San Francisco County Municipal Code Div. I Article 1

DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 1.1. Definitions. Sec. 1.2. City Undertaking Limited to Promotion of General Welfare. Sec. 1.3. Applicability of Vehicle Code. Sec. 1.4. Transfer of Regulatory Authority over Motor Vehicles for Hire to Municipal Transportation Agency. Sec. 1.5. Severability.

WELFARE. In undertaking the adoption and enforcement of this Division I, the City is assuming an undertaking only to promote the general welfare. It is not assuming, nor is it imposing on its officers or employees, an obligation for breach of which the City is liable in money damages to any person who claims that such breach proximately caused injury. (Amended by Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008)

(a) The provisions of the San Francisco Transportation Code shall be construed in a manner consistent with the Vehicle Code. Nothing in this Code is intended to narrow or limit any authority granted to the City by the Vehicle Code. (b) Any statutes or regulations of the State of California that are cited in this Code shall refer to such sections as they may be amended or renumbered to the extent that the provisions of any such amended or renumbered section governs substantially the same subject matter as the former provision referenced in this Code. (c) No provisions of Articles 7 or 8 of this Division I shall be enforceable against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation any sign required by the Vehicle Code is not in position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. (Amended by Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008)

VEHICLES FOR HIRE TO MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION AGENCY. Pursuant to Ordinance 303-08, the City has abolished the Taxi Commission and transferred the functions, powers, and duties of the Taxi Commission to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, pursuant to authority granted in Charter Section 8A.101. (Added by Ord. 56-15, File No. 120967, App. 5/8/2015, Eff. 6/7/2015) (Former Sec. 1.4 redesignated as Sec. 1.5 by Ord. 56-15, File No. 120967, App. 5/8/2015, Eff. 6/7/2015)

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Division I is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Code. The Board of Supervisors declares that it would have passed this Code and each article, section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase of this Code, irrespective of the fact that any one or more articles, sections, subsections, sentences, clause or phrase may be declared unconstitutional. (Amended as Sec. 1.4 by Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008; redesignated by Ord. 56-15, File No. 120967, App. 5/8/2015, Eff. 6/7/2015)