered for storage or care through any hotel at which the owner or operator of said motor vehicle is, or is about to become, a bona fide guest or the motor vehicle is offered for storage or parking by any authorized employee of the holder of a fixed location valet parking permit or special event valet parking permit as provided for in this Code. No permit holder shall act as a solicitor for the storage or parking of motor vehicles except with the written authorization of the owner or proprietor of the garage or parking lot in which said motor vehicle is to be stored or parked. Said written authorization shall be maintained throughout the life of the permit.
(Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008)
(a) All private parking garages having entrances at the sidewalk line shall have well constructed doors and suitable locks. Private parking garage doors must be kept closed and securely latched, except when occupied by some person authorized to be in said garage or when said doors are opened to permit the entrance or exit of a vehicle.
(b) All private parking lots in the City and County of San Francisco providing parking facilities to the general public for a fee shall provide either lighting to one candle foot power adequate to illuminate the entire lot, or a security guard between the hours of dusk and 2:30 a.m.
(Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008)
Whenever any vehicle of a type required to be registered under the California Vehicle Code has been stored or parked in a garage, or lot or trailer park, for 10 days, and the ownership of said vehicle is unknown to the keeper thereof, said keeper shall thereupon report the presence of said vehicle in writing to the Chief of Police within 48 hours.
(Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008)
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