San Francisco municipal codes

San Francisco Municipal Codes

The City of San Francisco has arranged for the city's municipal codes to be published on the Internet by Municode.com. Due to this arrangement, most (but not all) of the San Francisco municipal codes are available for free at the Municode.com website. Each code is in a separate searchable database; although you can also search several codes at once by going to this search page.

Because of a recent change in publishers, the San Francisco Building, Electrical, Housing, Mechanical & Plumbing codes are still hosted on the Internet by American Legal Publishing, but these web versions are only current through June 30, 2005. You can view the current versions of these five codes in print at many libraries including San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco Law Library, UC Berkeley, and UC Hastings.

The following list includes all of the San Francisco codes available on the Internet:

Administrative Code
Building Code (current thru 6/30/2005)
Business and Tax Code
Campaign and Gov. Conduct Code
Charter
Elections Code
Environment Code
Electrical Code (current thru 6/30/2005)
Fire Code
Health Code
Housing Code (current thru 6/30/2005)

Mechanical Code (current thru 6/30/2005)
Park Code
Planning Code
Plumbing Code (current thru 6/30/2005)
Police Code
Port Code
Public Works Code
Subdivision Code
Traffic Code
Zoning Maps

Search multiple codes (Note: Not all codes can be combined.)

Note on recent revisions: To view changes to the San Francisco Municipal Code from 1998 through 2001, consult the List of Sections Affected compiled by the San Francisco Law Library. To view the most recent changes to the code, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors maintains a useful website with all of the resolutions and ordinances passed by the board since January 2000.

Additional guidance: The following list includes a few links to specified sections of the San Francisco Code; these links may not reflect the most recent changes to the codes, but they might be a useful way to find the relevant code section:

• The San Francisco Rent Board website includes links to the residential rent stabilization and arbitration ordinance (ch 37), the provisions regarding security deposits for residential rental property (ch 49), a list of all of the rent ordinance amendments, and a number of useful rent board forms.
• San Francisco Ethics Commission - Local Laws and Regulations
• San Francisco Human Rights Commission - Equal Benefits for Domestic Partners and Spouses (Nondiscrimination in City Contracts Chapters 12B and 12C of the SF Administrative Code)

Last updated August 4, 2007
Prepared by FCIL Librarian

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