§ 94A.1. THE PLACES FOR PEOPLE PROGRAM; ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE; CORE AGENCY JURISDICTION.

(a) Establishment and Purpose. There is hereby created a San Francisco Places for People Program (“Program” or “Places for People Program”). A People Place is intended to be a temporary space on City-owned property, and in some cases also on nearby privately-owned spaces, where the public can gather and participate in various commercial or non-commercial offerings and events. Under the Program, a public or private entity may obtain City approval to create a People Place by occupying the location with reversible physical treatments or improvements and/or activating the location with programming.

This Chapter 94A sets forth a streamlined process by which the Planning Department, Department of Public Works, Municipal Transportation Agency, Department of Real Estate, and Entertainment Commission (collectively, defined in Section 94A.2 as the “Core City Agencies”), and their successor agencies or departments, if any, will coordinate the review and approval of a request to occupy and activate such spaces and issue a permit to authorize the use.

(b) Core City Agency Jurisdiction Retained. Each Core City Agency shall retain its full authority under the City Charter and applicable Codes to authorize the use, impose conditions on the “People Place Permit,” and enforce the Agency’s requirements. In particular, this Article1 94A is not intended (1) to be an alternative to the process for review and approval of activities on public streets unrelated to the Places for People Program by the Interdepartmental Staff Committee on Traffic and Transportation (ISCOTT) contained in Article 6 of the Transportation Code or (2) to preclude the Director of Public Works from exercising the authority to regulate activities on the public right-of-way under sections of the Public Works Code that are unrelated to the Places for People Program.

The procedures by which the Department of Public Works and Municipal Transportation Agency will review and approve a permit issued pursuant to this Chapter 94A are set forth in Section 793et seq. of the Public Works Code (for Public Works) and Division II of the Transportation Code (for MTA). The Department of Real Estate’s procedures are set forth in Section 94A.8 of this Chapter. The Entertainment Commission’s jurisdiction over “Limited Live Performance Locales” is set forth in Section 1060 of the Police Code.

(Added by Ord. , File No. 160893, App. 11/22/2016, Eff. 12/22/2016)

CODIFICATION NOTE

1. So in Ord. .