Title SHC, California Sts. & High. Code

(a) No city shall be held liable for failure to maintain any road until it has been accepted into the city street system in accordance with subdivision (b) or (c). (b) Except as provided by Section 989, or by Section 57329 or 57385 of the Government Code, no public or private str…

Where the boundary line between two adjacent cities is a street, and the boundary line itself is in the middle of such street, or the side of such street, the two adjacent cities, if authorized by their governing bodies, may enter into a mutual agreement for the improvement and m…

Where practical or desirable, the legislative body of any city shall, along any street or highway under its jurisdiction, possession, or control, replace trees that have been destroyed or removed because of projects undertaken to widen the street or highway. Money received by a c…

Before any bridge on a city street is constructed over any navigable river, the legislative body of the city, after a study and public hearing on the question, shall determine and shall prepare a report on the feasibility of providing public access to the river for recreational p…

A city may acquire, by purchase or eminent domain, property outside its boundaries in the unincorporated area of the county in which the city is located, if it is necessary to connect or widen the existing streets of the acquiring city and if the county consents to the acquisitio…

Survey monuments shall be preserved, referenced, or replaced pursuant to Section 8771 of the Business and Professions Code. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 458, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 1995.)

(a) A city with a population of 2,000,000 or more shall not reduce the number of vehicle travel lanes on a street that provides the only access to two or more adjacent cemeteries without prior approval of the governing body and the concurrence of the mayor of the city. (b) Prior …

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the City of South Lake Tahoe may complete construction of the loop road from city funds, including preparation of any necessary environmental impact reports and securing any necessary approval of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. (Add…

(a) The provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 1160) of Chapter 4 of Division 2 for the construction or maintenance of county roads may be utilized within any city for the construction and maintenance of city streets. For the purpose of construction or maintenance of ci…

This part may be cited as the Street Lighting Act of 1931. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

This part shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate its purposes. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

This part provides an alternative system for making the improvements authorized by this part, and the provisions of this part shall not apply to or affect any other provisions of this code. When any proceedings are commenced under this part, the provisions of this part and no oth…

Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions contained in this chapter shall govern the construction of this part. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

“Street lighting system” or “system” includes any or all appliances, poles, posts, electroliers, transformers, lighting units, lamps, cables, wires, pipes, conduits, and other suitable or necessary works or appliances for street lighting purposes. Any such street lighting system …

“Service,” and any of its variants, means the electrical current or energy or other illuminating agent used to light a street lighting system. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

“Maintenance” means the repair, replacement, inspection, cleaning or painting of the posts and standards and the equipment attached to or used in connection with such posts and standards, and includes such incidental expenses incurred in connection therewith as may be necessary. …

“Improvement,” and any of its variants, includes the maintenance or servicing, or both, of all or part of any one or more street lighting systems. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

“Contract year” means a period of 12 months. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

“Installment assessment” means the amount levied by the city council for the first or any subsequent contract year to create a fund with which to pay for the improvement for the next contract year. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

“Clerk” or “city clerk” means any person or officer who is or acts as clerk of the city council. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

“Street” includes alleys and other public places. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

“City” includes all corporations organized and existing for municipal purposes. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

“City council” includes any body which by law is the legislative department of the government of the city. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

This part may be cited as the Municipal Lighting Maintenance District Act of 1927. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

This part shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate its purposes. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

This part provides an alternative system for the maintenance and operation of a street lighting system within cities, and the provisions of this part shall not apply to nor affect any other provisions of this code. When any proceedings are commenced under this part, the provision…

Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions contained in this chapter shall govern the construction of this part. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

“City” includes all corporations organized and existing for municipal purposes. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

“Street lighting system” or “system” includes any or all appliances, poles, posts, pipes, conduits, lamps and other necessary works or appliances used for street lighting purposes. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

“Maintaining and operating” or any of its variants, when used with relation to a street lighting system, includes the cost of necessary repairs, replacements, fuel, power and all other items necessary for the proper maintenance and operation of a street lighting system, or the ex…

“City council” includes any body which by law is the legislative department of the government of the city. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

“Clerk” or “city clerk” means any person or officer who is or acts as clerk of the city council. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

“Public way” includes all public highways, roads, streets, avenues, boulevards, alleys, parkways and other rights of way of the public, or any portion thereof, within a city. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

This part may be cited as the Highway Lighting District Act. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

This part shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

This part provides an alternative system for making the improvements authorized by this part, and this part does not apply to or affect any other provisions of this code. When any proceedings are commenced under this part, the provisions of this part and no others apply to the pr…

Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions contained in this chapter shall govern the construction of this part. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

“Street lighting system” or “system” includes any system of illumination by means of street lights which are set upon poles or suspended in the air and use gas, electricity or any other feasible means of illumination. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

“Clerk” or “county clerk” means any person or officer who is or acts as clerk of the board of supervisors of the county. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

“Service,” and any of its variants, means and includes the furnishing of electric current or energy, gas, or other illuminating agent to all or part of any street lighting system. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

“Governing body” refers to the board of supervisors of the county acting as the ex officio governing body of the lighting district, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

“Public highway” or “highway” includes any highway, county highway, state highway, public street, avenue, alley, park, parkway, driveway, or public place, in any county, or unincorporated town or village which is dedicated to the public and generally used for traffic by the publi…

Streets in any city which has not held an election of municipal officers within a period of 10 years preceding the date of the proposed inclusion shall be included in the road system of the county in which such city is located. (Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1852.)

(a) The board of supervisors of each county shall appoint a single road commissioner for all road districts in the county. Every person who is appointed road commissioner after December 31, 1965, shall be a registered civil engineer. However, the City and County of San Francisco …

Notwithstanding Section 2006 or Section 2006.5, the board of supervisors of any county may abolish the office of road commissioner if the board transfers all duties of the road commissioner to the county director of transportation. The director of transportation shall not be requ…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board of Supervisors of Merced County may abolish the office of road commissioner if the board transfers all duties of the road commissioner to the county director of the department of public works. The director of that department s…