PART 8. MULTIFAMILY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS [36700. - 36745.]

Part 8 added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 526, Sec. 1.

§§ 36700–36745 · 33 sections

1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 36700–36705 · 6 sections

   • § 36700 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Multifamily Improvement District Law.”
   • § 36701 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Many businesses that operate multifamily residential properties and commercial properties within…
   • § 36702 The purpose of this part is to supplement previously enacted provisions of law that authorize cities to levy assessments pursuant to the Parking and Business…
   • § 36703 This part provides an alternative method of financing certain improvements and activities. The provisions of this part shall not affect or limit any other…
   • § 36704 (a) Nothing in this part is intended to preempt the authority of a charter city to adopt ordinances providing for a different method of levying assessments for…
   • § 36705 As used in this part: (a) “Activities” means, but is not limited to, all of the following: (1) Providing security services supplemental to those normally…
2. CHAPTER 2. Formation §§ 36710–36722 · 13 sections

   • § 36710 (a) A multifamily improvement district may be established pursuant to this chapter. (b) A city may not form a multifamily improvement district on or after…
   • § 36711 A county may not form a district within the territorial jurisdiction of a city without the consent of the city council of that city. A city may not form a…
   • § 36712 (a) Upon the submission of a written petition, signed by either property owners paying more than two-thirds of the proposed assessment or by business owners…
   • § 36713 The management district plan shall contain all of the following: (a) A map of the proposed district in sufficient detail to locate each parcel of property and,…
   • § 36714 (a) If a city council proposes to levy a new or increased property assessment, the notice and protest and hearing procedures shall comply with Section 53753 of…
   • § 36715 At the conclusion of the public hearing to establish the district, the city council may adopt, revise, change, reduce, or modify the proposed assessment or the…
   • § 36716 (a) If the city council, following the public hearing, decides to establish the proposed district, the city council shall adopt a resolution of formation that…
   • § 36717 If the city council, following the public hearing, desires to establish the proposed district, and the city council has not made changes pursuant to Section…
   • § 36718 Following the adoption of the resolution establishing the district pursuant to Section 36716 or 36717, the clerk shall record a notice and an assessment…
   • § 36719 The city council may establish one or more separate benefit zones within the district based upon the degree of benefit derived from the improvements or…
   • § 36720 The city council may levy assessments on businesses or on property owners, or a combination of the two, pursuant to this part. The city council shall structure…
   • § 36721 All provisions of this part applicable to the establishment, modification, or disestablishment of a district apply to the establishment, modification, or…
   • § 36722 If a district expires due to the time limit set pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 36713, a new management district plan may be created and a new district…
3. CHAPTER 3. Assessments §§ 36730–36737 · 8 sections

   • § 36730 The collection of the assessments levied pursuant to this part shall be made at the time and in the manner set forth by the city council in the resolution…
   • § 36731 (a) The assessments levied on real property pursuant to this part shall be levied on the basis of the estimated benefit to the real property within the…
   • § 36732 The validity of an assessment levied under this part shall not be contested in any action or proceeding unless the action or proceeding is commenced within 30…
   • § 36733 The city council may execute baseline service contracts that would establish levels of city services that would continue after a district has been formed.
   • § 36734 The owners’ association may, at any time, request that the city council modify the management district plan. Any modification of the management district plan…
   • § 36735 (a) Upon the written request of the owners’ association, the city council may modify the management district plan after conducting one public hearing on the…
   • § 36736 Any subsequent modification of the resolution shall be reflected in subsequent notices and maps recorded pursuant to Division 4.5 (commencing with Section…
   • § 36737 (a) The city council may, by resolution, determine and declare that bonds shall be issued to finance the estimated cost of some or all of the proposed…
4. CHAPTER 4. Governance §§ 36740–36745 · 6 sections

   • § 36740 Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, an owners’ association shall comply with the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of…
   • § 36741 (a) The owners’ association shall cause to be prepared a report for each fiscal year, except the first year, for which assessments are to be levied and…
   • § 36742 The management district plan may, but is not required to, state that an owners’ association will provide the improvements or activities described in the…
   • § 36743 (a) Any district previously established whose term has expired, may be renewed by following the procedures for establishment as provided in this chapter. (b)…
   • § 36744 (a) Any district established or extended pursuant to the provisions of this part, where there is no indebtedness, outstanding and unpaid, incurred to…
   • § 36745 (a) Upon the disestablishment of a district, any remaining revenues, after all outstanding debts are paid, derived from the levy of assessments, or derived…