ARTICLE 3. Municipal Park Abandonment Law of 1939

Article 3 added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 170.

§§ 38501–38510 · 10 sections

• § 38501 The legislative body may abandon all or any portion of a park and sell the land comprising it pursuant to this article, if it finds that all or any portion of…
• § 38502 If the land comprising all or any part of such park has been purchased from funds realized from the sale of bonds of a bond issue authorized for the purpose of…
• § 38503 Before abandoning all or a part of such park, the legislative body shall adopt a resolution of intention, describing the park or the portion of it proposed to…
• § 38504 The resolution shall be published pursuant to Section 6063 in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city or, if there is none, in any newspaper…
• § 38505 At the time stated in the resolution, the legislative body shall meet, and hear and pass on objections to the abandonment of all or a portion of the park. If…
• § 38506 If all objections are overruled, the legislative body has jurisdiction to order all or any portion of the park abandoned and the land sold.
• § 38507 The legislative body may employ any legal or other assistants that it deems necessary to sell the land for the best advantage of the city, and may fix and pay…
• § 38508 The legislative body may order the land sold in one block or in lots or parcels, for cash or on credit, as it deems most advantageous to the city. Credit terms…
• § 38509 When authorized by a majority vote of the legislative body, the mayor and the city clerk shall sign, acknowledge, and deliver a deed to the land or part sold…
• § 38510 No abandonment or sale of a park pursuant to this article shall affect any private easement or other right in lands acquired or owned by any private person or…