CHAPTER 10. Health and Safety [38600. - 38794.]

Chapter 10 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.

§§ 38600–38794 · 59 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Fire Protection §§ 38600–38611 · 3 sections

   • § 38600 The legislative body of a city may provide fire engines and all other necessary or proper apparatus for the prevention and extinguishment of fires.
   • § 38601 The legislative body of a city may: (a) Establish and maintain fire limits. (b) Regulate building and construction and removal of buildings within the city.
   • § 38611 The legislative body of a city organized under general law shall establish a fire department for the city. The fire department shall be under the charge of a…
2. ARTICLE 2. Police Protection §§ 38630–38638 · 7 sections

   • § 38630 (a) The police department of a city is under the control of the chief of police. (b) In municipalities which provide for police and other emergency services…
   • § 38631 The legislative body of a city may delegate to either the chief of police of the city or the city manager the authority to: (a) Appoint one or more police…
   • § 38634 In every city having a regularly organized paid police force, the city legislative body or other body having the management and control of the police force…
   • § 38635 Leaves of absence shall be so arranged as not to interfere with the police protection of the city.
   • § 38636 Leaves of absence granted for sickness or injuries received in the discharge of duty are not a part of the annual leave of absence.
   • § 38637 A deduction shall not be made from the pay of any police officer granted leave of absence pursuant to this article.
   • § 38638 The mayor or other officer in control of the police force in a city shall direct a sufficient number of peace officers to attend and keep order at any public…
3. ARTICLE 3. Building Ordinances § 38660 · 1 section

   • § 38660 The legislative body of a city may: (a) Regulate the construction of and the materials used in all buildings, chimneys, stacks, and other structures and in…
4. ARTICLE 5. Water §§ 38730–38745 · 16 sections

   • § 38730 A city may acquire by gift, purchase, or condemnation, water, water rights, reservoir sites, rights of way for pipes, aqueducts, flumes, or other conduits, and…
   • § 38731 Two or more cities may jointly acquire and develop a source of water supply for municipal and domestic purposes and construct the works necessary for their…
   • § 38732 When a city legislative body deems it advisable to investigate the desirability of joint action with any other city for acquiring and maintaining a water…
   • § 38733 The commissioners from the several cities shall meet and consider the desirability of the joint acquisition and development of a water supply and the plans and…
   • § 38734 If the legislative bodies approve the plans and terms reported by the commissioners, they shall declare their approval by resolution and submit them to the…
   • § 38735 If the terms and plans are approved by a majority of the voters voting on the proposition at the election, the cities may begin developing or acquiring the…
   • § 38736 Any city may issue bonds to complete the acquisition of a water supply jointly with other cities. All proceedings relating to the issue of such bonds shall be…
   • § 38737 Joint ownership and costs shall be restricted to those portions of the sources and works which are common to all the cities served. Each city shall exclusively…
   • § 38738 The apportionment of all costs of acquisition, construction, operation, and maintenance of the joint properties shall be made upon the basis of the amount of…
   • § 38739 The total costs of works which exclusively serve one city shall be borne by that city exclusively.
   • § 38740 The plans and terms or other agreement for acquiring the water supply may be modified by agreement between the cities, as declared by the legislative bodies.
   • § 38741 Before a resolution or ordinance relating to the joint acquisition of a water supply is binding upon a city, it shall be approved by the mayor or passed over…
   • § 38742 The legislative body of any city may: (a) Contract for supplying the city with water for municipal purposes. (b) Acquire, construct, repair, and manage pumps,…
   • § 38743 A city may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753, fix, on or before the first day of July in each calendar year, an annual…
   • § 38744 If any water standby charge authorized to be collected pursuant to Section 38743 remains unpaid on the first day of the month before the month in which the…
   • § 38745 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the city council of a city may, by resolution, establish zones or areas of benefit within the city for purposes of…
5. ARTICLE 5.5. Transfer of City Waterworks Systems §§ 38750–38759 · 10 sections

   • § 38750 Any city which owns and operates a waterworks system, or any part of such a system, may sell, lease, or otherwise transfer the control or management of the…
   • § 38751 If the legislative body of the city determines that it is for the best interests of the city to sell, lease, or otherwise transfer the control or management of…
   • § 38752 The ordinance shall specify the price, the yearly or monthly rental, or if the transfer and control of the waterworks system is to be made upon terms, the…
   • § 38753 The ordinance shall also state such conditions and stipulations as the legislative body determines necessary to a proper understanding of the transaction, and…
   • § 38754 The ordinance shall be published weekly for at least four weeks in a newspaper published in the city, or if there is no such newspaper it shall be posted in…
   • § 38755 The ordinance is subject to referendum in the same manner as other ordinances.
   • § 38756 The sale, lease, or transfer on terms shall be for a valuable consideration, which shall be agreed upon between the legislative body of the city and the board…
   • § 38757 The contract or deed shall be executed on behalf of the city by its mayor.
   • § 38758 If the transaction is a sale, either for cash or after the completion of installment payments, the deed conveys to the municipal water district the full title…
   • § 38759 If an action or proceeding is brought in any court by the city, or any taxpayer or other person on its behalf, or by any person having an interest in the…
6. ARTICLE 6. Nuisances §§ 38771–38775 · 10 sections

   • § 38771 By ordinance the city legislative body may declare what constitutes a nuisance.
   • § 38772 (a) The legislative body of a city, county, or city and county may provide for the summary abatement of any nuisance resulting from the defacement of the…
   • § 38773 The legislative body may provide for the summary abatement of any nuisance at the expense of the persons creating, causing, committing, or maintaining it and…
   • § 38773.1 (a) The legislative body may by ordinance establish a procedure to collect abatement and related administrative costs by a nuisance abatement lien. This…
   • § 38773.2 (a) The legislative body of a city, county, or city and county may, by ordinance, establish a procedure to collect abatement and related administrative costs…
   • § 38773.5 (a) As an alternative to the procedure authorized by Section 38773.1, the legislative body may by ordinance establish a procedure for the abatement of a…
   • § 38773.6 (a) As an alternative to the procedure specified in Section 38773.2, the legislative body of a city, county, or city and county may, by ordinance, establish a…
   • § 38773.7 The legislative body, by ordinance, may provide that upon entry of a second or subsequent civil or criminal judgment within a two-year period finding that an…
   • § 38774 The legislative body may: (a) Regulate the exhibition, posting, or carrying of banners, placards, posters, cards, pictures, signs, or advertisements in or on…
   • § 38775 The legislative body may prohibit and prevent encroachments upon or obstruction in or to any sidewalks, street, alley, lane, court, park, or other public place…
7. ARTICLE 6.5. Reports of Residential Building Records §§ 38780–38785 · 6 sections

   • § 38780 A city by ordinance may provide that prior to the sale or exchange of any residential building, the owner or the owner’s authorized agent shall obtain from the…
   • § 38781 The report of residential building record shall be delivered by the owner, or the authorized agent of the owner, to the buyer or transferee of the residential…
   • § 38782 The ordinance may require payment of a reasonable fee by the owner, or the owner’s authorized agent, for the issuance of the reports.
   • § 38783 The ordinance shall provide that it shall be unlawful for the owner of a residential building to sell or exchange same without first having obtained and…
   • § 38784 This article shall not apply to the first sale of a residential building located in a subdivision whose final map has been approved and recorded in accordance…
   • § 38785 No sale or exchange of residential property shall be invalidated solely because of the failure of any person to comply with any provision of an ordinance…
8. ARTICLE 7. Miscellaneous §§ 38790–38794 · 6 sections

   • § 38790 By gift, purchase, or condemnation any city may acquire land within the county where the city is located for garbage disposal sites and rights of way for…
   • § 38790.1 Any city collecting garbage fees or charges may collect delinquent fees or charges in the manner provided in Section 25831 for counties.
   • § 38791 By ordinance the legislative body of a city may provide for a chief executive who, during periods of great public calamity such as extraordinary fire, flood,…
   • § 38792 (a) The legislative body of a city may impose and collect a license fee for a period not to exceed two years and not exceeding the cost of services relating to…
   • § 38793 As a means of implementing a municipal underground utility district formed to remove existing overhead utility lines and to require property owners of the…
   • § 38794 The legislative body of a city may contract for ambulance service to serve the residents of the city as convenience requires.