ARTICLE 24:
REGULATING STREET ARTISTS*

Sec. 2400.	Statement of Purpose and Text of Street Artist Ordinance.
Sec. 2401.	Additional Definitions.
Sec. 2402.	Compensation of Advisory Committee.
Sec. 2403.	Age Eligibility for Street Artists.
Sec. 2404.	Street Artist Certificate: Disclaimer, Transfer, and Display.
Sec. 2404.1.	Street Artist Certificate: Fee.
Sec. 2404.1.1.	Street Artist Application/Examination Fee.
Sec. 2404.2.	Fee Setting Procedure.
Sec. 2404.3.	Street Artist Certificate Fee Waivers for Honorably Discharged Veterans.
Sec. 2405.	Regulations for Street Artists.
Sec. 2406.	Lottery.
Sec. 2407.	Director of Public Works to Provide Markings.
Sec. 2408.	Issuance, Denial, Suspension or Revocation of Certificate: Appeals.
Sec. 2409.	Appeals to Board of Permit Appeals.
Sec. 2410.	Criminal Violations: Penalties.
Sec. 2411.	Severability.

 

SEC. 2400. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND TEXT OF STREET ARTIST ORDINANCE.

   This ordinance is enacted to implement an initiative ordinance approved by the electors of San Francisco as Proposition "L" at the election held on November 4, 1975. The provisions of Proposition "L" are set forth herein for convenience and may only be amended by the electors of San Francisco. Proposition "L" reads as follows:

REGULATING STREET ARTISTS AND CRAFTSPERSONS.

SEC. 1	Definitions
SEC. 2	Advisory Committee of Street Artists and Crafts Examiners; Establishment; Appointments; Compensation; Terms; Chairperson; Secretary
SEC. 3	Application
SEC. 4	Examination
SEC. 5	Issuance of Certificate
SEC. 6	Certificate Fee; Period
SEC. 7	Regulating Street Artists and Craftspersons
SEC. 8	Designation of Sales Areas
SEC. 9	Repeal

 

"SEC. 1. DEFINITIONS.

   For the purposes of this ordinance the following words or phrases shall mean or include:

   (a)   "Art Commission." The Art Commission of the City and County.

   (b)   "Advisory Committee." The Advisory Committee of Street Artists and Crafts Examiners of the City and County.

   (c)   "City and County." The City and County of San Francisco.

   (d)   "Family Unit." Two or more persons jointly engaged in the creation or production of an art or craft item, no one of whom stands in an employer-employee relationship to any of the other members thereof, or, two or more physically or mentally handicapped persons participating in a formal rehabilitation program a part of which includes activities for the creation of arts and crafts by said persons.

   (e)   "Person." Any individual, copartnership, firm, association, joint stock company, corporation, or combination of individuals of whatever form or character; provided, however, that whenever a right, privilege, or power is conferred upon a person by the provisions of this ordinance, the term "person" shall mean an individual natural person.