[Lights; Fire Escapes]

SF-POLICE art. 13, pt. [Lights; Fire Escapes]

in effect

SF Police Code § 889 REQUIRING RED LIGHTS PLACED AT FIRE ESCAPES.

SEC. 889. REQUIRING RED LIGHTS PLACED AT FIRE ESCAPES. Every person, firm or corporation, owner, proprietor, manager, superintendent, lessee or agent of any building used as a hotel, public lodging house, public rooming house or apartment house within the City and County of San Francisco, shall place or cause to be placed in a conspicuous position in every hallway thereof, signs which shall indicate by letters, not less than three inches in height, the location of every fire escape and near every such sign there shall be placed a red light, which must be kept burning from sunset to sunrise. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38)

SF Police Code § 890 OWNER TO PLACE WHITE LIGHT IN HALLWAY.

SEC. 890. OWNER TO PLACE WHITE LIGHT IN HALLWAY. Every person, firm or corporation, owner, proprietor, manager, superintendent, lessee or agent of any building used as a hotel, public lodging house, public rooming house or apartment house within the City and County of San Francisco, shall place or cause to be placed in every hallway, and passageway, a bright white light, capable of furnishing light enough to enable any person to see the stairway and exit from said hallway and passageway, to guide them in case of fire or panic to safety. Said white light shall burn from sunset to sunrise. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38)

SF Police Code § 891 CHIEF OF POLICE TO ENFORCE.

SEC. 891. CHIEF OF POLICE TO ENFORCE. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to instruct all police officers to inspect all hotels, public lodging houses, public rooming houses and apartment houses on their respective beats at least once a month during the hours of sunset and sunrise, for the purpose of seeing that the provisions of Section 889 and 890 of this Article are strictly complied with. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38)

SF Police Code § 892 PENALTY.

SEC. 892. PENALTY. Every person, firm or corporation, owner, proprietor, manager, superintendent, lessee or agent who shall violate or refuse to comply with the provisions of Sections 889 and 890 of this Article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $100, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and each such person, firm or corporation, owner, proprietor, manager, superintendent, lessee or agent shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for every day such violation, or refusal shall continue, and shall be subject to the penalty imposed by this Section for each and every such separate offense. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38)

Source: City and County of San Francisco, Charter and Municipal Codes (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/san_francisco/latest/sf_police/0-0-0-9811Fetched: 11/1/2026