Title SHC, California Sts. & High. Code

Upon the day and hour fixed for the hearing the legislative body shall hear and pass upon the report of the superintendent of streets, together with any objections or protests which may be raised by any of the property owners liable to be assessed for the work of making such repa…

The cost of the repair may be assessed by the legislative body against the parcel of property fronting upon the sidewalk upon which such repair was made, and such cost so assessed, if not paid within five days after its confirmation by the legislative body, shall constitute a spe…

The superintendent of streets may file in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the parcel of property is located, a certificate substantially in the following form: NOTICE OF LIEN Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Improvement Act of 1911, I did, on…

From and after the date of the recording of the notice of lien, all persons shall be deemed to have had notice of the contents thereof. The notice of lien may include claims against one or more separate parcels of property, whether contiguous or not, together with the amount due,…

As an alternative method of collection of the amount of the lien, the legislative body, after confirmation of the report of the superintendent of streets, may order the notice of lien to be turned over to the assessor and the tax collector of the city, whereupon it shall be the d…

The legislative body shall have the power, in its discretion, to determine that the payment of assessments of one hundred dollars ($100) or more may be made in annual installments, not to exceed five, and that the payment of assessments so deferred shall bear interest on the unpa…

Thereafter the amount of the lien shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary city taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and interest and to the same procedure under foreclosure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for o…

If bonds are to be issued to represent the security of the unpaid assessments, upon confirmation of the report by the legislative body the superintendent of streets shall give notice to pay by mail and by publication substantially in the manner provided by Sections 4320 and 4321 …

Whenever the property fronting on a sidewalk required to be maintained and repaired pursuant to the provisions of this chapter lies within one city or unincorporated territory of a county, and the sidewalk required to be so maintained and repaired lies within another city or unin…

No action, suit, or proceeding to set aside, cancel, avoid, annul or correct any assessment or reassessment, or to review any of the proceedings, acts, or determinations therein, or to question the validity of, or to enjoin the collection of the assessments or reassessments, or t…

No proceedings taken or had under this division shall ever be held to be invalid on the ground that the street, right-of-way, public property or any portion thereof, upon which the work or any part thereof is or was done has not been lawfully dedicated or acquired; provided, the …

The superintendent of streets shall keep a public office in some convenient place within the city, and shall keep such records as may be required by this division. The records so kept and signed by him shall have the same force and effect as other public records, and copies there…

The superintendent of streets shall see that the laws, ordinances, orders, and regulations relating to the public streets are fully carried into execution, and that the penalties thereof are rigidly enforced. He shall keep himself informed of the condition of all the public stree…

The superintendent of streets shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, give bonds to the city, with such sureties and for such sums as may be required by the legislative body. If he fails to see that the laws, ordinances, orders, and regulations relating to the publi…

The superintendent of streets shall superintend and direct the cleaning of all sewers, and the expense of the same shall be paid out of the street or sewer fund of the city. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

If the superintendent of streets is required to give notice in writing to any person under this division, he may personally serve such notice, and certify to the fact of such service, or any person, with the permission of the superintendent of streets, may serve such notice and s…

The superintendent of streets shall keep a record of the service of all notices which are served by him or with his permission. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

For all purposes and in all cases where a verification is required under this division, such verification may be made before the superintendent of streets who is hereby authorized to administer oaths for that purpose, or before any other person authorized to administer oaths. (Ad…

The engineer or where there is no engineer, an engineer of work shall be the proper officer to do the surveying and other engineering work necessary to be done under this division, and to survey and measure the work to be done under contracts for grading, macadamizing, or improvi…

In its discretion, the legislative body may employ an engineer of work, other than the engineer or in place of the engineer, and all provisions of this division applicable to the engineer shall apply to such engineer of work. The legislative body shall initially fix or thereafter…

The engineer of work may be an individual, joint venture, copartnership or corporation. If the engineer of work employed be an individual, he shall make and sign any certificate or document required to be made or signed by the engineer of work. If the engineer of work employed be…

All certificates or documents required to be signed by or kept on file by the engineer of work shall be kept on file with the superintendent of streets. If a city does not have a superintendent of streets, said certificates or documents shall be kept on file with the clerk or suc…

The superintendent of streets, or the engineer, if the legislative body has by resolution directed that the work be done under his direction and to his satisfaction, shall, when in his judgment it is necessary, appoint a suitable person to take charge of and superintend the const…

If a county is conducting the proceedings the legislative body may designate the county road commissioner or any other competent county officer, other than the county surveyor, to serve without additional compensation from the county, as the officer to perform any or all of the d…

If the legislative body of a county appoints an engineer of work in accordance with Article 2 of this chapter, it may provide that the work shall be done under his direction and to his satisfaction and that the materials used shall comply with the specifications and be to the sat…

Approval of the owners of land for any improvements specified in Section 10112 may, at the discretion of the legislative body, be secured through an election. (Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 630, Sec. 5. Effective September 22, 1981.)

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the election may be conducted by mailed ballot pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 4000) of Division 4 of the Elections Code, regardless of the number of voters eligible to vote. Prior to the election, the legislative bod…

The measure to be voted on shall include a description of the improvements proposed, a map showing the territory to be benefited by the proposed improvements and proposed to be subject to assessments, and an estimate of the costs of the improvements proposed. The measure to be vo…

The proposition is approved if a majority of the voters voting approve the measure. If the measure is approved by the voters, assessments shall be levied and collected pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 10400). The legislative body may pay the cost of the work describ…

Notwithstanding Section 10123, the legislative body may delay the collection of the assessments imposed by Section 10123 until the time an assessment district is created pursuant to Section 10200 to pay the costs of a water supply system project, or a sanitary sewer and facilitie…

If an assessment district is created pursuant to Section 10200, the legislative body shall include the assessments imposed by Section 10123 with the assessments imposed by Section 10200 within an assessment district created to pay the costs of a water supply system, or a sanitary…

Notwithstanding any other provision in this division, the legislative body may accept and provide for contribution toward the cost and expenses of any work done under this division, from any funds made available for the purpose by any local, state or national agency or authority,…

At any time or times prior to confirmation of the assessment, the legislative body of a city conducting a proceeding may provide for a contribution or contributions by said city of part of the costs and expenses of the work. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 416.)

If the assessment district includes property out of the territorial jurisdiction of the city conducting the proceeding, the legislative body of the city having jurisdiction thereover may in its discretion order by resolution, a copy of which shall be transmitted to the legislativ…

The legislative body may, in its discretion, provide that any contribution being made pursuant to Sections 5125 and 5126 may, to the extent of the fund so designated, be appropriated in such installments as the legislative body may determine provided that the total amount of such…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the legislative body, by resolution and in accordance with the terms and conditions under which federal funds were made available to it for the benefit of low- and moderate-income households owning and occupying lands, may apply those f…

As used in this article, “maintenance district” means an assessment district which a county board of supervisors or the legislative body of a city has created pursuant to this chapter. This chapter, except Sections 5850 to 5853, inclusive, applies to the creation of maintenance d…

The board of supervisors may, in its resolution declaring its intention to order work done or improvements made or by separate resolution, declare its intention to order that the expenses of maintaining and operating any or all of said improvements or any or all other improvement…

The board of supervisors may, in its resolution declaring its intention to order work done or improvements made, declare its intention to order the territory within which the work is to be done or improvements constructed annexed to an existing maintenance district formed under t…

If the board of supervisors in its resolution of intention declares its intention to order the territory within which the improvements are to be constructed annexed to an existing maintenance district, the notice of improvement shall likewise give notice of such declaration of in…

In the event that an ordinance requires the installation of a sewer, drainage, or street lighting system by a subdivider, the resolution of intention may state that the territory owned by the subdivider comes under the terms of such ordinance and order that such territory be form…

The resolution of intention shall describe the boundaries of the district which is to be assessed for such maintenance and operation, or if the improvements or any part thereof to be maintained or operated are constructed in the same proceeding, it may describe the maintenance di…

The maintenance district may include property lying within one or more cities if the consent of the legislative body of each such city to the formation of such district expressed by resolution, is first obtained before the resolution of intention is adopted by the board of superv…

At any time not later than the hour for hearing objections to the proposed work as provided in this division, or at any time not later than the time fixed in the resolution of intention for the hearing of objections, if the resolution of intention provides for maintenance only, a…

If the resolution of intention contemplates annexation of the territory within which the improvements are to be constructed to an existing maintenance district, written protests against such annexation or the extent thereof may be filed by any interested person. (Added by Stats. …

The board of supervisors, in addition to hearing protests against the proposed work and the extent of the district to be assessed therefor, shall hear and pass upon all protests against the formation of the maintenance district and against the extent thereof, and shall hear and p…