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 also can 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.
San Francisco Codes Available on the Internet
The following list includes all of the San Francisco codes available on the Internet:
Administrative Code (no-frames/mobile version)
Building Code (no-frames/mobile version) (current thru 11/5/2010)
Business and Tax Code (no-frames/mobile version)
Campaign and Gov. Conduct Code (no-frames/mobile version)
Charter (no-frames/mobile version)
Elections Code (no-frames/mobile version)
Environment Code (no-frames/mobile version)
Electrical Code (no-frames/mobile version) (current thru 11/5/2010)
Fire Code (no-frames/mobile version)
Health Code (no-frames/mobile version)
Housing Code (no-frames/mobile version) (current thru 8/3/2010)
Mechanical Code (no-frames/mobile version) (current thru 11/5/2010)
Park Code (no-frames/mobile version)
Planning Code (no-frames/mobile version)
Plumbing Code (no-frames/mobile version) (current thru 11/5/2010)
Police Code (no-frames/mobile version)
Port Code (no-frames/mobile version)
Public Works Code (no-frames/mobile version)
Subdivision Code (no-frames/mobile version)
Transportation Code (no-frames/mobile version)
Zoning Maps (no-frames/mobile version)
Search multiple codes (no-frames/mobile version) (Note: Not all codes can be combined.)
Note on Recent Revisions
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
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
October 25, 2011
Prepared by
FCIL Librarian