CHAPTER 26. Maintenance Districts
Heading of Chapter 26 amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 2179.
§§ 5820–5856 · 56 sections
- § 5820 As used in this article, “maintenance district” means an assessment district which a county board of supervisors or the legislative body of a city has created…
- § 5821 The board of supervisors may, in its resolution declaring its intention to order work done or improvements made or by separate resolution, declare its…
- § 5821.1 The board of supervisors may, in its resolution declaring its intention to order work done or improvements made, declare its intention to order the territory…
- § 5821.2 If the board of supervisors in its resolution of intention declares its intention to order the territory within which the improvements are to be constructed…
- § 5821.3 In the event that an ordinance requires the installation of a sewer, drainage, or street lighting system by a subdivider, the resolution of intention may state…
- § 5822 The resolution of intention shall describe the boundaries of the district which is to be assessed for such maintenance and operation, or if the improvements or…
- § 5823 The maintenance district may include property lying within one or more cities if the consent of the legislative body of each such city to the formation of such…
- § 5824 At any time not later than the hour for hearing objections to the proposed work as provided in this division, or at any time not later than the time fixed in…
- § 5824.1 If the resolution of intention contemplates annexation of the territory within which the improvements are to be constructed to an existing maintenance…
- § 5825 The board of supervisors, in addition to hearing protests against the proposed work and the extent of the district to be assessed therefor, shall hear and pass…
- § 5826 If the board of supervisors finds that the protest against the formation of the maintenance district is made by the owners of more than one-half of the area of…
- § 5827 If the board of supervisors, in its resolution of intention, declares its intention to order a maintenance district formed, the notice of improvement shall…
- § 5828 The board of supervisors shall acquire jurisdiction to order that the maintenance district be formed in the same manner prescribed in this division for the…
- § 5828.1 When the board of supervisors adopts a separate resolution declaring its intention to form a maintenance district for sanitary sewers or for street lighting,…
- § 5829 Upon adoption of the resolution ordering the formation of the maintenance district or the annexation of territory to an existing maintenance district, the…
- § 5829.1 Any district may contract with the Federal Government of the United States or any branch thereof, or any county, city and county, municipal corporation,…
- § 5830 The board of supervisors shall thereafter, in each year, prior to the time of fixing the county tax rate, estimate the cost of maintaining and operating the…
- § 5830.1 Whenever the board of supervisors levies an assessment authorized by Section 5830 for purposes of lighting maintenance, the assessment shall be levied pursuant…
- § 5831 The special assessment tax shall be levied and collected at the same time and in the same manner as the general tax levy for county purposes and when collected…
- § 5832 The board of supervisors may determine that the whole or any part of the expense of such maintenance shall be paid by the county. If the county is to…
- § 5832.5 The board of supervisors may temporarily transfer moneys to the maintenance district fund from other funds in which such moneys are not immediately needed. The…
- § 5832.6 If a maintenance district is organized in any year too late for the levy of a special assessment tax or an assessment, as the case may be, in that year or in…
- § 5832.7 Any area of a maintenance district, or of a temporary zone formed pursuant to Section 5855 in a district, which is included in a city by annexation or…
- § 5832.8 (a) The board of supervisors may adopt an ordinance proposing the imposition of a special tax for the purpose of maintaining improvements. Such ordinance shall…
- § 5833 The board of supervisors of the county in which a maintenance district is formed shall: (a) Make and enforce all rules and regulations necessary for the…
- § 5835 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting the county itself from maintaining and operating any or all of the improvements when ordered by the…
- § 5835.1 “Sewers” as used in this chapter includes lateral and collecting sewers, septic tanks, and all other means of handling, gathering, and disposing of sewage in…
- § 5835.2 “Maintenance of sewers” as used in this chapter includes the extension and enlargement of sewers within the district, and the acquisition or construction of…
- § 5835.3 “Maintenance” as used in this chapter in relation to lighting systems, includes the replacement of any obsolete equipment with new modern equipment found by…
- § 5835.4 The board of supervisors of any lighting maintenance district may provide for the establishment of an accumulative capital outlay fund for the replacement of…
- § 5835.5 Pursuant to a resolution adopted by its board of supervisors, a county may lend any available county funds to a county maintenance district for the replacement…
- § 5836 The title to all property acquired by a maintenance district shall be vested in the county. Upon the dissolution of the district by reason of all of its…
- § 5837 The boundaries of any maintenance district may be altered, and contiguous or noncontiguous territory whether it is within incorporated or unincorporated…
- § 5838 The board of supervisors shall cause notice of the time, place, and purpose of the hearing to be given by mail to each owner whose name and address appears on…
- § 5839 At the time fixed for the hearing or to which it may be continued, the board of supervisors shall hear and pass upon the proposal and any objections which may…
- § 5840 If any portion of the territory annexed to a maintenance district comprises a portion of another maintenance district formed under the provisions of this…
- § 5841 If the territory annexed to a maintenance district includes within its boundaries all of another maintenance district formed under the provisions of this…
- § 5841.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subsequent to annexation of such territory and dissolution of the annexed district, the maintenance district shall…
- § 5842 If, after the formation of a maintenance district, additional improvements of the same type or nature are constructed within the boundaries of such district,…
- § 5843 Notice of the hearing on the resolution shall be given to the persons within the existing maintenance district in the manner prescribed by Section 5838. Mailed…
- § 5843.5 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the board of supervisors, upon its own motion or upon receipt of a petition signed by 20 or more…
- § 5844 Any portion of any maintenance district which will not be benefited by remaining within the district, may be withdrawn therefrom. The board of supervisors may…
- § 5845 The time for the hearing shall be not less than 10 nor more than 30 days after the date of the adoption of the resolution. The board of supervisors shall at…
- § 5846 Any person interested may appear at the hearing and object to the withdrawal of said portion from the maintenance district, or may object to the continuance of…
- § 5847 No withdrawal of territory under the provisions of Section 5846 or 5853 shall become effective unless and until any outstanding contract of the maintenance…
- § 5847.5 Any maintenance district created to finance any work which might also be constructed or maintained by a county sanitation district, may become a part of a…
- § 5847.6 A maintenance district included in a county sanitation district pursuant to Section 5847.5 is not dissolved by such inclusion, but may continue to function in…
- § 5848 Any maintenance district may be dissolved by the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors upon its own motion may adopt a resolution declaring its…
- § 5849 At the time appointed for such hearing, or at any time to which it is adjourned, the board of supervisors shall hear and pass upon the question of dissolution…
- § 5850 Upon the inclusion of all of the territory of a maintenance district within one or more cities, either by reason of annexation proceedings or by reason of the…
- § 5851 If the whole district is so included within one city, the district shall continue in existence for all purposes until a copy of a resolution adopted by the…
- § 5852 If a part only of the district is so included within one city and the remaining part of the district is so included within one or more other cities, so that no…
- § 5853 Whenever any portion of a district is included within a city by reason of incorporation, annexation, or otherwise, such portion shall continue to remain a part…
- § 5854 The board of supervisors may by resolution change the name of any maintenance district to conform with a change in the street name or other designation which…
- § 5855 Where the board of supervisors or legislative body has so declared in its resolution of intention to order the formation of a maintenance district or any…
- § 5856 If a maintenance district is divided into zones, the board of supervisors or legislative body may determine what portion of the amount of money to be secured…