SEC. 902. GENERAL PERMIT CONDITIONS.

   The following general provisions apply to all permits issued under this Article 900.

   (a)   Application and Renewal. Permit applications must be submitted on a form supplied by the SFMTA. All required application and any other fees must be paid and all permit requirements satisfied before a permit may be issued. The SFMTA may require any information of the applicant which it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this Article. Permits may be renewed annually in compliance with any renewal procedures established by the SFMTA.

   (b)   Display of Permit. Should a physical permit be issued to a vehicle, permittees must maintain the permit at the site of the permitted activity and available for inspection in accordance with any requirements for permit display as may be established by the SFMTA, and shall make all permits available for inspection upon request by an employee of the Police Department or SFMTA.

   (c)   Prior Payments Required. No permit shall be issued or renewed until the applicant has paid all permit fees that are due to the SFMTA. No permit shall be issued to any applicant who is responsible for payment of one or more delinquent citations for violation of any provision of this Code or the Vehicle Code until all fines and fees associated with the citation are paid in full.

   (d)   Permit Fees.

      (1)   Fees for permits issued pursuant to this Article 9 1 shall be set forth in the SFMTA Fee and Fine Schedule and adjusted by an Automatic Index under the provisions in Section 301(b).

      (2)   Notwithstanding subsection (d)(1):

         (A)   The fee for Temporary Exclusive Use of Parking Meters under Section 904 shall not be adjusted by an Automatic Index under Section 301(b), but beginning July 1, 2024 the fee shall be increased every July 1 by $1 per 25 linear feet of construction frontage per day.

         (B)   The fee for Residential Parking Permits (RPP) in Section 905 shall be as follows for Fiscal Years 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 and then subject to an Automatic Index under Section 301(b), with the base fee for purposes of establishing the fee for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 being the fee effective July 1, 2025:

Residential Area Parking Permit (§ 905)	Effective July 1, 2024	Effective July 1, 2025
Motorcycle (Annual)	$95	$108
Motorcycle (Less than 6 months)	$50	$51
Resident/Business/School/Fire Station/Foreign Consulate/Medical & Childcare Provider Base Permit Fee:
(1 year):	$190	$215
(Less than 6 months):	$95	$108
Permit Transfer:	$25	$25
1-Day Flex Permit (purchased within one calendar year):
1-5 permits	$8	$9
6-15 permits	$10	$11
16-20 permits	$16	$17
Short-Term Permits
2 weeks:	$63	$66
4 weeks:	$90	$94
6 weeks:	$115	$120
8 weeks:	$149	155

 

   (e)   Indemnification. The permit application for Special Traffic Permits issued pursuant to Section 903, and permits for the Temporary and Exclusive Use of Parking Meters issued pursuant to Section 904, shall require the applicant to acknowledge that the Permittee, by acceptance of the permit, agrees to indemnify and hold the City and County of San Francisco, its departments, commissions, boards, officers, employees and agents ("Indemnitees") harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, actions or causes of action which may be made against the Indemnitees for the recovery of damages for the injury to or death of any person or persons or for the damage to any property resulting directly or indirectly from the activity authorized by the permit regardless of the negligence of the Indemnitees.

   (f)   Rules and Regulations. Compliance with all applicable rules and regulations and with all permit conditions shall be a material condition for the issuance or renewal of a permit.

   (g)   Permit Revocation. The Director of Transportation is authorized to revoke the permit of any Permittee found to be in violation of this Article and, upon written notice of revocation, the Permittee shall surrender such permit in accordance with the instructions in the notice of revocation.

   (h)   Fee Waiver; Qualifying Neighborhood Outdoor Events. The Director of Transportation is authorized to waive all SFMTA fees associated with events determined to be eligible for fee waivers as Qualifying Neighborhood Outdoor Events, including those established in Article 300 and this Article 900, consistent with Division I, Section 6.17 of the Transportation Code. This subsection (h) shall expire by operation of law at the end of the day on June 30, 2027. Upon its expiration, the City Attorney is authorized to cause this subsection to be removed from the Transportation Code.

(SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 08-151, 8/19/2008; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 09-172, 9/15/2009; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 10-029, 2/26/2010; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 10-053, 4/20/2010; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 11-016, 2/1/2011; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 11-041, Ad. 4/5/2011, Eff. 5/6/2011; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 11-060, Ad. 5/3/2011, Eff. 6/3/2011, Oper. 7/1/2011; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 11-108, Ad. 8/2/2011, Eff. 9/2/2011; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 12-056, Ad. 4/17/2012, Oper. 7/1/2012; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 12-128, Ad. 10/16/2012, Eff. 11/16/2012; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 13-185 , Ad. 7/16/2013, Eff. 8/16/2013; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 14-004 , Ad. 1/7/2014, Eff. 2/7/2014; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 14-061 , Ad. 4/15/2014, Eff. 5/16/2014, Oper. 7/1/2014; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 14-116 , Ad. 7/15/2014, Eff. 8/15/2014; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 16-042 , Ad. 4/5/2016, Eff. 5/6/2016, Oper. 7/1/2016; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 170321-035, Ad. 3/21/2017, Eff. 4/21/2017; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 170418-049, Ad. 4/18/2017, Eff. 5/19/2017, Oper. 7/1/2017; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 170718-098, Ad. 7/18/2017, Eff. 8/18/2017; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 170620-084, Ad. 6/20/2017, Eff. 7/21/2017, Oper. 2/19/2018; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 180501-073, Ad. 5/1/2018, Eff. 6/1/2018; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 180403-057, Ad. 4/3/2018, Eff. 5/4/2018, Oper. 7/1/2018; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 180918-128, Ad. 9/18/2018, Eff. 10/19/2019; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 190416-042, Ad. 4/16/2019, Eff. 5/17/2019; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 190716-098, Ad. 7/16/2019, Eff. 8/16/2019; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 200421-043, Ad. 4/21/2020, Eff. 5/22/2020, Oper. 7/1/2020*; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 200630-061, Ad. 6/30/2020, Eff. 7/31/2020, Oper. 1/4/2021; SFMTA Bd. Res. 210119-010, Ad. 1/19/2021, Eff. 2/19/2021, Oper. 7/1/2021; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 220419-036, Ad. 4/19/2022, Eff. 5/20/2022; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 221018-096, Ad. 10/18/2022, Eff. 11/18/2022; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 240319-028, Ad. 3/19/2024, Eff. 4/19/2024; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 240416-043, Ad. 4/16/2024, Eff. 5/17/2024; SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 240806-097, Ad. 8/6/2024, Eff. 9/6/2024)

CODIFICATION NOTE

1.   So in SFMTA Bd. Res. No. 240319-028.

*Editor’s Note:

   The operative date of the amendments adopted by Res. No. 200421-043 was altered by Section 2 of Res. No. 200630-061.