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)