possible action to make recommendations to the board of supervisors, 111077, police code for commercial parking lots. amending sections 1215-12 15.4. and adding sections will 15.7 -- 1215.7 to set requirements for plants, to suspend or revoke a commercial parking permit for violation of an improved security plan. to authorize the chief of police to promulgate rules that set requirements for security plans. authorize enforcement by the city attorney in a civil action. in your packet is the file number of of what the legislative digest. we have a presentation from the legislative aide to president david chiu.

>> legislative attention, although there has been progress and a number of areas, much of the city's nightlife actually takes place in the parking facilities -- is poorly lit and contains a few other security features. the unintended and unsecured lots, which sometimes leads to illegal activity. club owners have limited control over what happens and worry about the safety of their patrons. there are many perpetrators of crimes that may even be paying club attendees. clubs cannot be expected to provide coverage.

several leaders came to a supervisor chiu and as a result, he joined with supervisor winer and -- wiener and dennis he rrera. the police department currently prohibits all parking facilities. this would require operators of commercial parking facilities to provide security plans as part of their application. if the parking facility is within 1,000 feet of an entertainment venue, certain minimum security requirements would apply. these are adequate lighting, staffing the facility until 3:00 a.m.. the police chief would have the discretion to add additional security measures as conditions of a permit if it was deemed necessary. for example, having a history of

public safety issues. >> the also pursue a civil action against the parking lot and rod sellers that failed to comply with the police cut provisions regarding commercial parking. that concludes my summary and i am happy to answer any other questions. commissioner clyde: catherine, i have spoken to a couple parking lot operators and they have very small parking lots. they are concerned about this one. it is adjacent to the commercial district, and there is a bar nearby. the parking lot owner is out of her mind because it is this little parking lot. are there going to be thresholds' in place for the district? >> de manila that bar has an

entertainment permit? -- and do you know if that bar has an entertainment permit? >> it is in the smaller commercial district, and the parking lot owner, i am really concerned about the cost of the very small parking lot of people, others that may not be as heavily trafficked. i wonder if there have been discussions? >> that person would be impacted. there has been conversation about possibly allowing the chief to raid of the requirements. that is a conversation that is a topic. >> i am concerned about the

pressure, the lead to just selling the parking lot than developing it. we will take out a small business and parking, and not the unintended consequences. commissioner adams: i would like to also agree with what the cl commissioneryde -- commissioner clyde just said. there are a lot of parking lot owners that this would put them out of business. i have a couple of questions here. there are a lot of lots that have city car share in them. >> i do not think that we have talked to the city car share.

there might be ways where the parking lots, if they are secure, they don't have to be attended. they can have the car shares of its unsecured, that might be away. commissioner adams: two more questions. my other question, instead of hiring a security guard, what a>> we had a meeting in supervisor chiu's office, and there are a number of entertainment venue holders, and at that meeting they expressed more than interested - -of an i -- more of an interest in staffing. commissioner adams: my final question, ouare city lots

subject to this? >> no. commissioner adams: the reason i am saying that, a l halfot -- bwe have a lot behind the castro theater. we have gates and everything, it keeps getting smashed down and i would like to know from your office, they are 24 hours for the most part. we try to limit the hours and we have had problems. the city is going to make private owners do this, why doesn't the city require it for their own lot? the marina is 24 hours. a lot of these people that go to these facilities -- >> that is something we have heard and we are interested in exploring.

this is for the permits that private parking and private commercial parking facilities have to apply for. there is the security plan requirements for that process. the city as a whole is a separate issue. it is not something we can always directly change. i think that conversation is happening because we recognize it. commissioner o'connor: let's see. thanks for adding that, mr. adams. very helpful, to say the least. >> a couple of other points, i'm not sure to how familiar you are with parking issues. i run a parking lot that i keep secret. i don't want people to know

that. >> it is not secret anymore. [laughter] commissioner o'connor: i don't see it in all parking lots, but you all by legislative code, supposed to install a computerized money credit card machine. these cost $15,000. they are not cheap. that is a lot of money to me. that is something that the city has asked of parking lot attendants. i do not know to what degree they are compliant. >> the city takes 25% tax of parking lots.

i think supervisor mirkarimi was trying to get it to go to 38% or 35%. i think it lost, shockingly. so there is a lot. those are pretty heavy burdens.

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programming. ♪ looking into meridian's future, she says she wants to keep doing the same thing that she has been doing since 1989. to enlighten and disturbed. >> i really believe that all the arts have a serious function and that it helps us find out who we are in a much wider sense than we were before we experienced that work of art. ♪