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ARTICLE 12: PARKING METER REGULATIONS
Sec. 200. Definitions.
Sec. 201. Authorization to Establish Parking Meter Zones.
Sec. 201.1. Parking Meter Area Number One.
Sec. 201.2. Parking Meter Area Number Two.
Sec. 201.3. Parking Meter Area Number Three.
Sec. 201.4. Parking Meter Area Number Four.
Sec. 202. Prohibiting Use of Parking Meter Zones Without Deposit of Coin in Parking Meter; Exceptions.
Sec. 202.1. Prohibiting Use of Parking Meter Zones in Downtown Core Area Without Deposit of Coin in Parking Meter; Exceptions.
Sec. 202.A. Use of Parking Meter Zones Without Deposit of Coin in Parking Meter Permitted.
Sec. 202.B. Use of Parking Meter Zones by Disabled Persons.
Sec. 202.C. Use of Parking Meter Zones by Construction Vehicles, Pest Control Vehicles.
Sec. 202.D. Use of Parking Meter Zones by City and County Vehicles.
Sec. 202.E. Permits for Exclusive Temporary Use of Parking Meter Zones.
Sec. 203. Board of Supervisors to Determine Denomination of Coins and Length of Parking Time Allowed Per Coin; and the Director of Parking and Traffic to Determine Total Length of Parking Time Allowed at Meter.
Sec. 203.1. Parking Meter Rates– Parking Meter Area Number One.
Sec. 203.2. Parking Meter Rates– Parking Meter Area Number Two.
Sec. 203.3. Parking Meter Rates– Parking Meter Area Number Three.
Sec. 203.4. Parking Meter Rates– Parking Meter Area Number Four.
Sec. 203.5. Parking Meter Rates– Motorcycles.
Sec. 204. Designation of Parking Meter Zones.
Sec. 205. Installation, Maintenance and Repair of Parking Meters.
Sec. 206. Delineating Area Comprising Parking Meter Zone.
Sec. 207. Deposit of Slugs, Etc., Prohibited.
Sec. 208. Willful Damage to Parking Meters Prohibited.
Sec. 209. Requirement for Deposit of Coin-Police Regulation and Inspection Fees.
Sec. 210. Penalties for Violations.
Sec. 211. Severability Clause.
Sec. 212. Repeal of Inconsistent Ordinances.
Sec. 213. Use of Parking Meter and Garage Revenue– Establishment of Parking Revenue Fund.
Sec. 214. Authorizing Execution of Agreement for Installation of Parking Meters.
Sec. 215. Installation of Parking Meters– City to be Held Harmless.
Sec. 216. Method for Accounting for Revenues.
Sec. 217. Power of Board of Supervisors to Repeal or Amend Regulations.
Sec. 218. Special Short-Time Parking Meters.
Sec. 219. Parking Meter Zones for Motorcycles Only.
Sec. 219.1. All-Day Parking Meters for Motorcycles Only.
Sec. 219.2. Sidewalk Parking of Bicycles and Mopeds.
Sec. 219.3. Bicycle Racks– Permits.
SEC. 200. DEFINITIONS.
The word "vehicle," as used herein, shall mean any device, in, upon, or by which a person or property is or may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway, excepting a device moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
The word "park" as used herein, shall mean the standing of a vehicle, except a licensed taxicab occupying a taxicab stand as authorized by the Chief of Police, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading of freight.
The words "parking meter," when used herein, shall mean any device which, when the recording dial thereof is set in motion, or immediately following the deposit of a coin, shall register the time that any vehicle is parked adjacent to said parking meter.
(Section 1, Ord. 4288 (Series of 1939), App. 2/19/47; amended by Ord. 216-92, App. 7/10/92)
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION TO ESTABLISH PARKING METER ZONES.
The Director of Parking and Traffic of the City and County of San Francisco is hereby authorized to establish parking meter zones, each of which shall be of sufficient size to permit the parking of one vehicle only, on any street for which time limitations have heretofore been, or may hereafter be, provided by ordinance or resolution of the Board of Supervisors, and to place upon the sidewalk adjacent to said parking zone such device or devices as the said Director shall deem proper which will, upon the deposit of a coin or coins, set the mechanical equipment of said device in motion, or permit the said mechanical equipment to be set in motion, so that the said device will accurately measure, in minutes, the period of time during which said vehicle may park in said parking meter zone. Said parking meter shall be constructed and mechanically equipped so that the same will, upon the expiration of the period of time, commencing with deposit of said coin or coins and ending with the expiration of the period of time that the parking of a vehicle is, by resolution of the Board of Supervisors, permitted in said parking meter zone as a result of said deposit of a coin or coins, display a flag, sign or signal which will indicate that the permitted time for the parking of said vehicle has expired. The Board of Supervisors shall also indicate, by resolution, the period of time vehicles may be parked in the area or areas in which parking meter zones may be established.
(Amended by Ord. 74-59, App. 2/18/59; Ord. 128-92, App. 5/18/92)
SEC. 201.1. PARKING METER AREA NUMBER ONE.
Parking Meter Area Number One shall include that portion of the City and County of San Francisco commencing at a point where the southerly line of King Street intersects the easterly line of The Embarcadero, thence westerly along the southerly line of King Street to the westerly line of Fourth Street, thence northerly along the westerly line of Fourth Street to the northerly line of Mission Street, thence westerly along the northerly line of Mission Street to the westerly line of Seventh Street, thence northerly along the westerly line of Seventh Street to the northerly line of Market Street, thence easterly along the northerly line of Market Street to the westerly line of Taylor Street, thence northerly along the westerly line of Taylor Street to the northerly line of Bush Street, thence easterly along the northerly line of Bush Street to the easterly line of Grant Avenue, thence northerly along the easterly line of Grant Avenue to the northerly line of California Street, thence easterly along the northerly line of California Street to the westerly line of Kearny Street, thence northerly along the westerly line of Kearny Street to the southerly line of Jackson Street, thence easterly along the southerly line of Jackson Street to the easterly line of Battery Street, thence southerly along the easterly line of Battery Street to the northerly line of Washington Street, thence easterly along the northerly line of Washington Street to the easterly line of The Embarcadero, thence southerly along the easterly line of The Embarcadero to the point of commencement.
(Added by Ord. 77-86, App. 3/14/86; amended by Ord. 270-05, File No. 051459, App. 11/30/2005)
SEC. 201.2. PARKING METER AREA NUMBER TWO.
Parking Meter Area Number Two shall consist of that portion of the City and County of San Francisco commencing at a point where the northerly line of Folsom Street intersects the westerly line of Fifth Street, thence westerly along the northerly line of Folsom Street to the westerly line of Tenth Street, thence northerly along the westerly line of Tenth Street to the southerly line of Mission Street, thence westerly along the southerly line of Mission Street to the westerly line of Twelfth Street, thence northerly along the westerly line of Twelfth Street to the northerly line of Market Street, thence westerly along the northerly line of Market Street to the westerly line of Franklin Street, thence northerly along the westerly line of Franklin Street to the northerly line of Eddy Street, thence easterly along the northerly line of Eddy Street to the westerly line of Jones Street, thence northerly along the westerly line of Jones Street to the northerly line of Bush Street, thence easterly along the northerly line of Bush Street to the westerly line of Stockton Street, thence northerly along the westerly line of Stockton Street to the southerly line of Broadway, thence easterly along the southerly line of Broadway to the westerly line of The Embarcadero, thence southerly along the westerly line of The Embarcadero to the southerly line of King Street, thence along the southerly line of King Street to the westerly line of Fifth Street, thence northerly along the westerly line Fifth Street to the point of commencement, except that the portion of the City and County of San Francisco within Parking Meter Area Number One as described in Section 201.1 is excluded from Parking Meter Area Number Two.
(Added by Ord. 77-86, App. 3/14/86; amended by Ord. 270-05, File No. 051459, App. 11/30/2005)
SEC. 201.3. PARKING METER AREA NUMBER THREE.
Parking Meter Area Number Three includes that portion of the City and County of San Francisco not included within the boundaries of Parking Meter Areas Number One, Two and Four as described in Sections 201.1, 201.2 and 201.4 respectively.
(Added by Ord. 77-86, App. 3/14/86)
SEC. 201.4. PARKING METER AREA NUMBER FOUR.
Parking Meter Area Number Four includes that portion of the City and County of San Francisco under the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Works within the area bounded by San Francisco Bay on the north and east, the southerly line of Bay Street on the south and the westerly line of Van Ness Avenue on the west.
(Added by Ord. 77-86, App. 3/14/86)
SEC. 202. PROHIBITING USE OF PARKING METER ZONES WITHOUT DEPOSIT OF COIN IN PARKING METER; EXCEPTIONS.
No person shall park any vehicle in any parking meter zone outside the Downtown Core Area, as established under the authority of this Article, except as permitted by this Article, without immediately depositing in the parking meter adjacent to the said zone a coin and coins, lawful money of the United States, unless said parking meter indicates at the time such vehicle is parked that an unused portion remains of the period for which the money was previously deposited; nor shall any permit permit any vehicle to remain in any parking meter zone outside the Downtown Core Area during any time when said parking meter indicates that no portion remains of the period for which the money was deposited; and, notwithstanding the fact that a parking meter shall indicate legal parking, no person shall permit any vehicle to remain parked in any parking meter zone outside the Downtown Core Area beyond the time permitted by Ordinance or Resolution for the parking of vehicles in the block in which said parking meter zone is situated, except as provided hereinafter in this Article.
(Amended by Ord. 136-65, App. 5/28/65; Ord. 390-86, App. 9/19/86; Ord. 421-86, App. 10/11/86)
SEC. 202.1. PROHIBITING USE OF PARKING METER ZONES IN DOWNTOWN CORE AREA WITHOUT DEPOSIT OF COIN IN PARKING METER; EXCEPTIONS.
No person shall park any vehicle in any parking meter zone in the Downtown Core Area, as established under the authority of this Article, except as permitted by this Article, without immediately depositing in the parking meter adjacent to the said zone a coin or coins, lawful money of the United States, unless said parking meter indicates at the time such vehicle is parked that an unused portion remains of the period for which the money was previously deposited; nor shall any person permit any vehicle to remain in any parking meter zone in the Downtown Core Area during any time when said parking meter indicates that no portion remains of the period for which the money was deposited; and, notwithstanding the fact that a parking meter shall indicate legal parking, no person shall permit any vehicle to remain parked in any parking meter zone in the Downtown Core Area beyond the time permitted by Ordinance or Resolution for the parking of vehicles in the block in which said parking meter zone is situated, except as provided in Sections 202.A and 202.B of this Article.
(Added by Ord. 390-86, App. 9/19/86)
SEC. 202.A. USE OF PARKING METER ZONES WITHOUT DEPOSIT OF COIN IN PARKING METER PERMITTED.
A vehicle may be parked and remain parked in a parking meter zone without the deposit of a coin in the parking meter adjacent thereto during hours when unlimited or unrestricted parking is permitted by Ordinance in the block in which said zone is situated.
(Section 3(a), Ord. 4288 (Series of 1939), App. 2/19/47; amended by Ord. 216-92, App. 7/10/92)
SEC. 202.B. USE OF PARKING METER ZONES BY DISABLED PERSONS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 1, any disabled person (entitled to and using a vehicle equipped with special attachments and devices to enable such person to operate said vehicle shall be entitled to park such vehicle free of charge and overtime in any parking meter zone during all hours when it is otherwise lawful for a vehicle to park continuously in the same zone, subject to the following requirements:
Any disabled person so entitled shall possess a card, to be exhibited when requested by any Peace Officer, and issued by the Chief of Police, certifying that such disabled person meets the requirements of this paragraph and identifying the vehicle. Such vehicle shall bear a small but conspicuous sticker indicating the right to park as in this subsection provided, the sticker to be approved by the Chief of Police and to be at all times displayed on the front windshield in the lower corner farthest removed from the driver's position.
(Section 2(b), Ord. 4288, (Series of 1939), App. 2/19/47)
SEC. 202.C. USE OF PARKING METER ZONES BY CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES, PEST CONTROL VEHICLES.
(i) Upon written application, the Director of Parking and Traffic shall issue to a contractor annual nontransferable parking permits for display upon motor vehicles used in the course of construction service, pest control service, and construction jobbing work within a parking meter zone. Such permits shall be issued for a period of 12 consecutive months that begin, in any calendar year, on June 1st or 6 consecutive months that begin, in any calendar year, on December 1st. Such parking permits shall be in a form and have an appearance distinct from those parking permits issued for residential permit parking areas.
No permit provided for herein shall be issued unless the written application includes the number and type of the applicant's State contractor's license or business license if the applicant provides pest control services, the year, make and license number of each motor vehicle for which a permit is requested and such other information as the Director of Parking and Traffic deems appropriate to carry out the duties imposed by this Section.
(ii) The term "motor vehicle" as used in this Section means a truck or van used primarily to transport equipment, personnel or materials necessary to the construction project or pest control service, bearing a commercial license plate registered to the licensed contractor and upon which is displayed in a permanent fashion the name of the licensed contractor as set forth in the Fictitious Business Name Statement on file in the Office of the County Clerk.
(iii) The Director of Parking and Traffic is authorized to issue no more than eight such parking permits per licensed contractor, except that (a) additional permits may be issued, at the sole discretion of the Director of Parking and Traffic, to any contractor who is not eligible to apply for exclusive temporary use of parking meter zones under Section 202.E of this Code; and (b) one parking permit may be issued to a licensed contractor who has only one vehicle which is a station wagon and which meets all other criteria of this Section. A station wagon qualifies as a motor vehicle, as defined herein, for this one permit only.
(iv) A motor vehicle displaying a parking permit issued as provided herein may be parked in a parking meter zone without the deposit of any coins in the applicable meter. Such a motor vehicle is not exempt from parking restrictions or prohibitions established pursuant to authority other than this Article.
(v) The fee for the issuance of each parking permit provided for in this Section shall be $500 if purchased in the first six months of the permit year and $250 if purchased in the last six months of the permit year.
(vi) Consistent herewith, the Department of Parking and Traffic is authorized to adopt procedures to prevent abuse of the parking permits issued under this subsection. Such procedures shall include, but not be limited to providing for verification of an applicant's qualifications for a parking permit under this subsection.
(Added by Ord. 553-82, App. 12/9/82; amended by Ord. 82-91, App. 3/5/91; Ord. 300-91, App. 7/31/91; Ord. 383-94, App. 11/10/94; Ord. 245-98, App. 7/31/98; Ord. 111-05, File No. 050371, App. 6/10/2005)
SEC. 202.D. USE OF PARKING METER ZONES BY CITY AND COUNTY VEHICLES.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, any City and County owned, leased or rented vehicle, bearing public entity license plates and the official seal of the City and County of San Francisco may be parked free of charge and overtime between the hours of 4:30 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. the following day in any non-tow-away parking meter zone.
(Added by Ord. 93-81, App. 2/26/81)
SEC. 202.E. PERMITS FOR EXCLUSIVE TEMPORARY USE OF PARKING METER ZONES.
Upon written application to and approval by the Director of Parking and Traffic, a nontransferable permit for the exclusive temporary use of one or more parking meter zones may be issued by the Director of Parking and Traffic. Such exclusive temporary use shall be permitted only for purposes such as building or roadway construction activities, use of debris boxes, storage of materials or equipment related to building or roadway construction activities, and related purposes as the Director of Parking and Traffic may in his or her sole discretion deem appropriate. Permits shall in no event be granted for the purpose of parking vehicles. Appeals from the Director's determination may be taken to the Board of Permit Appeals.
(1) The Director of Parking and Traffic is hereby authorized to adopt rules and regulations for the enforcement of this Section. Compliance with all such rules and regulations shall be a material condition of the issuance of a permit.
(2) Each written application shall include a full description of the purpose and duration of the intended temporary use. The Director of Parking and Traffic may require any additional information of the applicant which he or she deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this Section.
(3) The fee for issuance of each permit shall be $4 per parking meter zone per day, including Sundays and Holidays. Fees shall be paid in full at the time the permit is issued. Said fees shall be deposited in the Off-Street Parking Fund, pursuant to Section 213 of this Code.
(4) Each permit shall be displayed at the site, or shall be made available on demand to any representative of the Police Department or the Department of Parking and Traffic.
(5) The valid possession of a permit issued under this Section shall exempt the holder from compliance with the streetcleaning regulations contained in Section 37c of this Code, provided that the permit holder maintains the meter zone(s) in a clean condition as determined by the Director of Parking and Traffic. Failure to comply with the Director's determinations as to cleanliness standards shall be grounds for revocation of the permit.
(Added by Ord. 421-86, App. 10/11/86; amended by Ord. 128-92, App. 5/18/92)
SEC. 203. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO DETERMINE DENOMINATION OF COINS AND LENGTH OF PARKING TIME ALLOWED PER COIN; AND THE DIRECTOR OF PARKING AND TRAFFIC TO DETERMINE TOTAL LENGTH OF PARKING TIME ALLOWED AT METER.
(a) The denomination of the coin or coins that shall be deposited in the parking meters and the parking time allowed per each deposit of a coin shall be fixed from time to time by ordinance of the Board of Supervisors for the area or areas in which parking meters are now or may hereafter be installed and shall be such as will best promote efficiency and safety in the use of the public street; provided that no deposit shall be required for any period of time on Sundays in any area in which parking meters are now or may hereafter be installed, except in that portion of the City and County of San Francisco bounded as follows: Commencing at a point where the westerly line of Hyde Street intersects the San Francisco Bay, thence southerly along the westerly line of Hyde Street to the southerly line of Jefferson Street, thence easterly along the southerly line of Jefferson Street to the westerly line of The Embarcadero, thence southerly along the westerly line of The Embarcadero to the southerly line of Bay Street, thence westerly along the southerly line of Bay Street to the westerly line of Van Ness Avenue, thence northerly along the westerly line of Van Ness Avenue to the San Francisco Bay, thence easterly along the edge of the San Francisco Bay to the point of commencement, and in the area governed by the provisions of Section 220 of the San Francisco Traffic Code.
(b) The Director of Parking and Traffic is hereby authorized to establish the maximum amount of parking time allowed following the deposit of coins in a meter adjacent to a metered parking space (provided that such maximum parking time shall be established within a range of from 15 minutes to two hours), and the hours during which the deposit of coins in the meters adjacent to such metered parking spaces is required.
(c) The Director shall transmit each decision to establish such time period to the Board of Supervisors within two working days. The Director shall also provide public notice of each decision and of appeal procedures. Each decision shall then be held in abeyance for 30 days from the date the Director publishes notice of the decision. Such public notice shall be published in a daily San Francisco newspaper within 10 days of each decision and distributed to a mailing list of interested individuals that the Director shall maintain. During the 30-day period when a decision of the Director is held in abeyance, appeals to the decision may be filed with the Director. The Director shall notify the Board of Supervisors within two working days of any applications filed with the Director by individuals requesting an appeal of the decision, and request the Board of Supervisors to conduct a public hearing to consider the matter. The Board of Supervisors shall consider the approval within 30 days of receipt of notification from the Director that an appeal was filed, and after hearing public comment, shall uphold, modify, or disapprove the decision. If no application to appeal a decision is filed with the Director within 30 days of the published notice, the decision shall become effective on the 31st day.
The provisions of this Section shall be enforceable on holidays and whenever the term "holiday" or "holidays" appears in any Resolution heretofore or hereafter adopted pursuant to the provisions of this Article, it shall refer specifically and only to Sundays.
(Amended by Ord. 77-86, App. 3/14/86; Ord. 197-93, App. 6/11/93)
SEC. 203.1. PARKING METER RATES– PARKING METER AREA NUMBER ONE.
The rates for parking meters in Parking Meter Area Number One shall be three dollars an hour. The maximum time period permitted for parking at any parking meter, whether operational or broken, on the posted days and during the posted hours of its operation shall correspond to the time designated on the parking meter.
(Added by Ord. 77-86, App. 3/14/86; amended by Ord. 349-88, App. 8/2/88; Ord. 183-98, App. 6/5/98; Ord. 71-03, File No. 030352, App. 4/18/2003; Ord. 110-05, File No. 050370, App. 6/10/2005)
SEC. 203.2. PARKING METER RATES– PARKING METER AREA NUMBER TWO.
The rates for parking meters in Parking Meter Area Number Two shall be two dollars and fifty cents an hour. The maximum time period permitted for parking at any parking meter, whether operational or broken, on the posted days and during the posted hours of its operation shall correspond to the maximum time designated on the parking meter.
(Added by Ord. 77-86, App. 3/14/86; amended by Ord. 391-86, App. 9/19/86; Ord. 349-88, App. 8/2/88; Ord. 216-92, App. 7/10/92; Ord. 183-98, App. 6/5/98; Ord. 71-03, File No. 030352, App. 4/18/2003; Ord. 110-05, File No. 050370, App. 6/10/2005)
SEC. 203.3. PARKING METER RATES– PARKING METER AREA NUMBER THREE.
The rates for parking meters in Parking Meter Area Number Three shall be one dollar and fifty cents an hour. The maximum time period permitted for parking at any parking meter, whether operational or broken, on the posted days and during the posted hours of its operation shall correspond to the time designated on the parking meter.
(Added by Ord. 77-86, App. 3/14/86; amended by Ord. 349-88, App. 8/2/88; Ord. 216-92, App. 7/10/92; Ord. 183-98, App. 6/5/98; Ord. 71-03, File No. 030352, App. 4/18/2003; Ord. 110-05, File No. 050370, App. 6/10/2005)
SEC. 203.4. PARKING METER RATES– PARKING METER AREA NUMBER FOUR.
The rates for parking meters in Parking Meter Area Number Four shall be two dollars and fifty cents an hour. The maximum time period permitted for parking at any parking meter, whether operational or broken, on the posted days and during the posted hours of its operation shall correspond to the time designated on the parking meter.
(Added by Ord. 77-86, App. 3/14/86; amended by Ord. 349-88, App. 8/2/88; Ord. 216-92, App. 7/10/92; Ord. 183-98, App. 6/5/98; Ord. 71-03, File No. 030352, App. 4/18/2003; Ord. 110-05, File No. 050370, App. 6/10/2005)
SEC. 203.5. PARKING METER RATES– MOTORCYCLES.
The hourly rate for motorcycle parking meters for the various Parking Meter Areas shall be as follows:
(a) Parking Meter Area One shall have an hourly rate of twenty-five cents.
(b) Parking Meter Area Two shall have an hourly rate of fifteen cents.
(c) Parking Meter Area Three shall have an hourly rate of ten cents.
(d) Parking Meter Area Four shall have an hourly rate of fifteen cents.
All motorcycle parking meters shall be capable of accepting five-cent, ten-cent, and twenty-five-cent coins. The amount of time given for these denominations shall be prorated on the basis of the hourly parking meter rate. The maximum time period permitted for parking at any motorcycle parking meter, whether operational or broken, on the posted days and during the posted hours of its operation shall correspond to the time designated on the parking meter.
(Added by Ord. 152-99, File No. 990804, App. 6/2/99)
SEC. 204. DESIGNATION OF PARKING METER ZONES.
The Director of Parking and Traffic shall, by order, designate areas in which parking meter zones are to be established. The said Director shall, in each order, outline the general boundary of the area and shall forward a copy of said order to the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors shall then consider the advisability of applying the provisions of Section 203 of this Article to the said area set forth in the order of the Director of Parking and Traffic, and, in so doing, shall take such action as will promote efficiency and safety in the use of the public streets.
(Amended by Ord. 74-59, App. 2/18/59; Ord. 214-92, App. 7/10/92)
SEC. 205. INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF PARKING METERS.
Parking meters shall be installed, maintained and repaired by the Department of Parking and Traffic. The making of contracts for the furnishing and installation of parking meters shall be governed by Section 214 of this Article 12.
(Amended by Ord. 97-59, App. 2/26/59; Ord. 198-88, App. 5/11/88; Ord. 128-92, App. 5/18/92)
SEC. 206. DELINEATING AREA COMPRISING PARKING METER ZONE.
The Director of Parking and Traffic shall have full power and authority to allot and cause to be indicated by suitable lines or by other means of indication, the space within which any vehicle must be parked on any street or block on which parking meters are installed, as well as to select the particular part of the curb or sidewalk adjacent to the said parking meter zone on which said parking meter shall be installed.
(Amended by Ord. 74-59, App. 2/18/59; Ord. 128-92, App. 5/18/92)
SEC. 207. DEPOSIT OF SLUGS, ETC., PROHIBITED.
It shall be unlawful to deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any slug, device, or substitute for a coin of the United States.
(Section 8, Ord. 4288 (Series of 1939), App. 2/19/47)
SEC. 208. WILLFUL DAMAGE TO PARKING METERS PROHIBITED.
It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under the terms of this ordinance.
(Section 9, Ord. 4288 (Series of 1939), App. 2/19/47)
SEC. 209. REQUIREMENT FOR DEPOSIT OF COIN-POLICE REGULATION AND INSPECTION FEES.
The coins required to be deposited as provided herein are hereby levied as police regulation and inspection fees to cover the cost of inspection and regulation involved in the inspection, installation, operation, control and use of the parking spaces and parking meters described herein and involved in checking up and regulating the parking of vehicles in the parking meter zones created hereby, as well as for the regulation of traffic.
(Section 10, Ord. 4288 (Series of 1939), App. 2/19/47)
SEC. 210. PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (b) below, any person violating any of the provisions of this Article shall be guilty of an infraction and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $15 nor more than $50 for each offense as set forth by ordinance of the Board of Supervisors. Each such person shall be guilty of a separate and distinct offense for each and every hour of any unauthorized occupancy of a parking meter zone in violation of Section 202 of this Article after the issuance of the first citation therefor and shall be punished accordingly.
(b) Any person violating Section 202.1 shall be guilty of an infraction and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $20 nor more than $50 for each offense as set forth by ordinance of the Board of Supervisors. Each such person shall be guilty of a separate and distinct offense for each and every hour of any unauthorized occupancy of a parking meter zone in violation of Section 202.1 of this Article after the issuance of the first citation therefor and shall be punished accordingly.
(Amended by Ord. 77-86, App. 3/14/86; Ord. 390-86, App. 9/19/86; Ord. 421-86, App. 10/11/86; Ord. 279-89, App. 8/2/89; Ord. 214-92, App. 7/10/92; Ord. 36-05, File No. 041725, App. 2/11/2005)
SEC. 211. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
If any Section, Subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Article is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Article. The Board of Supervisors hereby declares that it would have passed this Article and each Section, Subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more Sections, Subsections, sentences, clause or phrase be declared unconstitutional.
(Section 12, Ord. 4288 (Series of 1939), App. 2/19/47)
SEC. 212. REPEAL OF INCONSISTENT ORDINANCES.
Any ordinance inconsistent with any of the terms and provisions of this Article is hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only the extent of such inconsistency and in all other respects this Article shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this Article.
(Section 13, Ord. 4288 (Series of 1939), App. 2/19/47)
SEC. 213. USE OF PARKING METER AND GARAGE REVENUE– ESTABLISHMENT OF PARKING REVENUE FUND.
(a) Establishment and Purpose of Fund. There is hereby established a special fund in the Treasury of the City and County of San Francisco to be known as the Parking Revenue Fund (referred to hereafter as the "Fund"). Subject to the restrictions provided in this Section, the Fund is hereby established for the purpose of financing the San Francisco off-street parking program and other parking-related projects, including without limitation, (i) capital expenditures for acquisition, construction, completion or leasing of public parking lots, storage space, garages, single- or multi-level structures, and other off-street parking facilities on, under, or above the surface of any property, including public parks, squares, lands, easements or rights-of-way acquired or to be acquired by purchase, lease or condemnation, together with buildings, structures, equipment, approach roads, entrances, exits, fencing, off-street parking meters, and other works, property or structures for the accommodation of automotive vehicles, and necessary or convenient for parking facilities to relieve congestion and facilitate, regulate and control traffic within the City and County of San Francisco; (ii) the payment of the costs of engineering and related studies and surveys; (iii) the payment of the costs, operation and maintenance of parking facilities and related structures hereafter acquired or constructed, including the payment of possessory interest taxes required by any agreement authorized by the Board of Supervisors; (iv) the sole pledge for the servicing of past or future indebtedness incurred by the issuance of bonds or other instruments by or on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco for the acquisition, construction and completion of off-street parking facilities; (v) the sole additional pledge augmenting a pledge of revenue from off-street parking facilities for the servicing of past or future indebtedness incurred by the issuance of revenue bonds or other revenue instruments by or on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco for the acquisition, construction and completion of off-street parking facilities; payment of the costs of engineering and construction of on-street parking bays in parking meter districts within neighborhood commercial districts by sidewalk narrowing after adoption of appropriate legislation by the Board of Supervisors; (vi) payment of the administrative and operating expenses of the Department of Parking and Traffic, the Parking and Traffic Commission and the Parking Authority of the City and County of San Francisco; (vii) payment to the General Fund, for traffic regulation and control, of amounts remaining in said special fund after making provision for the requirements under (i) through (vi) above.
(b) Deposit of Monies Into the Fund; Segregated Accounts Within Fund. (i) Monies collected by the Department of Parking and Traffic from on-street parking meters ("Parking Meter Revenue") shall be deposited into the Treasury of the City and County of San Francisco and credited to the Fund in a segregated account known as the "Parking Meter Revenue Account." (ii) All net revenue received from the operation of off-street parking facilities owned or leased by the City or the Parking Authority of the City and County of San Francisco, the purchase or construction of which was financed in whole or in part from the Fund or the Off-Street Parking Fund pursuant to this Section, and those net revenues received from the operation of off-street, metered parking facilities owned by the City and County of San Francisco, shall be collected by the Department of Parking and Traffic, deposited into the Treasury of the City and County of San Francisco and credited to the Fund in a segregated account known as the "Off-Street Parking Revenue Account." To the extent practicable, all net revenues from off-street parking facilities (including surface parking) operated on City-owned property shall be credited to the Off-Street Parking Revenue Account.
(c) Use of Monies in Parking Meter Revenue Account. The use of monies deposited into the Parking Meter Revenue Account pursuant to Subsection (b)(i) of this Section, and any and all interest earned thereon, shall be expended; First, for the payment in any fiscal year of all principal, interest, premium and all other payments required pursuant to any documents authorizing any indebtedness or obligations issued or created by, or on behalf of, the City and County of San Francisco or the San Francisco Parking Authority in connection with the financing of the construction, acquisition and/or equipping of any off-street parking facilities; Second, to the General Fund of the Treasury of the City and County of San Francisco the amount of $1,500,000, to the extent available in any fiscal year from Parking Meter Revenue (except that commencing with fiscal year 1987-88 such amount shall be $3,000,000, and except that commencing with fiscal year 1988-89 such amount shall be $6,000,000, and except that commencing with fiscal year 1992-93 such amount shall be $8,000,000), and except that commencing with fiscal year 1996-97 such amount shall be $7,600,000); and Third, for the purposes described in Subsection (a) of this Section, if and to the extent available.
(d) Use of Monies in Off-Street Parking Revenue Account. The monies deposited into the Off-Street Parking Revenue Account pursuant to Subsection (b)(ii) of this Section, and any and all interest earned thereon, shall be expended for the purposes set forth in Subsection (a) of this Section, in any order of priority.
(e) Definitions. When used in this Section, the term "net revenues" shall mean, with respect to each facility, all income, revenue, interest earnings and other money of every nature arising out of or in connection with or derived from the ownership, operation or leasing of such facility in such fiscal year less maintenance and operation costs of such facility. The term "maintenance and operation costs" shall mean, with respect to each facility, the reasonable and necessary costs of operation and maintenance, calculated on sound accounting principles, including (among other things) salaries and wages, fees for services, costs of materials, supplies and fuel, reasonable expenses of management, legal fees, accounting fees, repairs and other expenses necessary to maintain and preserve the facility in good repair and working order, and reasonable amounts for administration, overhead, insurance, taxes (if any), and other similar costs, but excluding in all cases (i) depreciation and obsolescence charges or reserves therefor; (ii) amortization of intangibles premiums, discounts, or other bookkeeping entries of a similar nature, (iii) costs of capital additions, replacements, betterments, extensions or improvements to the facility, which under generally accepted accounting principles are chargeable to a capital account or to a reserve for depreciation; and (iv) amounts paid from sources other than the fund.
(Added by Ord. 211-94, App. 6/1/94; amended by Ord. 241-94, App. 6/24/94; Ord. 309-96, App. 7/25/96)
SEC. 214. AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT FOR INSTALLATION OF PARKING METERS.
The Purchaser of Supplies is hereby authorized to enter into contracts, upon receipt of requisition therefor from the Department of Parking and Traffic for the furnishing and installation of such numbers of parking meters as it shall deem proper, whenever sufficient funds shall be provided for said purpose, or, upon the request of said Department of Parking and Traffic, said Purchaser of Supplies may enter into a contract or contracts with any person, firm or corporation for the furnishing or installation of said parking meters upon the basis that the person, firm or corporation installing or furnishing the same shall be paid the cost thereof from the coins deposited in said meters, in which latter event the title to said meters shall remain in the person, firm or corporation, furnishing the same until the purchase price of said meters is paid.
(Amended by Ord. 74-59, App. 2/18/59; Ord. 128-92, App. 5/18/92)
SEC. 215. INSTALLATION OF PARKING METERS– CITY TO BE HELD HARMLESS.
No parking meter shall be installed by said Director of Parking and Traffic or under the Director's direction, unless the person, firm or corporation furnishing said parking meter shall agree to hold and save the City, its officers and employees harmless from all claims or damages of every kind and nature arising from, or incident to, any claims or demand for any infringement of any patent or copyright covering or alleged to cover any parking meter installed under authority of this Article and refund and to pay on demand to the City or to any of its officers or employees any and all amounts which the said City or any of its officers and employees may expend in defending or prosecuting any litigation involving any alleged patent or copyright infringement relating to any of said meters so installed.
(Amended by Ord. 74-59, App. 2/18/59; Ord. 128-92, App. 5/18/92)
SEC. 216. METHOD FOR ACCOUNTING FOR REVENUES.
The Controller shall provide the method for accounting for all moneys taken from said parking meters.
(Section 17, Ord. 4288 (Series of 1939), App. 2/19/47)
SEC. 217. POWER OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO REPEAL OR AMEND REGULATIONS.
The Board of Supervisors reserves the right to repeal or amend this Article at will, and no person, firm or corporation shall have or acquire any right to maintain on the streets of San Francisco any parking meter installed under authority of this Article beyond the effective period of this ordinance.
(Section 18, Ord. 4288 (Series of 1939), App. 2/19/47)
SEC. 218. SPECIAL SHORT-TIME PARKING METERS.
In any parking meter area, the Director of Parking and Traffic may install special short-time parking meters which shall be distinctly marked and shall permit a maximum parking time of less than 60 minutes.
(Amended by Ord. 413-82, App. 8/20/82; Ord. 128-92, App. 5/18/92)
SEC. 219. PARKING METER ZONES FOR MOTORCYCLES ONLY.
In any parking meter area, the Director of Parking and Traffic may establish parking meter zones for the exclusive use of motorcyclists. No person shall stop or park any vehicle other than a motorcycle in a parking meter zone marked or signed for motorcycles only. Non-motorcycle vehicles parked in designated motorcycle zones shall be designated a hazard, and shall be subject to removal under the provisions of the California Vehicle Code Sections 22651(b) and 22651(n). Signs shall be posted designating such motorcycle parking zones as tow-away zones for any non-motorcycle vehicles left parked, stopped, or standing.
In any parking meter area, the Director of Parking and Traffic may designate for the exclusive parking of motorcycles any available curb space three feet or more in length but too small for the parking of automobiles.
(Amended by 412-84, App. 9/28/84; Ord. 128-92, App. 5/18/92; Ord. 185-02, File No. 021142, App. 9/6/2002)
SEC. 219.1. ALL-DAY PARKING METERS FOR MOTORCYCLES ONLY.
In any parking meter area, the Director of Parking and Traffic may install all-day parking meters for the exclusive use of motorcyclists.
(Added by Ord. 67-79, App. 2/9/79; amended by Ord. 128-92, App. 5/18/92; Ord. 200-00, File No. 001144, App. 8/18/2000)
SEC. 219.2. SIDEWALK PARKING OF BICYCLES AND MOPEDS.
It shall be permissible for any person to stop, park or leave standing any bicycle or moped, on any sidewalk, provided that such bicycle or moped shall in no way obstruct the sidewalk nor inhibit the forward progress of any pedestrians thereon.