Regulating Balloon and Kite Advertising. | |
Notice to Director of Public Works. | |
Inspection. | |
Filing Fee. | |
License Fees. |
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to release inside the limits of the City and County of San Francisco, or to release in such a manner that the same will float over the City and County of San Francisco, or any portion thereof, any balloon or kite carrying any advertising matter thereon or used for the purpose of advertising any person, firm, corporation or product, or to suspend in the air over the City and County of San Francisco, or any portions thereof, either by ropes, strings, wires or cables, any balloon or kite carrying any advertising matter thereon or used for the purpose of advertising any person, firm, corporation or product, without having first obtained a permit therefor from the Police Department, which said permit shall specify the name of the permittee and the location of the place of business of said permittee.
(Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38)
No permittee authorized to do the things set out in Section 989 of this Article, shall release or fly any balloon or kite for the aforesaid purposes, within this city and county, without first notifying in writing the Director of Public Works of the location from which said balloon or kite is to be flown, released, attached or suspended.
(Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38)
It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Works, upon receipt of the aforesaid written notice from the permittee, to inspect the said kite or balloon and ropes, strings, wires or cables, and the mechanism used in suspending, tying, raising or lowering the kite or balloon for the purpose of ascertaining whether they are of sufficient strength and texture and mechanically proper to permit their operation in safety; but in no instance shall the Director of Public Works allow any kite or balloon for the aforesaid purposes to be used to which is attached any wire, wire cable or metallic substance, or which is painted with a metallic paint.
(Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38)
Every person desiring a permit pursuant to Section 989 of this Article shall file an application with the Chief of Police upon a form provided by said Chief of Police and shall pay a filing fee.
(Added by Ord. 555-81, App. 11/12/81)
Any person, firm, or corporation permitted by the Police Department to release, fly, float, suspend, raise or lower any kite or balloon as set out in Section 989 of this Article, shall pay to the Tax Collector of this City and County a license fee per balloon or kite per person for the privilege of using said permit.
(Added by Ord. 143-82, App. 3/26/82)