ARTICLE 13:
MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS FOR PROFESSIONS AND TRADES

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[Carrying Firearms]
Sec. 840.	Carrying Firearms, Etc. – Regulations Governing.
Sec. 841.	Carrying Firearms, Etc. – Requirements.
Sec. 842.	Carrying Firearms, Etc. – Penalty for Violation.
Sec. 843.	Saving Clause.
[Physicians; Reporting Requirements]
Sec. 857.	Physicians, Etc., to Report Injuries by Criminal Means.
Sec. 858.	Physician Practicing to Report.
Sec. 859.	Exceptions.
[Lights; Fire Escapes]
Sec. 889.	Requiring Red Lights Placed at Fire Escapes.
Sec. 890.	Owner to Place White Light in Hallway.
Sec. 891.	Chief of Police to Enforce.
Sec. 892.	Penalty.
[Junk Dealers]
Sec. 895.	Permit Required.
[Automatic Checkout Systems]
Sec. 900.	Definitions.
Sec. 901.	Item Prices.
Sec. 902.	Penalty.
Sec. 903.	Injunctive Relief.
Sec. 904.	Severability.
[Public Rooms]
Sec. 911.	Defining Public Rooms.
Sec. 912.	Loitering in Public Rooms Prohibited.
Sec. 913.	Unauthorized Use of Public Rooms Prohibited.
Sec. 914.	Penalty.
[Hotels, Etc.]
Sec. 919.	Requiring Operators of Hotels, Motels, Auto Courts and Furnished Apartment House Keepers to Keep a Register of Guests.
Sec. 919.1.	Prohibiting Residential Hotel Operators from Charging Visitor Fees; Limiting Residential Hotel Restrictions on Visitors; Violation is an Infraction.
Sec. 920.	Registering for Lodging Accommodations Under Fictitious Names Prohibited.
Sec. 921.	Penalty.
[Police Badges]
Sec. 934.	Regulating Sale of Police Badges.
[Press Cards]
Sec. 939.	Issuance of Press Cards.
Sec. 939.1.	Definitions.
Sec. 939.2.	Display of Press Card.
Sec. 939.3.	Fee for Press Card.
Sec. 939.4.	Penalty.
[Sidewalk Elevators]
Sec. 944.	Sidewalk Elevator, Etc., Iron Door, Etc., and Lock Required.
Sec. 945.	Mechanical Device for Stopping Required.
Sec. 946.	Unlawful Openings Prohibited-Kind of Metal Guards Required.
Sec. 947.	Night Opening, Lamps and Guards Required For.
Sec. 948.	Trap-door, Kind of Metal Guards Required For.
Sec. 949.	Trap-door, While Open, Guards Required.
[Sales; Miscellaneous Prohibitions]
Sec. 954.	Sale of Merchandise on Ocean Beach Prohibited.
Sec. 955.	Prohibited Soliciting Upon Streets of Magazine Subscriptions, Etc.
[Gas Supply, Residential]
Sec. 959.	Regulating Turning Off of Gas Supply in Hotels and Dwellings.
Sec. 960.	Use of Defective Stop Cocks in Hotels and Dwellings Prohibited.
Sec. 961.	Penalty.
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Sec. 964.	Crushing Rock, Etc., Within Certain Hours, Etc., Prohibited.
[Transportation Tickets]
Sec. 969.	Transportation Tickets-Regulating Sale Of.
Sec. 970.	Regulations to be Posted.
Sec. 971.	Penalty.
Sec. 972.	Exceptions.
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Sec. 974.	[See Editor's Note below.]
Sec. 975.	[See Editor's Note below.]

 

Editor's Notes:
   The bracketed division headers in this Article have been provided by the editor as an aid for the user and are not official parts of the Code.
   Sections 974.1 et seq. are codified at Article 13.1 below.
   Sections 975.1 et seq. are codified at Article 13.2 below.

[Carrying Firearms]

Editor's Note:
   See also the following Police Code provisions:
      ∙ Art. 9, Secs. 613 et seq., Miscellaneous Conduct Regulations (relating to firearms and ammunition).
      ∙ Art. 35, Firearm Strict Liability Act.
      ∙ Art. 36, Prohibiting the Carrying of a Firearm While under the Influence of an Alcoholic Beverage or Drug, or Possession of a Firearm While upon Public Premises Selling or Serving Alcoholic Beverages.
      ∙ Art. 36A, Sale, Manufacture and Distribution of Firearms and Ammunition; Possession of Handguns.
      ∙ Art. 36B, Storage of Firearms in Motor Vehicles.
      ∙ Art. 45, Firearms and Weapons Violence Prevention Ordinance.

SEC. 840. CARRYING FIREARMS, ETC. – REGULATIONS GOVERNING.

   Any person who in the course of employment or his livelihood carries a firearm or any other deadly or dangerous weapons as defined by Section 1291-A, Article 17, Chapter VIII, Part II of the San Francisco Municipal Code, concealed or unconcealed, shall register with the Chief of Police in writing by signed statement, stating the name, occupation, residence and business address of the registrant, his age, height, weight, color of eyes and hair, and reason desired to carry such weapon, and shall submit therewith two sets of fingerprints and one photograph.

(Added by Ord. 6350, Series of 1939, App. 11/22/50)

SEC. 841. CARRYING FIREARMS, ETC. – REQUIREMENTS.

   Any person carrying a firearm or any other deadly or dangerous weapon as defined by said Section 1291-A, Article 17, Chapter VIII, of the San Francisco Municipal Code, in the City and County of San Francisco, must:

   (1)   Be at least 21 years of age;

   (2)   Be a citizen of the United States;

   (3)   Be of good moral character;

   (4)   Be able to manifest a knowledge of Sections 197, 834, 835, 837 and 847 of the Penal Code of the State of California.

(Added by Ord. 6350, Series of 1939, App. 11/12/50)

SEC. 842. CARRYING FIREARMS, ETC. – PENALTY FOR VIOLATION.

   Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of Section 840 to 842 of this Article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding $500, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Added by Ord. 6350, Series of 1939, App. 11/22/50)