ARTICLE 1. Formation
Article 1 added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.
§§ 9801–9821 · 21 sections
- § 9801 For purposes of cooperating with landowners or any other agency or for purposes of cooperating with the United States under provisions of the Watershed…
- § 9802 As used in connection with improvement districts: (a) “Improvement” includes operation, maintenance, change, and acquisition of existing works, and the…
- § 9803 The formation of an improvement district shall be proposed and the petition therefor shall be signed by two-thirds or more in number of the owners of real…
- § 9804 A petition for the formation of an improvement district shall contain all of the following: (a) Statement of the plans of the proposed improvement. (b)…
- § 9805 The petition, all proceedings in reference to it, the improvement district, and the real property in it shall be designated by a number.
- § 9806 The petition may consist of any number of separate instruments, which shall be duplicates except as to signatures.
- § 9807 A petition to form an improvement district shall be filed with the secretary of the district and may be inspected by all persons interested.
- § 9808 Upon receipt of a petition to form an improvement district the directors shall cause a survey to be made of the proposed improvements, if any.
- § 9809 If the survey shows that the improvements are feasible, the directors shall cause to be prepared the following: (a) Plans and specifications of the…
- § 9810 If there are any, the plans and specifications, estimate of cost, and the statement of the proposed assessment shall be filed with the secretary of the…
- § 9811 After the filing of the formation petition, and if any, the plans and specifications, the estimate of cost, and statement of the proposed assessment, the…
- § 9812 Notice of the hearing shall be given by all of the following: (a) Posting a notice in three public places within the proposed improvement district. (b)…
- § 9813 At the hearing the directors shall hear any objections coming before it to any of the following: (a) The petition. (b) The formation of the improvement…
- § 9814 At the hearing the directors shall make any changes in reference to the matters set forth in Section 9813 as they consider proper. The directors may exclude…
- § 9815 If any additional real property is included in the proposed improvement district, the hearing shall be continued and the owners of the added real property…
- § 9816 The directors may include in the plans and specifications such terms and conditions as to the respective parcels of real property in the improvement district…
- § 9817 Regardless of any findings made by the directors if more than one-third in number of the holders of title to the real property within a proposed improvement…
- § 9818 If at the hearing the directors find that it would not be for the best interests of the district and the proposed improvement district to form the improvement…
- § 9819 If the directors find that it would be for the best interests of the district and the proposed improvement district to form the improvement district, they…
- § 9820 The order shall contain a description of the lands within the improvement district.
- § 9821 The secretary shall cause a certified copy of the order creating the improvement district to be recorded in the office of the county recorder in each county in…