Title SHC, California Sts. & High. Code

The notice shall also specify the day, hour, and place when the legislative body will hear and pass upon objections or protests, if any, which may be raised by any property owner or other interested persons, but in no case shall the hearing be sooner than 10 days after giving of …

The notice shall particularly specify what work is required to be done, and how it is to be done, and what materials shall be used in the construction and shall further specify that if the construction is not commenced within 60 days after notice is given and diligently and witho…

The legislative body may adopt a resolution determining that bonds shall be issued and assessments collected and enforced pursuant to Part 5 of this division. In such event, the notice shall also specify that bonds shall be issued to represent the security of the unpaid assessmen…

If the construction is not commenced and prosecuted to completion with due diligence, as required by the notice or by the legislative body after the hearing required by Section 5878.1 of this chapter, the superintendent of streets shall forthwith construct the sidewalks or curbs.…

Upon the completion of the construction, the superintendent of streets shall cause notice of the cost of the construction to be given in the manner specified in this article for the giving of notice to construct, which notice shall specify the day, hour and place when the legisla…

Upon the completion of the construction, the superintendent of streets shall prepare and file with the legislative body a report specifying the work which has been done, the cost of construction, a description of the real property in front of which the work has been done and the …

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 such construction and any ot…

The assessments proposed by the superintendent of streets pursuant to Section 5882, as may be amended by the legislative body during the hearing held pursuant to Section 5883, may be confirmed and levied by the legislative body against the parcels of property fronting upon the si…

In assessing land, credit may be given for dedications and for improvements constructed at private expense. (Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 739.)

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, to wit: Notice of Lien Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Improvement Act of 1911, I…

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 accounting officer and the tax collector of the city, whereupon it shal…

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…

The legislative body shall have the power, in its discretion, to determine that the payment of such assessments of fifty dollars ($50) or more may be made in annual installments, in any event not to exceed 10, and that the payment of assessments so deferred shall bear interest on…

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, which fronts on an area where improvements are required to be constructed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, lies entirely or partially within a city or unincorporated territory of a county and the improvement area or portions thereof lie within on…

Whenever a block, on which improvements are required to be constructed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, lies within a city or unincorporated territory of a county and within one or more other cities or unincorporated territory of one or more other counties, the superin…

The city or county proceeding under the provisions of this article may pay for such work out of the road fund or any other fund available for such purposes. (Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 276.)

The legislative body of the city or county which undertakes the construction of improvements pursuant to the provisions of this article shall have the authority to levy an assessment to pay the cost of any such construction of improvements, notwithstanding the fact that the impro…

Nothing contained in this article shall limit in any manner the police power of any city or county with reference to any sidewalk or curb contructed under the provisions of this article. (Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 276.)

The Legislature finds that, in many areas of the state, landowners, cities, public agencies, and public utilities desire to convert existing overhead electric and communication facilities to underground locations by means of special assessment proceedings. The Legislature hereby …

If the work or improvement consists solely of a conversion, and the work or improvement is performed by a public utility, cable operator, or public agency, the resolution of intention shall provide that (a) the warrant, assessment, and diagram or (b) any bonds issued or to be iss…

If the city furnishes electric or communication service by means of electric or communication facilities owned or operated by the city, the legislative body, in the resolution ordering work, may provide that the work or improvement of conversion shall be performed for the price o…

If the work or improvement consists solely of conversion of electric or communication facilities owned or operated by the city and the legislative body has provided that such work or improvement shall be performed by the city or any department, agency, commission or officer of th…

(a) Subject to applicable rules, regulations, tariffs, or ordinances, all electric or communication facilities, including connections to the owner’s premises, located upon any lot or parcel of land within the assessment district shall be constructed, reconstructed, relocated, or …

Any written request executed pursuant to Section 5896.14 shall be filed with the clerk not later than the date fixed for commencement of construction of the conversion. A written request executed after such date shall not be accepted for filing by the clerk unless it shall contai…

The clerk shall mail a notice to each owner of a lot or parcel of land within the assessment district advising him of the provisions of Sections 5896.14 and 5896.15 and stating that unless such owner complies with the requirements of such sections all buildings, structures and im…

If the owner of any lot or parcel of land shall fail to comply with the requirements of Sections 5896.14 and 5896.15, the city may order the disconnection and removal of all overhead electric or communication facilities providing service to any building, structure or improvement …

As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases, and any variants thereof, are defined as follows: “Cable operator” has the same meaning as defined in Section 5830 of the Public Utilities Code. “Cable television service” has the same meaning as “cable service” as defined…

In addition to proceedings for types of work or improvement authorized elsewhere in this division, proceedings may be taken for the conversion of existing electric or communication facilities and the construction, reconstruction or relocation of any other electric or communicatio…

Except as otherwise expressly provided by this chapter, a proceeding for a conversion shall be conducted and completed in accordance with the procedure specified elsewhere in this division. All of the provisions of this division shall be applicable to a proceeding for a conversio…

Proceedings for a conversion shall be initiated by either a petition or by a determination of the legislative body. (a) In order to initiate proceedings, a petition shall: (1) Describe the proposed assessment district, as provided in Section 5181. (2) Generally describe the propo…

A petition for proceedings for conversion shall be signed by not less than five owners of assessable land in the proposed assessment district, as shown by the last equalized assessment roll used by the city, owning lands constituting more than one-half of the area of all assessab…

The petition shall be filed with the clerk, who shall thereupon check or cause said petition to be checked. If the petition is signed by the requisite number of qualified signers, the clerk shall execute a certificate of sufficiency and present said petition and certificate to th…

Upon presentation of the petition and certificate of sufficiency or upon a determination pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 5896.5, the legislative body may adopt a resolution declaring its intention to order the conversion. (Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 148.)

(a) In a proceeding for a conversion, the city and any public utility, cable operator, or public agency supplying electric service, cable television service, or communication service within the city, by agreement, may provide that, upon confirmation of the assessment, the public …

This chapter provides an alternative procedure for authorizing assessments to finance any work which may be done pursuant to this division. The terms and definitions of this division apply to this chapter, except as otherwise provided. The Special Assessment Investigation, Limita…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that this chapter should be used to finance public improvements to lots or parcels that are developed and where the costs and time delays involved in creating an assessment district pursuant to other provisions of this division or any other…

(a) The Legislature finds all of the following: (1) Energy and water conservation efforts, including the promotion of energy efficiency improvements to residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, or other real property are necessary to address the issue of global climate c…

(a) A public agency shall not permit a property owner to participate in any program established pursuant to this chapter if the owner’s participation would result in the total amount of any annual property taxes and assessments exceeding 5 percent of the property’s market value, …

(a) A public agency shall not permit a property owner to participate in any program established pursuant to this chapter for the purposes specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 5898.20 or Section 5899 or 5899.3 if any of the following apply: (1) The property own…

(a) The disclosure set forth below, or a substantially equivalent document that displays the same information in a substantially similar format, shall be completed and delivered to a property owner before the property owner consummates a voluntary contractual assessment described…

All references to financing in this chapter shall be deemed to also refer to refinancing, except that with respect to refinancing, the legislative body shall conclude that providing the refinancing will result in an increased adoption of the improvements authorized to be financed…

(a) (1) The legislative body of any public agency may determine that it would be convenient and advantageous to designate an area within the public agency, which may encompass the entire public agency or a lesser portion, within which authorized public agency officials and proper…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, upon the written consent of an authorized public agency official, the proposed arrangements for financing the program pertaining to the installation of distributed generation renewable energy sources or energy or water efficien…

The report shall contain all of the following: (a) A map showing the boundaries of the territory within which voluntary contractual assessments are proposed to be offered. (b) A draft contract specifying the terms and conditions that would be agreed to by a property owner within …