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No person or persons, firm, company, corporation or association shall fire or discharge any fireworks of any kind or description within the limits of the City and County of San Francisco.
Provided, however, that public displays of fireworks may be given with the joint written consent of the Fire Marshal and the Chief of Police.
(Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38; Ord. 50-11, File No. 101120, App. 3/16/2011)
(a) As used in this Section, but in no wise limited thereto, "dangerous or deadly weapon" shall mean: any knife with a blade three inches or more in length; any spring-blade, switch-blade, or snap-blade or other similar type knife; any knife any blade of which is automatically released by a spring mechanism or other mechanical device; any ice pick, or similar sharp, stabbing tool; any straight edge razor or any razor blade fitted to a handle; any cutting, stabbing, bludgeoning weapon or device capable of inflicting grievous bodily harm.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person, while carrying concealed upon his person any dangerous or deadly weapon, to loaf or loiter upon any public street, sidewalk, or alley, or to wander about from place to place, with no lawful business thereby to perform, or to hide, lurk, loiter upon or about the premises of another.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person who has concealed upon his person or who has in his immediate physical possession any dangerous or deadly weapon to engage in any fight or to participate in any other rough or disorderly conduct upon any public place or way or upon the premises of another.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person who has concealed upon his person any dangerous or deadly weapon to loiter about any place where intoxicating liquors are sold or any other place of public resort.
(e) The foregoing restrictions shall not be deemed to prohibit the carrying of ordinary tools or equipment carried in good faith for uses of honest work, trade or business or for the purpose of legitimate recreation.
(f) Any person who shall violate this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, the penalty for which shall be imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(g) Any person who shall violate this Section on a Municipal Transportation Agency transit platform or vehicle or within 25 feet of a bus zone shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, the penalty for which shall be imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
For purposes of this Section, "a Municipal Transportation Agency transit platform" shall include, but not be limited to: an outdoor high-level boarding platform, a street-level boarding island, paid areas of any public transit station (including stations operated by the Bay Area Transit District), and MTA pole stops. "A Municipal Transportation Agency transit vehicle" shall include, but not be limited to: a street car, a cable car, a motor coach, a trolley coach, or other in-service public transit vehicle.
(h) In the event that the Juvenile Court sustains a petition against a minor for conduct violating this Section (or the minor otherwise admits or submits to the petition), the Board of Supervisors urges the Court to favor community service and an in-home or other "noncustodial" placement in disposing of the case.
(Amended by Ord. 9939, Series of 1939, App. 10/17/56; Ord. 227-10, File No. 100879, App. 8/17/2010)
Notwithstanding any provision of this Article to the contrary, no person shall sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, keep, carry, possess, loan, transfer or give to any other person, any spring-blade, switch-blade, snap-blade knife, or other similar type knife, or any knife any blade of which is automatically released by a spring mechanism or other mechanical device. Violation of this Section shall be punished by fine of not less than $50 nor more than $100, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period of not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days.
(Added by Ord. 9938, Series of 1939; App. 10/17/56)
(a) Definitions. "Knife" includes, but is not limited to: any instrument with a cutting blade, made of steel or other similar durable cutting surface, capable of inflicting bodily harm.
(b) Ban on the Sale of Knives to Minors. Notwithstanding any provision of this Article to the contrary or any type of knife already proscribed under California Penal Code Sections 653(k) and 12020(a), no person shall knowingly sell, offer for sale, expose for sale or transfer to any minor, any type of knife as defined in Subsection (a), other than table knives. This prohibition shall not apply to the sale or transfer of knives defined in Subsection (a) by a parent or guardian to their own child.
(c) Penalties. Any person violating any provision of this Article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor or an infraction. The complaint charging such violation shall specify whether the violation is a misdemeanor or infraction, which decision shall be that of the District Attorney. If charged as an infraction, upon conviction, the violator shall be punished by a fine of not less than $125 or more than $250 for each provision violated. If charged as a misdemeanor, upon conviction, the violator shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500 or more than $600 for each provision violated or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period of not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. In any accusatory pleading charging a violation of this Article, if the defendant has been previously convicted of a violation of this Article, each such previous violation and conviction shall be charged in the accusatory pleading. Any person violating any provision of this Article a second time within a thirty day period shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than $650 and not more than $750 for each provision violated, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period of not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any person violating any provision of this Article a third time, and each subsequent time, within a thirty day period shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than $750 and not more than $1000 for each provision violated, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period of not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(Added by Ord. 239-93, App. 8/4/93)
(a) No person shall for hire, guide or escort people through or about the City and County of San Francisco or any part thereof, unless he shall have paid a license fee in advance; provided, however, that no license shall be issued hereunder unless the applicant therefore shall first have obtained a written permit from the Chief of Police authorizing him to act as such guide. The license fee 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.
(b) Every person desiring a permit pursuant to this Section shall file an application with the Chief of Police upon a form provided by said Chief of Police and shall pay a filing fee.
(c) Every licensed guide, while soliciting employment or acting as guide, shall wear conspicuously exposed on the outside lapel of his coat a badge, showing thereof his number and the words LICENSED GUIDE. The design, size and arrangement of numbering and lettering thereof shall be fixed by the Tax Collector, but shall be uniform. The badges shall be furnished by the Tax Collector at a cost fixed by the Tax Collector to cover the cost of issuing such badge, and shall be issued at the date of the issuance of the license herein provided for. Only one badge shall be issued to each licensed guide.
(d) The provisions of this Section shall not apply to nonprofit organizations guiding or escorting people through or about the City and County of San Francisco as part of an educational program, or to individuals guiding or escorting people through or about the City and County of San Francisco as part of an educational program sponsored by a nonprofit organization. Upon request of the Police Department, a nonprofit organization claiming exemption under this subsection shall provide verification in a form acceptable to the Chief of Police of (1) its nonprofit organization status, and (2) the educational program of which the tour is a component.
(Added by Ord. 555-81, App. 11/12/81; amended by Ord. 251-10, File No. 100528, App. 10/22/2010; Ord. 238-11, File No. 111101, App. 12/15/2011, Eff. 1/14/2012)
The Chief of Police, or the Chief’s designee, is authorized, on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, to provide signed verification that states an applicant for a neighborhood-restricted special on-sale general liquor license has completed the preapplication meeting required under California Business and Professions Code Section 23826.13(d)(3).
(Added by Ord. 246-18, File No. 180732, App. 10/26/2018, Eff. 11/26/2018, Oper. 11/2/2018)
The Chief of Police is authorized, on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, to request that the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control ("ABC") place conditions on a retail licensee or upon any licensee in the exercise of retail privileges, pursuant to California Business and Professions Code Section 23800. In support of the request, the Chief shall forward to the ABC substantial evidence that the requested conditions will mitigate problems either on the premises or in the immediate vicinity of the premises. The Chief is further authorized, on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, to file with the ABC written objections to or concurrence with the removal or modification of any conditions on an ABC liquor license, pursuant to California Business and Professions Code Section 23803. The Chief shall provide any such recommendations or objections to the ABC in a timely manner in accordance with ABC rules and regulations.
(Added by Ord. 263-00, File No. 001546, App. 11/17/2000)