San Francisco Transportation Code 5/28/15, 7:37 PM CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL CODE TRANSPORTATION CODE The San Francisco Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 107-13, File No. 130070, approved June 13, 2013, effective July 13, 2013. Division I of the Transportation Code was last amended by Ordinance 101-13, File No. 130318, approved June 10, 2013, effective July 10, 2013, operative June 1, 2013. Division II of the Transportation Code was last amended by SFMTA Board Resolution No. 13-174, adopted June 18, 2013, effective July 19, 2013. The San Francisco Municipal Code: Environment Code Port Code Charter Fire Code Public Works Code Administrative Code Health Code Subdivision Code Building, Electrical, Housing, Mechanical and Plumbing Codes Municipal Transportation Code Elections Code Business and Tax Regulations Code Zoning Maps Park Code Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code Comprehensive Planning Code Ordinance Table Police Code AMERICAN LEGAL PUBLISHING CORPORATION 432 Walnut Street, Suite 1200 Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-3909 (800) 445-5588 Fax: (513) 763-3562 Email: [email protected] www.amlegal.com PREFACE TO THE TRANSPORTATION CODE Proposition A, titled "Transit Reform, Parking Regulation and Emissions Reductions," was adopted by the voters on November 7, 2007. Proposition A amended the San Francisco Charter to give the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency additional authority in several areas, such as approving contracts, hiring, setting employee pay rates and proposing revenue measures. Proposition A also expanded MTA power to adopt many parking and traffic regulations, and to install many traffic control devices that had previously required the approval of the Board of Supervisors. Proposition A provides that actions related to stop signs, bicycle lanes, preferential parking zones, parking meter zones, parking time limits, and disabled parking privileges may be reviewed by the Board of Supervisors if the Board of Supervisors enacts an ordinance establishing review procedures for those items. Proposition A required the Board of Supervisors to enact implementing legislation within 90 days of its effective date to repeal all of the provisions of the Traffic Code that were inconsistent with Proposition A. Accordingly, Transportation Code Division I was passed by the Board of Supervisors on March 18, 2008, and approved by the Mayor on March 24, 2008 (see Ord. 45-08, File No. 080236.) Proposition A gave the Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors legislative authority to enact any parking and traffic regulations that are not preempted by state law or reserved to the Board of Supervisors. The Municipal Transportation Agency took advantage of this opportunity to update the parking and traffic laws that had been initially enacted in 1940. Pursuant to the authority granted to it by Proposition A, the Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors enacted Division II of the Transportation Code on July 1, 2008 (see SFMTA Bd. Res. https://law.resource.org/pub/us/code/city/ca/SanFrancisco/0-snapshots/S-44/Transportation.html Page 1 of 109 San Francisco Transportation Code 5/28/15, 7:37 PM 08-120). Together, Divisions I and II make up the San Francisco Transportation Code, which took effect on July 2, 2008, and superseded the former Traffic Code in its entirety. This electronic version of the City and County of San Francisco Municipal Code is updated as amending legislation is approved. New Ordinance Notices or New Resolution Notices are inserted where applicable to call the user's attention to material that has been affected by legislation that has been passed but is not yet effective. Any references to such legislation are also compiled in a table at the end of this Code. The amendments are then incorporated into the Code when they become effective. Beginning with legislation passed in 2011, all ordinances affecting this Code are summarized in a table that lists the identifying information (ordinance and file numbers), effective date, short title, and sections affected for each such ordinance. Beginning with the resolution passed April 5, 2011, SFMTA Resolutions affecting this Code are summarized in a similar table. Users should note that the operative date of an ordinance may be later than the effective date of the ordinance. A delayed operative date will be noted in the ordinance. This Code may contain various Editor's Notes (explaining the disposition of or cross referencing various provisions), and/or Codification Notes (documenting scrivener's errors and the like found in the underlying ordinances). Such notes have been inserted by the publisher for the convenience of the user or as historical references. They have not been approved or adopted by the City and County of San Francisco, and are of no legal force or effect. DIVISION I 1. DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS 2. STREET SIGNAGE 3. ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY 4. PARKING AND TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT FUNDS AND FEES 5. ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE VEHICLES FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY 6. TEMPORARY USE OR OCCUPANCY OF PUBLIC STREETS 7. VIOLATIONS 8. AUTHORITY TO REMOVE VEHICLES DIVISION II 100: DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS 200: CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER 300: FINES AND FEES 400: PARKING METER REGULATIONS 500: SIZE, WEIGHT, LOAD RESTRICTIONS 600: TRANSIT-ONLY TRAFFIC LANES LANES 700: SPEED LIMITS 800: SPECIAL ON-STREET PERMIT PARKING CONTROLS 900: PERMITS 1000: MISCELLANEOUS PARKING AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS 1100: REGULATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE DIVISION 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. Severability. SEC. 1.1. DEFINITIONS. (a) Whenever in this Transportation Code words or phrases are used that are not defined by the provisions of this Code, but are defined in the Vehicle Code, the definition and meaning shall be applied as set forth in the Vehicle Code. (b) Any words or phrases that are not defined in the Vehicle Code or in Division II of this Code shall have the meanings set forth below. https://law.resource.org/pub/us/code/city/ca/SanFrancisco/0-snapshots/S-44/Transportation.html Page 2 of 109 San Francisco Transportation Code 5/28/15, 7:37 PM (1) California Public Utilities Commission, CPUC. The Public Utilities Commission of the State of California. (2) Chief of Police. The Chief of the San Francisco Police Department, or his or her designee(s). (3) City. The City and County of San Francisco. (4) Code. The Transportation Code of the City and County of San Francisco, consisting of Division I, under the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, and Division II, under the jurisdiction of the Board of Directors of the Municipal Transportation Agency. (5) Director of Public Health. The Director of the San Francisco Department of Public Health or his or her designee(s). (6) Director of Transportation. The Director of Transportation of the Municipal Transportation Agency or his or her designee(s). (7) Division I. Division I of the Transportation Code, under the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. (8) Division II. Division II of the Transportation Code, under the jurisdiction of the Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors. (9) Final SFMTA Decision. A decision upon which the SFMTA has taken the last action according to procedures set forth in Division II, Section 203 (Final SFMTA Decision; Request for Review). (10) Fire Chief. The Chief of the San Francisco Fire Department of the City and County of San Francisco, or his or her designee(s). (11) Municipal Parking Facility. An off-street parking lot or off-street parking garage owned, leased or operated by the City or the Parking Authority of the City and County of San Francisco. (12) Newsgathering Vehicle. A vehicle displaying a permit issued by the Police Department pursuant to Section 939.2 of the Police Code. (13) Non-motorized User-propelled Vehicle, NUV. Any device of two or more wheels lacking a belt, chain, or gears that is powered by the rider through pedals or by pushing off of or kicking at the ground, including, but not limited to, in-line skates, roller-skates, kick or push scooters, skateboards, and toy vehicles. (14) Park. To park or stop a vehicle, as defined in the Vehicle Code, or to cause or permit a vehicle to be parked or stopped, unless the context requires a different meaning. (15) Parking Control Officer, PCO. A City employee authorized by the Municipal Transportation Agency to enforce state laws and the San Francisco Municipal Code related to Parking of vehicles. (16) Parking Meter. Any device that, upon payment, registers the amount of time for which a vehicle is authorized to Park in a particular Parking Space. (17) Parking Permit. A permit issued by the Municipal Transportation Agency to a person or a vehicle which, when current, valid and properly displayed, entitles the vehicle or a vehicle occupied by the person to specified exemptions from the Parking regulations of this Code. (18) Parking Space. A space demarcated by painted lines or other indicators for the Parking of a single vehicle. (19) Placard. A placard issued by a state agency to a person with disabilities pursuant to Vehicle Code Sections 22511.55 or 22511.59 that entitles the holder to Parking privileges as specified in Vehicle Code Sections 22511.5 et seq. (20) Police Officer. An employee of the San Francisco Police Department authorized to enforce the criminal laws of the state and of the San Francisco Municipal Code. (21) Port Commission. The Port Commission of the City and County of San Francisco. (22) Port Regulations. With respect to any property under the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Port Commission, such Parking and traffic conditions and regulations as are imposed by and on file and available for public inspection at the office of the Port Commission.