San Francisco County Municipal Code Art. 9 Miscellaneous Conduct Regulations

Sec. 585. Hitching Animals to or Injuring Lampposts, Hydrants, Etc., Prohibited. Sec. 602. Sale or Possession of Sling Shots or Toys Projecting Missiles by Air or Gas Prohibited. [1977 Water Conservation and Rationing Plan] Sec. 603. Findings. Sec. 603.1. Regulations in the Use of Water. Sec. 603.2. Removal of Flow Restricting Device. Sec. 603.3. Tampering With Water Meter. Sec. 603.4. Enforcement by Water Department Employees. Sec. 603.5. Violation. Sec. 603.6. Effective Period. [Miscellaneous Sale/Purchase/Possession Prohibitions] Sec. 605. Prohibiting Sale or Purchase of Lock-Opening Devices. Sec. 606. Persons in Possession of Graffiti or Etching Tools, Etching Cream or Slap Tags on Vehicles Operated by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. Sec. 607. Possession of Sling Shots or Metal Knuckles Prohibited. Sec. 608. Prohibiting Sale of Darts and Similar Weapons to Minors. Sec. 609. Prohibiting Possession of and Purchase by Minors of Darts and Similar Weapons. [Firearms and Ammunition] Sec. 613. Regulating Sale of Firearms. Sec. 613.1. Definitions. Sec. 613.2. Application Form and Background Check Requirements. Sec. 613.3. Denial of License. Sec. 613.4. Referral of Application to Other Departments. Sec. 613.5. Public Hearing Before Issuance of License. Sec. 613.6. Form of License. Sec. 613.7. Duration and Renewal of Licenses. Sec. 613.8. Nonassignability of License. Sec. 613.9. Security. Sec. 613.9.5. Findings. Sec. 613.10. License – Conditions. Sec. 613.10-1. Sale or Transfer of 50 Caliber Firearms and Cartridges Restricted. Sec. 613.10-2. Sale of Ultracompact Firearms Restricted. Sec. 613.10-3. Persons Prohibited from Purchasing Firearms Not Permitted on Licensees' Premises. Sec. 613.11. License – Grounds for Revocation. Sec. 613.12. Hearing on License Denial or Revocation. Sec. 613.13. License – Liability Insurance. Sec. 613.14. License – Authority to Inspect. Sec. 613.15. Compliance by Existing Dealers. Sec. 613.16. Temporary Suspension of License. Sec. 613.17. Delivery to Tax Collector.

Sec. 613.18. Rules and Regulations. Sec. 613.19. Penalties. Sec. 613.20. Severability. Sec. 614. Exceptions. Sec. 615. Records of Ammunition Sales. Sec. 616. Reporting the Loss or Theft of Firearms. Sec. 617. Prohibition Against Possession or Sale of Firearms or Ammunition on Property Controlled by the City and County of San Francisco. Sec. 618. Prohibited Ammunition. Sec. 619. Prohibition Against Possession of Large Capacity Magazines. Sec. 620. Unfinished Firearm Frames and Receivers; Manufacture or Assembly of Unserialized Firearms. [Miscellaneous Conduct] Sec. 622. Regulations to be Observed at Fires. Sec. 623. Public to Remain Outside Lines. Sec. 628. Coercion of Laborers For Political Purposes Prohibited. Sec. 630. Unauthorized Removal of Newspapers Prohibited. Sec. 633. Requiring Damaged Traffic Standards to be Reported to Chief of Police. Sec. 635. City and County Buildings and Grounds; Violations of Rules and Regulations Relating Thereto Prohibited. [Security Requirements] Sec. 636. Security Requirements New Construction. Sec. 636.1. Security Requirements Group H Occupancy Buildings. Sec. 636.2. Security Requirements Exterior Doors. Sec. 636.3. Penalties. Sec. 636.4. Enforcement Authority. Sec. 636.5. Retroactive Provisions. [Fire and Police Alarms; False Alarms; Rewards] Sec. 637. Discriminatory Reports to Law Enforcement. Sec. 638. Interference With Fire, Etc., Telegraph Systems Prohibited. Sec. 639. Making False Alarms Prohibited. Sec. 640. Reward. Sec. 641. Payment. Sec. 642. Ineligible Persons. Sec. 643. Publication of Offer. [Miscellaneous Conduct] Sec. 644. The Use, Sale or Possession of Balloons Inflated With Inflammable or Explosive Gases Prohibited. Sec. 645. Abandoning Refrigerator Equipped With Locking Devices Prohibited. Sec. 646. Penalty. Sec. 647. Unauthorized Removal of Shopping Carts; Notice, Exceptions. Sec. 648. Automatic Calling Devices – Use of Regulated. Sec. 649. Application for Permission to Install.

Editor's Note: The bracketed division headers in this Article have been provided by the editor as an aid for the user and are not official parts of the Code.

PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful for any person to hitch or fasten any animal to, or to place any placard or notice upon, or in anywise to injure any lamp post or hydrant, or any growing tree, upon any public street, or, without authority, to extinguish any public light. This Section shall not prohibit any person from fastening any dog on a leash to any lamp post, hydrant or growing tree. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38; amended by Ord. 194-12 , File No. 120672, App. 9/17/2012, Eff. 10/17/2012)

AIR OR GAS PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful for any person, except for a peace officer authorized under California Penal Code Section 12600, to buy, sell, offer or expose for sale, barter or exchange, have in his possession or use any sling shot. It shall also be unlawful for any person to buy, sell, offer or expose for sale, barter or exchange, have in his possession or use any toy by which, whether used singly or in combination of units, missiles may be projected by force or compressed air, carbon dioxide, or any other chemical, gas, or other element, or combined thereof. Nothing in this section is intended to be inconsistent with Government Code Section 53071.5 or any successor statute regulating imitation firearms, BB guns or air rifles. (Amended by Ord. 4782, Series of 1939, App. 1/6/48; Ord. 260-04, File No. 031932, App. 11/4/2004) Editor's Note: See also the following Police Code provisions: · Sec. 607, Possession of Sling Shots or Metal Knuckles Prohibited. · Sec. 608, Prohibiting Sale of Darts and Similar Weapons to Minors. · Sec. 609, Prohibiting Possession of and Purchase by Minors of Darts and Similar Weapons. · Sec. 4507, Firearms and Projectile Weapons; Possession of by Minors. [1977 Water Conservation and Rationing Plan]

Whereas, the Public Utilities Commission on March 22, 1977 has adopted a mandatory water conservation and rationing plan relating to the use of water from the San Francisco Water Department, this Board of Supervisors hereby declares that a water shortage condition prevails in the City and County of San Francisco due to conditions prevailing throughout the State of California and intends herewith to prohibit the usage of water which is wasteful during such water shortage condition to the end that sufficient water will be available for human consumption, sanitation and fire protection. The specific uses prohibited in Section 603.1 are nonessential, and if allowed would constitute a wastage of water. (Added by Ord. 221-77, App. 6/9/77)

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association, corporation, partnership or organization of any kind, with respect to water provided directly from the San Francisco Water Department through its facilities to: (a) Use a hose to wash motor vehicles, trailers, or boats except that automobiles and buses may be washed in commercial or fleet washing facilities using a water recycling system. (b) Use a hose to wash a building or structure or any part thereof. (c) Fill with water any existing or new swimming pool except that water may be added to existing swimming pools in order to maintain normal levels and to replace evaporation. (d) Clean or wash sidewalks, driveways, patios, parking lots, tennis courts, athletic fields covered with artificial surfaces and other hard- surfaced areas with water from hoses or by use of water directly from faucets or other water outlets. (e) Use water in such a manner which results in flooding or runoff in gutters, driveways or streets. (f) Use water to clean, fill or maintain water levels in decorative fountains.

(g) Serve water to a customer in a restaurant unless specifically requested by such customer. (Added by Ord. 221-77, App. 6/9/77)

No person, firm, association, corporation, partnership or organization of any kind shall remove any water flow restricting device installed by the San Francisco Water Department to control water use in excess of allotment on a customer service line. (Added by Ord. 221-77, App. 6/9/77)

No person, firm, association, corporation, partnership or organization of any kind shall tamper with, or alter in any manner a water meter or the water service line which connects a water main to a water meter of the San Francisco Water Department. (Added by Ord. 221-77, App. 6/9/77)

Pursuant to Section 836.5 of the Penal Code, San Francisco Water Department employees in the civil service classification of District Water Serviceman (Water Service Inspector) and Senior District Water Serviceman (Senior Water Service Inspector) shall have the duty to enforce Sections 603.1, 603.2 and 603.3 of the Article and are hereby authorized and empowered to arrest any person, firm, association, corporation, partnership or organization of any kind for violations of such sections of the Article. (Added by Ord. 221-77, App. 6/9/77)

(a) Any person, firm, association, corporation, partnership or organization of any kind who shall violate any of the provisions of Section 603.1 of this Article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as follows:

Violation Penalty First violation $ 25.00 Second violation

100.00

(b) Any person, firm, association, corporation, partnership or organization of any kind who shall violate Sections 603.2 or 603.3 of this Article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100. (Added by Ord. 221-77, App. 6/9/77)

The provisions of Sections 603.1, 603.2, 603.3 and 603.5 of this Article shall cease to be in full force and effect upon the cancellation by Public Utilities Commission of the mandatory water conservation plan adopted on March 22, 1977 by Resolution No. 77-0136. (Added by Ord. 221-77, App. 6/9/77)

[Miscellaneous Sale/Purchase/Possession Prohibitions]

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to buy, sell, offer or expose for sale, barter, exchange, use or have the possession of any sling shot or metal knuckles. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38) Editor's Note: See also the following Police Code provisions: · Sec. 602, Sale or Possession of Sling Shots or Toys Projecting Missiles by Air or Gas Prohibited. · Sec. 608, Prohibiting Sale of Darts and Similar Weapons to Minors. · Sec. 609, Prohibiting Possession of and Purchase by Minors of Darts and Similar Weapons. · Sec. 4507, Firearms and Projectile Weapons; Possession of by Minors.

It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale, barter or exchange, or suffer, permit, authorize or allow any sale, barter or exchange, to minors under the age of 16 years of any darts or other pointed missile type weapons intended to be thrown by hand. (Added by Ord. 218-58, App. 4/23/58) Editor's Note: See also the following Police Code provisions: · Sec. 602, Sale or Possession of Sling Shots or Toys Projecting Missiles by Air or Gas Prohibited. · Sec. 607, Possession of Sling Shots or Metal Knuckles Prohibited. · Sec. 609, Prohibiting Possession of and Purchase by Minors of Darts and Similar Weapons. · Sec. 4507, Firearms and Projectile Weapons; Possession of by Minors.

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or dealer engaging in the business of selling, leasing or otherwise transferring any firearm, firearms ammunition, or firearms ammunition component to sell, lease or otherwise transfer any firearm, firearms ammunition or firearms ammunition component without first having obtained a license from the San Francisco Police Department. The Department shall make available application forms requiring applicants to provide the information set forth in Section 613.2, and shall collect a nonrefundable application fee from each applicant. The Chief of Police shall recommend to the Board of Supervisors, on or before April 1, 1994, a fee which shall be sufficient to recover all costs associated with regulating the sale of firearms under this Article, including but not limited to, processing applications, monitoring licensees, and enforcing the provisions of this Article. The fee shall be set by the Board of Supervisors. (Amended by Ord. 407-86, App. 10/3/86; Ord. 91-94, App. 2/25/94; Ord. 290-95, App. 9/1/95; Ord. 260-04, File No. 031932, App. 11/4/2004)

Upon receiving an application that is not rejected for one of the reasons stated in Section 613.3, the Police Department shall refer the application to the Bureau of Building Inspection, the Fire Department, and the City Planning Department, which departments shall inspect the premises to be used for the sale of concealable firearms and shall report to the Police Department concerning compliance with the codes they administer, and compliance with this Article. (Added by Ord. 161-75, App. 4/23/75; amended by Ord. 91-94, App. 2/25/94)

When an application is filed for a license under this Article, and the application is not denied for one of the reasons stated in Section 613.3, the Police Department shall fix a time and place for a public hearing regarding the application. Not less than 10 days before the date of such hearing, the Police Department shall cause to be posted a notice of such hearing in a conspicuous place on the property in which the proposed business is to be operated and the applicant shall maintain said notice as posted until the day following the hearing. (Added by Ord. 161-75, App. 4/23/75; amended by Ord. 91-94, App. 2/25/94)

All licenses issued pursuant to this Article shall be in the form prescribed by the Attorney General of the State of California. (Added by Ord. 91-94, App. 2/25/94)

All licenses issued pursuant to this Article shall expire one year after the date of issuance; provided, however, that such licenses may be renewed by the Chief of Police for additional periods of one year upon the approval of an application for renewal by the Chief of Police and payment of the renewal fee. Such renewal application shall set forth the information listed in Section 613.2 and must be received by the Chief of Police, in completed form, no later than 45 days prior to the expiration of the current license. (Added by Ord. 91-94, App. 2/25/94)

The assignment or attempt to assign any license issued pursuant to this Article is unlawful and any such assignment or attempt to assign a license shall render the license null and void. (Added by Ord. 91-94, App. 2/25/94)

In addition to any other provisions of this Article, any circumstances constituting grounds for denial of a license shall also constitute grounds for revocation of a license. (Added by Ord. 91-94, App. 2/25/94)

Any and all investigating officials of the City shall have the right to enter the building designated in the license from time to time during regular business hours to make reasonable inspections and to observe and enforce compliance with building, mechanical, fire, electrical, plumbing, or health regulations, and provisions of this Article. A police investigator may conduct compliance inspections to insure conformance with all federal, state, and local laws, and all provisions of this Article. (Added by Ord. 91-94, App. 2/25/94)

Any person engaging in the business of selling, transferring, or leasing, or advertising for sale, transfer, or lease, or offering or exposing for sale, transfer, or lease, any firearm, firearm ammunition, or firearm ammunition component on the effective date of this Article, or any amendments thereto, shall have a period of 60 days after such effective date to comply with the provisions of this Article, or any amendments thereto. In addition, any person who possesses as of February 1, 1994, a permit or license issued by the San Francisco Police Department to engage in the business of selling, transferring, or leasing, or advertising for sale, transfer, or lease, or offering or exposing for sale, transfer, or lease, any firearm, firearm ammunition, or firearm ammunition component, shall not be required to comply with the requirements of Section 613.3(i)(1), (2) and (3) of this Article. (Added by Ord. 91-94, App. 2/25/94)

Upon granting said license, the Police Department shall forward said license to the Tax Collector who shall issue said license to the applicant upon payment of the license fee, payable in advance. (Amended by Ord. 555-81, App. 11/12/81; Ord. 91-94, App. 2/25/94)

The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations after noticed hearing as will enable the Police Department 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 licenses issued hereunder. (Added by Ord. 407-86, App. 10/3/86; amended by Ord. 91-94, App. 2/25/94)

Any person violating any provision of this Article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor or an infraction unless a penalty is otherwise specified. 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 more than $100 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 $1,000 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 Section, if the defendant has been previously convicted of a violation of this Section, each such previous violation and conviction shall be charged in the accusatory pleading. Any person violating any provision of this Section a second or subsequent time within a 10-year period shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500 and not more than $1,000 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. 91-94, App. 2/25/94; amended by Ord. 260-04, File No. 031932, App. 11/4/2004)

If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or word of this Article is deemed to be invalid or beyond the authority of the City and County of San Francisco, either on its face or as applied, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the other sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, or words of this Article, and the application thereof; and to that end the section, subsections, paragraphs, sentences and words of this Article shall be deemed severable. (Added by Ord. 91-94, App. 2/25/94)

Sections 613 to 613.20 inclusive, of this Article, shall not apply to wholesale dealers in their business intercourse with retail dealers, nor to wholesale or retail dealers in the regular or ordinary transport of unloaded firearms as merchandise to other wholesale or retail dealers by mail, express or other mode of shipment to points outside the City and County of San Francisco. (Amended by Ord. 407-86, App. 10/3/86; Ord. 260-04, File No. 031932, App. 11/4/2004)

(a) Any person that owns or is otherwise in possession of a firearm shall report the theft or loss of such firearm to the San Francisco Police Department within 48 hours of becoming aware of the theft or loss whenever (1) the owner resides in San Francisco, or (2) the theft or loss of the firearm occurs in San Francisco. (b) The failure of an owner or person in possession of a firearm to report the theft or loss of the firearms within 48 hours of when the owner or person in possession becomes aware or should have become aware of the theft or loss shall be punishable in accordance with Section 613.19. (c) The failure of an owner or person in possession of a firearm to report the theft or loss of the firearms in a timely manner shall create a rebuttable presumption that the owner or person remains in possession of the firearm. (Added by Ord. 260-04, File No. 031932, App. 11/4/2004; amended by Ord. 249-13 , File No. 130585, App. 11/8/2013, Eff. 12/8/2013 ) (Former Sec. 616 added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38; repealed by Ord. 260-04, File No. 031932, App. 11/4/2004)

It shall be the duty of the police officers, at the time of any fire, to place ropes and guard lines across all public streets on which any burning buildings or premises are situated and at such points as they may be deemed necessary. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38)

It shall be unlawful for any person except owners and occupants, and their employees, of buildings endangered by fire, and officers and members of the Fire Department and Police Department, and persons having permits from the Fire Commissioners or Police Commissioners, to pass within such lines or to remain within such lines when ordered outside thereof by any Police Officer. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38)

No officer, board or commission, authorized by law to appoint subordinates or to engage the services of laborers, shall solicit or demand of such subordinates or laborers that they vote for or against any candidate for any elective office; or procure, engage, or endeavor to procure from such subordinate or laborer any sum of money or contribution to be used for the election or defeat of any candidate for any elective office; and any officer, or member of any board or commission, who demands such contribution and any subordinate or laborer who pays any such contribution, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall forfeit his office or position. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38)

OF POLICE.

It shall be the duty of the driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in damage to any traffic standard, sign or signal, pole, fire alarm box, police telephone signal box, or hydrant belonging to the City and County of San Francisco, to notify, within 24 hours thereafter, the Chief of Police of the City and County of San Francisco of the name of the owner and driver of said vehicle, their address, registration number of said vehicle and the location of the property so damaged. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38)

REGULATIONS RELATING THERETO PROHIBITED. No person shall violate or attempt to violate any rule or regulation prescribed by the appropriate officer, board or commission of the City and County for the administration and protection of any public building or grounds of said City and County under the control and jurisdiction of said officer, board or commission, provided that a copy of said rule or regulation is posted in a conspicuous place in the public building or grounds to which said rule or regulation applies. (Added by Ord. 79-72, App. 4/3/72) [Security Requirements]

Security requirements for new construction Group R-1 occupancies entry doors, locks, security glazing, testing and approval, shall be in accordance with the provisions of Sections 4101 through 4105 of the Building Code. Room keys or other opening devices shall be free of hotel name or address identification. (Amended by Ord. 537-85, App. 12/4/85)

The provisions of Sections 636 through 636.3 hereof shall apply to all Group H occupancy buildings containing three or more dwelling units or more than five guestrooms, and includes all apartment houses, hotels, motels and condominiums. (Amended by Ord. 346-80, App. 7/3/80)

All exterior doors directly accessible from the ground level or by stairs or ramps and providing entry into the Group H occupancy buildings shall comply with Section 713 of the Housing Code. (Amended by Ord. 346-80, App. 7/3/80)

Any person violating any of the provisions of Sections 4101 through 4105 of the Building Code, Sections 713 through 714 of the Housing Code, or Sections 636 through 636.2 of the SF Police Code shall he charged with a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment, not exceeding 30 days, or by both fine and imprisonment, and shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for every day such violation, disobedience, omission, neglect or refusal shall continue.

(Amended by Ord. 537-85, App. 12/4/85)

The Bureau of Building Inspection and San Francisco Police Department have the authority to administer and enforce the provisions of the preceding section. (Amended by Ord. 346-80, App. 7/3/80)

Sections 636.1, 636.2 and portion of 636.2 as applied to existing buildings (Police Code) shall become effective one year after adoption. (Amended by Ord. 346-80, App. 7/3/80)

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to place, or cause to be placed, any article or thing on or upon any sidewalk in such a manner as to interfere with or obstruct the free access or approach to any signal box of the Fire and Police Telegraph System; or without authority from the Chief of the Department of Electricity to run any wire or any of the telegraph poles or fixtures of said systems, or to run, erect or maintain any wire across or parallel with any wire of said system within a distance of four feet thereof; or without authority from the Chief of the Department of Electricity, to break, remove or injure or cause to be broken, removed or injured, any of the parts or appurtenances of said system; or without authority, to make, or fit, or cause to be made or fitted, any key to lock of any signal box of said

system; or, without authority, to have or retain in his possession any key belonging to or fitted to the lock of any such signal box; or to pick or force the lock of any such signal box. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38)

It shall be unlawful for any person wilfully to make or cause to be made any false alarm of fire or any false call for police assistance, or for the police patrol wagon, or for any hospital ambulance of the Department of Public Health, by means of city or any telegraph or telephone systems, or any other way. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38)

The Controller is hereby authorized and directed to pay from any appropriation created for the purpose the total sum of $500 for each such occurrence to the person or persons who give such information leading to an arrest and conviction as set forth in Section 640, or the disposition of the charges by one of the other methods specified in Section 640, provided that a claim therefor is filed with the Controller within 60 days after the conviction or the disposition of the charges by one of the other methods enumerated in Section 640, and the said claim is approved by the Chief of the Fire Department. (Amended by Ord. 208-86, App. 6/6/86)

Neither a peace officer, a member of the Fire Department, nor any person barred by Charter provisions or statute from receiving rewards shall be eligible to claim the said reward.

(Added by Ord. 277-69, App. 8/29/69)

Publication of this offer may be made through the posting of signs by the Fire Department from funds appropriated to the department for that purpose. (Added by Ord. 277-69, App. 8/29/69) [Miscellaneous Conduct]

INFLAMMABLE OR EXPLOSIVE GASES PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to use, sell or possess any balloon inflated with inflammable or explosive gases. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38)

PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to leave or permit to remain outside of any dwelling, building or other structure, or within any unoccupied or abandoned building, dwelling or other structure under his or its control, in a place accessible to children, any abandoned, unattended or discarded ice box, refrigerator or other container which has an air-tight door or lid, snaplock or other locking device which may not be released from the inside, without first removing said door or lid, snaplock or other locking device from said ice box, refrigerator or container. (Added by Ord. 8454, Series of 1939, App. 3/17/54)

Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of Section 645 of this Article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period of not more than 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Added by Ord. 8454, Series of 1939, App. 3/17/54)

No person, partnership, corporation or any other type or class of association of persons, except a public utility engaged in the business of providing communications services and facilities, shall use or operate, attempt to use or operate, or cause to be used or operated, or arrange, adjust, program or otherwise provide or install any device or combination of devices that will upon action either mechanically, electronically or by any other automatic means, initiate a call and deliver a recorded message to any telephone number or numbers assigned to the City and County of San Francisco by a public telephone company, without the prior written consent of said City and County. The term "telephone number" includes any additional numbers assigned by a public utility company engaged in the business of providing communications services and facilities to be used by means of a rotary or other system to connect with said City and County to such primary number when the primary telephone number is in use. (Added by Ord. 222-70, App. 6/25/70)

Any and all applications for the consent required by Section 648 shall be made to the Head of the Department of the City and County of San Francisco which has a telephone number to which it is desired to initiate a call and/or deliver a recorded message. The form and detail of the application for such consent must be furnished by the Department Head and such consent does not take the place of any license required by law. Said Department Head may withhold said consent until satisfied that the granting of said consent will not interfere with the operations of his department. (Added by Ord. 222-70, App. 6/25/70)