[Hotels, Etc.]

SEC. 919. REQUIRING OPERATORS OF HOTELS, MOTELS, AUTO COURTS AND FURNISHED APARTMENT HOUSE KEEPERS TO KEEP A REGISTER OF GUESTS.

   The owner, manager or person in charge of any hotel, motel, auto court, or furnished apartment house shall keep a suitable book or register cards, open to inspection by regularly employed members of a law enforcement agency, in which all occupants of hotels, motels, auto courts, and furnished apartments shall sign their names, and the number of the hotel room, motel, auto court, or furnished apartment assigned to these guests shall be indicated on the registry book or registry cards.

(Amended by Ord. 1071, Series of 1939, App. 12/3/57)

SEC. 919.1. PROHIBITING RESIDENTIAL HOTEL OPERATORS FROM CHARGING VISITOR FEES; LIMITING RESIDENTIAL HOTEL RESTRICTIONS ON VISITORS; VIOLATION IS AN INFRACTION.

   (a)   No operator, employee or agent of a Residential Hotel, as defined in San Francisco Administrative Code Section 41.4, may impose or collect a charge for any person to visit a guest or occupant of the hotel. No operator, employee or agent of Residential Hotel may implement or impose any policy restricting persons from visiting guests or occupants of Residential Hotel except in accordance with the provisions of the Uniform Residential Hotel Visitor Policy or any Supplemental Visitor Policy approved pursuant to Administrative Code Chapter 41D. The provisions of this Section shall be posted on an 8-1/2 inch by 11-inch sign in the lobby of each such Residential Hotel in an area visible to guests and occupants.

   (b)   Penalty. In addition to any available civil penalties, any operator, employee or agent of a Residential Hotel who violates any of the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of an infraction, the penalty for which shall be a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500, consistent with the California Government Code.

(Added by Ord. 135-01, File No. 010526, App. 7/6/2001; amended by Ord. 62-02, File No. 020343, App. 5/3/2002; Ord. 38-17, File No. 161291, App. 2/17/2017, Eff. 3/19/2017)

SEC. 920. REGISTERING FOR LODGING ACCOMMODATIONS UNDER FICTITIOUS NAMES PROHIBITED.

   No person shall write or cause to be written, or knowingly permit to be written, in any register in any hotel, motel, auto court, lodging house, rooming house, or other place whatsoever where transients are accommodated in the City and County of San Francisco, any other or different name or designation than the true or legal name of the person so registered therein.

(Added by Ord. 256-67, App. 9/27/67)

SEC. 921. PENALTY.

   Any person violating any of the provisions of Section 920 of this Article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $500 or by imprisonment in the County Jail not exceeding 180 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Added by Ord. 256-67, App. 9/27/67)

SEC. 924.

(Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38; repealed by Ord. 194-12 , File No. 120672, App. 9/17/2012, Eff. 10/17/2012)

SEC. 925.

(Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38; repealed by Ord. 194-12 , File No. 120672, App. 9/17/2012, Eff. 10/17/2012)

SEC. 926.

(Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38; repealed by Ord. 194-12 , File No. 120672, App. 9/17/2012, Eff. 10/17/2012)

SEC. 927.

(Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38; repealed by Ord. 194-12 , File No. 120672, App. 9/17/2012, Eff. 10/17/2012)

SEC. 928.

(Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38; repealed by Ord. 194-12 , File No. 120672, App. 9/17/2012, Eff. 10/17/2012)

SEC. 929.

(Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38; repealed by Ord. 194-12 , File No. 120672, App. 9/17/2012, Eff. 10/17/2012)