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For the purpose of this Article 39, the following words and phrases shall mean and include:
(a) "City." The City and County of San Francisco.
(b) "Commercial Dog Walking" or "Commercial Dog Walking Business." Doing business as a
permittee under this Article 39.
(c) "Department." The Animal Care and Control Department of the City and County of
San Francisco.
(d) "Director." The Director of the Animal Care and Control Department, or his or her designee.
(e) "Enforcement Officer."
(1) An officer or employee of the Department designated by the Director to enforce this
Article 39;
(2) an officer or employee of the Port of San Francisco, the Recreation and Park Department,
or the Public Utilities Commission designated by the Port Director, the General Manager
of the Recreation and Park Department, or the General Manager of the Public Utilities
Commission, respectively, to enforce this Article 39 on property under the jurisdiction of
the Port, Recreation and Park, or the Public Utilities Commission, respectively; or
(3) any peace officer authorized under California Penal Code Section 830.1(a)
An officer or employee of the Department designated by the Director to enforce
this Article may refer possible violations occurring on Port, Recreation and Park, or Public
Utilities property to designated enforcement officers from those departments, who
shall have primary responsibility for enforcement of the Article on properties under their
respective jurisdictions.
(f) "Park Property." All grounds, roadways, avenues, squares, recreation facilities, and
other property placed under the control, management and direction of the Recreation and
Park Commission by the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco, and the open
space on the blocks bounded by Market, Folsom, Third and Fourth Streets which is under
the control, management and direction of the Redevelopment Agency of the City and County
of San Francisco, otherwise known as the "Yerba Buena Gardens."
"Park Property" shall also include property under the jurisdiction of the Port of San Francisco
that the Port Commission has designated for inclusion under this Article 39, and property
under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission that the General Manager of the
Public Utilities Commission has designated for inclusion under this Article 39.
(g) "Tax Collector." The Tax Collector of the City and County of San Francisco.
It shall be unlawful for any person to walk four or more dogs at any one time for consideration
on Park Property without first having obtained a permit under this Article from the Director of
the Animal Care and Control Department.
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