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 Chapter 8. TROPICAL HARDWOOD AND VIRGIN REDWOOD BAN

  § 801. DEFINITIONS.  

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  • As used in this Article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings indicated herein:
    "City" or "City and County" shall mean the City and County of San Francisco, or any department, board, commission or agency thereof.
    "City funds" shall mean all monies or other assets received and managed by, or which are otherwise under the control of, the Treasurer, and any notes, bonds, securities, certificates of indebtedness or other fiscal obligations issued by the City and County.
    "Commodities" shall include, but not be limited to, goods, commodities, materials, supplies and equipment.
    "Contract" shall mean an agreement for public works or improvements to be performed, or for goods or services to be purchased or grants to be provided, at the expense of the City and County or to be paid out of monies deposited in the treasury or out of trust monies under the control of or collected by the City and County.
    "Contracting officer" shall mean that officer or employee of the City and County authorized under the Charter, the Administrative Code or the Municipal Code, to enter into a contract on behalf of the City and County. "Contracting officer" shall include the Mayor, each department head or general manager and other employees of the City and County authorized to enter into contracts on behalf of the City and County.
    "Doing business in the City and County" shall mean entering into or seeking to enter into a contract with the City and County.
    "Non-tropical hardwood equivalents" shall mean any and all hardwood other than virgin redwood that grows in any geographically temperate regions, as defined by the U.S. Forest Service, and is equivalent to tropical hardwood in density, texture, grain, stability or durability. Non-tropical hardwoods, the use or purchase of which shall be preferred under this Article, shall include, but not be limited to the following species:
    Scientific Name
    Common Name
    Fraxinus americana
    Ash
    Tilia americana
    Basswood
    Fagus grandifolia
    Beech
    Betula papyrifera
    Birch
    Juglans cinera
    Butternut
    Prunus serotina
    Cherry
    Populus spp.
    Cottonwood
    Taxodium distichum
    Cypress
    Pseudotsuga menziesii
    Douglas Fir
    Ulmus spp.
    Elm
    Nyssa sylvatica
    Black Gum
    Liquidambar styraciflua
    Red Gum
    Celtis laevigata
    Hackberry
    Tsuga heterophylla
    West Hemlock
    Hicoria spp.
    Hickory
    Acer saccharum
    Sugar Maple
    Acer spp.
    Soft Maple
    Quercus spp.
    Red Oak
    Quercus spp.
    White Oak
    Hicoria spp.
    Pecan
    Pinus ponderosa
    Ponderosa Pine
    Pinus spp.
    Yellow So. Pine
    Liriodendron tulipifera
    Yellow Poplar
    Picea sitchensis
    Sitka Spruce
    Platanus occidentalis
    Sycamore
    Juglas nigra
    Black Walnut
    "Non-virgin redwood equivalents" shall mean any and all wood or wood product (including, but not limited to, wood from the species scientifically classified as "sequoia sempervirens") that is not a tropical hardwood or a tropical hardwood wood product and is equivalent to virgin redwood in density, texture, grain, stability or durability.
    "Purchaser" shall mean the Purchaser of the City and County or any authorized representative of that official.
    "Tropical hardwood" shall mean any and all hardwood, scientifically classified as angiosperme, that grows in any tropical moist forest. Tropical hardwoods, the use or purchase of which shall be governed by this Article, shall include, but not be limited to, the following species:
    Scientific Name
    Common Name
    Vouacapoua americana
    Acapu
    Pericopsis elata
    Afrormosia
    Shorea almon
    Almon
    Peltogyne spp.
    Amaranth
    Guibourtia ehie
    Amazaque
    Aningeria spp.
    Aningeria
    Dipterocarpus grandiflorus
    Apitong
    Ochrama lagopus
    Balsa
    Virola spp.
    Banak
    Anisoptera thurifera
    Bella Rosa
    Guibourtia arnoldiana
    Benge
    Detarium Senegalese
    Boire
    Guibourtia demeusil
    Bubinga
    Prioria copaifera
    Cativo
    Antiaris africana
    Chenchen
    Dalbergia retusa
    Concobolo
    Cordia spp.
    Cordia
    Diospyros spp.
    Ebony
    Aucoumea klaineanal
    Gaboon
    Chlorophora excelsa
    Iroko
    Acacia koa
    Koa
    Pterygota macrocarpa
    Koto
    Shorea negrosensis
    Red Lauan
    Pentacme contorta
    White Lauan
    Shorea polysperma
    Tanguile
    Terminalia superba
    Limba
    Aniba duckei
    Louro
    Khaya ivorensis
    African Mahogany
    Swietenia macrophylla
    American Mahogany
    Tieghemella heckelii
    Makore
    Distemonanthus benthamianus
    Movingui
    Pterocarpus soyauxii
    African Paduak
    Pterocarpus angolensis
    Angola Paduak
    Aspidosperma spp.
    Peroba
    Peltogyne spp.
    Purpleheart
    Gonystylus spp.
    Ramin
    Dalbergia spp.
    Rosewood
    Entandrophragma cylindricum
    Sapele
    Shorea philippinensis
    Sonora
    Tectona grandis
    Teak
    Lovoa trichilioides
    Tigerwood
    Milletia laurentii
    Wenge
    Microberlinia brazzavillensis
    Zebrawood
    "Tropical rainforests" shall mean any and all forests classified by the scientific term "tropical moist forests," the classification determined by the equatorial region of the forest and average rainfall.
    "Tropical hardwood wood products" shall refer to any wood products which are composed, in whole or in part, of tropical hardwood.
    "Virgin redwood wood products" shall refer to any wood products which are composed, in whole or in part, of virgin redwood.
    "Virgin redwood" shall mean wood from the species scientifically classified as "sequoia sempervirens" including but not limited to wood that is graded "clear heart" or "clear all heart" (or any successor or equivalent terms) under lumber industry grading standards, unless such wood is either:
    (a) Reclaimed or recycled; or
    (b) Certified as sustainably harvested redwood by a certification organization that bases its standards on the principles and criteria of the United States Forest Stewardship Council. "Wood products" shall refer to any wood products, wholesale or retail, in any form, including but not limited to veneer, plywood, furniture, cabinets, paneling, mouldings, doorskins, joinery, or sawnwood. As used herein, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings indicated herein:
    (1) "Doorskin" shall mean a thin sheet of wood which is glued onto the frame of a door to form the face of the door.
    (2) "Moulding" shall refer to decorative wood used around window and doorframes, ceilings, and corners.
    (3) "Paneling" shall mean any thin sheet or sheets of attractive wood, intended to be used as wall covering, including any sheet consisting of a veneer glued onto some backing material.
    (4) "Particle board" shall mean any wood sheet or board created by compressing wood chips and particles from logs, trees or industrial residue.
    (5) "Plywood" shall mean any wood sheet created by gluing together thinner sheets (veneers) of any species.
    (6) "Sawnwood" shall mean lumber or any form of wood which is sawn or chipped lengthwise in either a rough or smooth cut.
    (7) "Veneer" shall mean a very thin slice of wood, between 1/16 inch to 1/125 inch in width, used in plywood, paneling, furniture exterior, and doorskins.
    (Added by Ord. 171-03, File No. 030422, App. 7/3/2003)
    (Derivation Former Administrative Code Section 12I.2; added by Ord. 391-90, App. 12/6/90; amended by Ord. 278-96, App. 7/3/96; Ord. 409-97, App. 10/31/97; Ord. 38-01, File No. 010010, App. 3/16/2001)