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San Francisco, California, Police Code

ARTICLE 1.1: - REGULATING THE USE OF VEHICLES FOR HUMAN HABITATION

SEC. 96. - DEFINITIONS.
SEC. 97. - USE OF VEHICLES FOR HUMAN HABITATION PROHIBITED.
SEC. 97.1. - EXCEPTION.
SEC. 98. - PENALTY.
SEC. 99. - SEVERABILITY.
SEC. 96. - DEFINITIONS.

For the purpose of this Article the following words and phrases shall mean and include:

(a) House car. House car shall mean a motor vehicle originally designed or permanently or temporarily altered and equipped for human habitation, or to which a camper has been permanently or temporarily attached.

(b) Camper. Camper shall mean a structure designed to be mounted upon a motor vehicle and to provide facilities for human habitation or camping purposes.

(c) Trailer Coach. Trailer coach is a structure designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle for human habitation, or human occupancy, for carrying persons or property on its own.

(d) Person. An individual, firm, partnership, joint adventure, association, social club, fraternal organization, joint stock company, corporation, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, trustee, syndicate, or any other group or combination acting as a unit excepting the United States of America, the State of California, and any political subdivision of either thereof.

(Added by Ord. 77-71, App. 4/2/71)

SEC. 97. - USE OF VEHICLES FOR HUMAN HABITATION PROHIBITED.

(a) No person shall use or occupy or permit the use or occupancy of any house car, camper or trailer coach for human habitation, including but not limited to sleeping, eating or resting, either single or in groups, on any street, park, beach, square, avenue, alley or public way, within the City and County of San Francisco between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

(b) No person shall use or occupy or permit the use or occupancy of any motor vehicle for human habitation, either single or in groups, on any street, park, beach, square, avenue, alley or public way, within a residential neighborhood of the City and County of San Francisco between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. For the purposes of this Section, "motor vehicle" shall mean any self-propelled vehicle other than a house car, camper or trailer coach. "Residential neighborhood" shall mean any area of the City zoned for R-H, R-M or R-C use under the City Planning Code, and "habitation" shall mean the use of a motor vehicle as a dwelling place, and shall not mean the use of a motor vehicle for allevation of sickness or temporary physical inability to operate such motor vehicle.

(Amended by Ord. 417-84, App. 10/5/84)

SEC. 97.1. - EXCEPTION.

The General Manager of the Recreation and Park Department may by written permit allow the use or occupancy of any housecar, camper or trailer coach on or in any property under the jurisdiction of the Recreation and Park Commission when he finds that such use is necessary for the operation and protection of City property and livestock.

The permission granted by the General Manager may be revoked upon five days written notice to the permittee.

(Added by Ord. 77-71, App. 4/2/71)

SEC. 98. - PENALTY.

Any person who violates any provisions of this Article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction such person shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed $1,000 or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Added by Ord. 77-71, App. 4/2/71)

SEC. 99. - SEVERABILITY.

If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Article or any part thereof, is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid or ineffective by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the remaining portions of this Code or any part thereof. The Board of Supervisors hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional or invalid or ineffective.

(Added by Ord. 77-71, App. 4/2/71)