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The Chief of Police shall investigate all applications and without unnecessary delay shall thereafter hear the application and then grant the application unless he or she finds:
(a) That any owner, officer or partner of the applicant within four years prior to the date of application, has been convicted of burglary, robbery, theft, receipt of stolen property, breaking or removing parts from a vehicle, malicious mischief to a vehicle, unlawful use or tampering by bailee of a vehicle, altering a vehicle identification, or any offense related to the use of alcohol, narcotics or controlled substances; or
(b) That any owner, officer or partner of the applicant has intentionally falsified any statement contained in the application; or
(c) For fixed location permits, that the number of proposed parking spaces is insufficient to ensure that the valet parking operation will not be required to use on-street parking spaces.
Upon granting the fixed location permit or the annual special event permit, the Chief of Police shall forward the permit(s) to the Tax Collector who shall issue a license or licenses upon payment by the applicant of the license fee(s), as set forth in Section 2.27 of this Code. The license fee for this permit shall be paid annually on or before March 31, in accordance with the provisions of Section 76.1 of the Business and Tax Regulations Code.
(Added by Ord. 156-85, App. 3/28/85; amended by Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008; Ord. 238-11, File No. 111101, App. 12/15/2011, Eff. 1/14/2012)
The Chief of Police shall revoke a permit issued hereunder if, after a hearing on the matter, he or she finds that grounds exist which would have constituted just cause for refusal to issue such permit, that the permittee has repeatedly parked vehicles under its control in a manner contrary to law, or that the permittee has failed to comply with any requirements imposed by this ordinance or any rules and regulations issued by the Chief to carry out the purposes of this ordinance. Written notice of the revocation hearing, setting forth the time and place of hearing and a brief statement of the reason(s) for the proposed revocation, shall be served on or mailed to the permittee at the business address listed in the permit application no less than 10 days prior to the hearing.
(Added by Ord. 156-85, App. 3/28/85; Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008)
The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations after noticed hearing to effectuate the purposes of this ordinance. Failure to comply with such rules and regulations, or with any other requirements imposed by this ordinance, shall constitute grounds for revocation of a permit.
The permittee shall have the permit(s) required by this ordinance in its possession at the place where it is conducting any valet parking activity under the permit(s), and shall exhibit such permit(s) on demand of any peace officer.
Upon the receipt of each motor vehicle accepted for valet parking, the permittee shall give to the vehicle owner or operator a claim check for the vehicle. The claim check shall show the corporation or business name of the permittee and shall explicitly state the terms and conditions under which the vehicle is being accepted. The permittee shall display the corporation or business name of the permittee, and the date and the street address of the event for which valet parking is being conducted in a clearly visible manner on the driver's side of each motor vehicle throughout the time that said vehicle is in the permittee's custody and control.
The permittee shall, within 10 days of the change of the name of the permittee entity or the change in one or more partners or officers or in the ownership of 10 percent or more of the corporate stock, inform the Police Department, in writing, of such change.
(Added by Ord. 156-85, App. 3/28/85; Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008)
(a) Every corporation, partnership or other business entity holding a valid or unrevoked permit under this ordinance shall maintain a continuously updated list of the names, residence addresses and current driver's license numbers of all of its employees who perform valet parking. Such list shall be maintained at the business address listed on the permit application, and shall be available for inspection and copying during business hours on demand of any peace officer.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any employee who has been convicted of any of the offenses listed in Section 1218(a) to perform valet parking.
(c) Every employee who performs valet parking shall wear conspicuously upon their person throughout every valet parking event a numbered badge to be provided by the permittee, of a type and design previously approved by the Chief of Police. The permittee shall maintain a record of the names of such employee issued such a badge and of the badge number assigned to each such employee, as part of the list required to be maintained under Subsection (a) above.
(Added by Ord. 156-85, App. 3/28/85; Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008)
Nothing in this ordinance authorizes, the parking of motor vehicles by valet parking operators in a manner contrary to applicable state laws and local parking and traffic regulations.
(Added by Ord. 156-85, App. 3/28/85; Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008)
If any of the provisions of Sections 1216 through 1222 or the application of such provisions to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder of those sections or the application of such provisions to the persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby.
(Added by Ord. 156-85, App. 3/28/85; Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008)
Every person, firm or corporation within the City and County of San Francisco engaged in the business of buying, selling, exchanging or dealing in used or secondhand magnetos, speedometers, equipment, storage batteries, parts of automobile or other automobile accessories of all kinds and description, shall keep a record of the purchase, sale, exchange or storage of such articles, which shall at all times be open to the inspection of the Chief of Police or any officer detailed by him and shall within 24 hours after the purchase, sale, exchange or acceptance for storage of such articles, make out and deliver to the Chief of Police a full and complete record of the purchase, sale, exchange, or acceptance for storage of such used or secondhand automobile, motor vehicle, motorcycle, equipment or automobile accessory.
The said report shall contain the name and address of the person, firm or corporation from whom purchased, or taken in exchange or for storage or to whom sold, the make, state license number, motor number, body number, generator number, starter number, carburetor number, magneto number, storage battery number, transmission number, radiator number, and speedometer number, or any other mark of identification, make, size and serial number of each tire, including extra tires, style and seating capacity of all secondhand automobiles purchased, sold, exchanged or placed in storage; make, size and number of secondhand automobile tires; make and number of secondhand radiators, magnetos and speedometers, equipment, storage batteries, parts of automobile and all other accessories having a serial number, and such other information concerning said articles as may be necessary to prove ownership and identity of said used or secondhand automobiles, motor vehicles, motorcycles, equipment or automobile accessories.
Said report shall be written in the English language in a clear and legible manner on blanks furnished by the Chief of Police.
(Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38)
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