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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)
Division II.
PARKING AND TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS
PARKING AND TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS
Citations for violations listed in this Article 12, may be issued by citing either the former Traffic Code section number applicable to the violation that appears in parenthesis at the end of each section or subsection below, or the current Police Code section number, or the applicable Vehicle Code section number, without affecting the validity of the citation.
(Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008)
The following actions are prohibited, and each and every violation of the prohibitions listed in this Section 835.2 shall be a misdemeanor; provided however, that upon sentencing, the charge may be reduced to an infraction in discretion of the Court, or the citation issued may be issued for the violation as an infraction in the discretion of the issuing officer. For the purposes of this Section, capitalized terms shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Transportation Code.
(a) Unauthorized Curb Painting. To paint any curb without the prior written authorization of the Municipal Transportation Agency. (38.I)
(b) Attempt to Cancel a Citation. To cancel, attempt to cancel or solicit the cancellation of any citation issued pursuant to the San Francisco Transportation Code or the Vehicle Code, in any manner other than as authorized by law. (157)
(c) Authorizing Use or Display of Parking Permit. For a person holding a valid Parking Permit to allow the use or display of such Parking Permit on a vehicle other than the vehicle for which the permit is issued. (315(c), 412(c), 712(c))
(d) Counterfeit Parking Permits. To copy, produce or otherwise create a facsimile or counterfeit Parking Permit without written authorization from the Municipal Transportation Agency, (315(d), 412(d), 712(d))
(e) Removal of Vehicles Involved in a Collision. For the owner or operator of any vehicle involved in any collision resulting in property damage or a collision which does not involve serious bodily injury, to refuse to permit the removal of a vehicle to the side of the roadway when necessary to allow for the passage of public transit vehicles when so directed by a Police Officer or an employee of the Municipal Transportation Agency. (25)
(f) Willful Damage to Parking Meters Prohibited. For any unauthorized person to deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any Parking Meter without authorization. (208)
(g) False Application for Parking Permit. For a person to falsely represent themselves as eligible for a Parking Permit or to furnish false information in an application submitted to any agency that certifies eligibility to participate in a program or as a member of a class to which the SFMTA issues Parking Permits. (315(b), 412(b), 712(b))
(h) Soliciting Passengers.
(1) For a Private Bus to solicit passengers from any place within the City and County of San Francisco except in compliance with California Public Utilities Code § 5360.5.
(2) For the operator of a Private Bus to refuse produce identification, waybills or a valid CPUC permit upon the request of a Police or Parking Control Officer for the purpose of verifying valid prearranged travel.
(i) Driver of Tow Cars Not To Interfere with Police Investigation of Collisions. For a tow car operator to remove or attempt to remove any vehicle that has been involved in a collision, where the police have been summoned for the purpose of conducting an investigation; or to interfere with a police investigation by changing the position of any vehicle involved in a collision, except upon the authorization or direction of and in the presence of a Police Officer, or when necessary to release a person trapped within or under a vehicle, except that removal to the side of the roadway is authorized in collisions that do not involve personal injury when necessary to allow for the passage of public transit vehicles. (24)
[(j) Reserved.]
(k) Directing Traffic Without Authorization. It shall be unlawful for any person other than an officer of the Police Department, a member of the Fire Department, a Parking Control Officer or other person authorized by law to direct or attempt to direct traffic by voice, hand or other signal.
(l) Purchase, Sale, Possession of Motor Vehicle Tires Without Identification Marks. Any person, firm or corporation who buys, sells, receives, disposes of, conceals, or is knowingly in possession of any automobile tire or casing, motor vehicle tire or casing, motorcycle tire or casing from which identification marks have been obliterated or removed, defaced or changed, covered or destroyed, either in whole or in part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008)