[Establishments Serving Alcoholic Beverages and Food and Furnishing Entertainment]

SF-HEALTH art. 8, pt. [Establishments Serving Alcoholic Beverages and Food and Furnishing Entertainment]

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SF Health Code § 460 ESTABLISHMENTS SERVING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND FOOD AND FURNISHING ENTERTAINMENT DEFINED.

SEC. 460. ESTABLISHMENTS SERVING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND FOOD AND FURNISHING ENTERTAINMENT DEFINED. The establishments referred to in Section 460 to 466, inclusive, of this Article, are hereby defined to be any place, room, or space, upon or within any building or structure, where any alcoholic beverage and food of any kind or character is served, and where theatrical, operatic, vaudeville or dancing performance, or any combination of such performance, is conducted or permitted upon the floor, a platform, or a stage, upon or within said place, room or space.

SF Health Code § 461 PERMITS.

SEC. 461. PERMITS. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to conduct or maintain any such establishment in the City and County of San Francisco without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Department of Public Health. No such permit shall be issued by the Department of Public Health until the issuance of the same has been approved by the Department of Electricity, the Bureau of Building Inspection of the Department of Public Works and the Bureau of Fire Prevention and Public Safety.

SF Health Code § 462 APPLICATION - INVESTIGATION, ETC.

SEC. 462. APPLICATION - INVESTIGATION, ETC. Application for said permit shall be made to the Department of Public Health, which said application shall state the proposed location of said establishment, the character of the building in which the same is proposed to be conducted or maintained, and a detailed plan of the premises contemplated to be occupied by the applicant, as well as the number of patrons to be accommodated at any time in said establishment. Upon receipt of said application the Department of Public Health shall forthwith send copies thereof to the Department of Electricity, the Bureau of Building Inspection of the Department of Public Works and the Bureau of Fire Prevention and Public Safety. It shall be the duty of each of the said bureaus and departments, upon receipt of said application, to investigate the condition of the premises in which said establishment is proposed to be maintained in so far as said conditions come under the jurisdiction of the said respective bureaus and departments, and, upon the completion of said investigation, to approve or disapprove the granting of said permit. In the event of the disapproval of the application by any of said bureaus or departments, said application for said permit shall be denied.

SF Health Code § 463 APPLICATION, EXISTING ESTABLISHMENTS.

SEC. 463. APPLICATION, EXISTING ESTABLISHMENTS. Any person, firm or corporation conducting or maintaining such establishment in the City and County of San Francisco on the 5th day of November, 1936, shall make immediate application to the Department of Public Health for a permit to continue the maintenance and conduct of said establishment.

SF Health Code § 464 GROUNDS FOR PERMIT REVOCATIONS - PROCEDURE.

SEC. 464. GROUNDS FOR PERMIT REVOCATIONS - PROCEDURE. Any violation of any existing laws of the City and County of San Francisco, shall constitute and shall be so construed as to be sufficient reason for the revocation of any permit. Any permit issued pursuant to the provisions of Sections 460 to 466, inclusive, of this Article, may be revoked by the Department of Public Health for cause upon application of any one or more of the Departments or Bureaus whose approval was first necessary for the issuance of the permit, after due hearing shall be first had therein; and reasonable notice shall be given to the person, firm or corporation charged with the said violation, and of the time, place and date set for the hearing on the revocation of said permit.

SF Health Code § 465 DISCRETION OF OFFICERS, ETC.

SEC. 465. DISCRETION OF OFFICERS, ETC. Whenever any discretion as to the operation, construction or equipment of any such establishment by Sections 460 to 466, inclusive, of this Article, is given to any officer, board, bureau, department or commission, the said officer, board, bureau, department or commission shall exercise said discretion only in so far as the same is necessary for the safety of the patrons and employees and other persons frequenting said establishment.

SF Health Code § 466 OTHER LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS.

SEC. 466. OTHER LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS. All existing laws of the City and County of San Francisco, and all rules and regulations of the Department of Public Health, relative to the keeping, preparation and serving of food and alcoholic beverages in restaurants or other places open to the public shall apply to such establishments; and no such establishment shall permit dancing therein without a permit from the Police Department of the City and County of San Francisco.

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_health/0-0-0-6576Fetched: 11/1/2026