CHAPTER 27. Construction of Sidewalks and Curbs [5870. - 5895.54.]

Chapter 27 added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 1339.

§§ 5870–5895.54 · 28 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 5870–5873 · 4 sections

   • § 5870 As used in this chapter: (a) “Block” means property facing one side of any street between the next intersecting streets or between the terminus of a dedicated…
   • § 5871 (a) This chapter applies to the construction of sidewalks, gutters, pavements, driveways, and curbs, and the installation of storm and sanitary drainage…
   • § 5872 This chapter constitutes a separate and alternative procedure for performing the work specified herein, and except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no…
   • § 5873 As used in this chapter, “cost,” “construction cost,” or variants thereof, means and includes both the actual cost of construction of the work and any…
2. ARTICLE 2. Performing the Work §§ 5875–5883 · 11 sections

   • § 5875 The owners of lots or portions of lots fronting on any public street or place when that street or place has been improved by the construction of sidewalks or…
   • § 5876 When the superintendent of streets finds that sidewalks or curbs have been constructed, or that their construction has been guaranteed to his satisfaction, in…
   • § 5877 Notice to construct may be given by delivering a written notice personally to the owner or to the person in possession of the property facing upon the…
   • § 5878 The postal card shall contain a notice to construct the sidewalks or curbs as the case may be, and the superintendent of streets shall, immediately upon the…
   • § 5878.1 The notice shall also specify the day, hour, and place when the legislative body will hear and pass upon objections or protests, if any, which may be raised by…
   • § 5879 The notice shall particularly specify what work is required to be done, and how it is to be done, and what materials shall be used in the construction and…
   • § 5879.1 The legislative body may adopt a resolution determining that bonds shall be issued and assessments collected and enforced pursuant to Part 5 of this division.…
   • § 5880 If the construction is not commenced and prosecuted to completion with due diligence, as required by the notice or by the legislative body after the hearing…
   • § 5881 Upon the completion of the construction, the superintendent of streets shall cause notice of the cost of the construction to be given in the manner specified…
   • § 5882 Upon the completion of the construction, the superintendent of streets shall prepare and file with the legislative body a report specifying the work which has…
   • § 5883 Upon the day and hour fixed for the hearing the legislative body shall hear and pass upon the report of the superintendent of streets, together with any…
3. ARTICLE 3. Collection of Cost of Construction §§ 5890–5895.1 · 8 sections

   • § 5890 The assessments proposed by the superintendent of streets pursuant to Section 5882, as may be amended by the legislative body during the hearing held pursuant…
   • § 5890.5 In assessing land, credit may be given for dedications and for improvements constructed at private expense.
   • § 5891 The superintendent of streets may file in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the parcel of property is located, a certificate…
   • § 5892 From and after the date of the recording of the notice of lien, all persons shall be deemed to have had notice of the contents thereof. The notice of lien may…
   • § 5893 As an alternative method of collection of the amount of the lien, the legislative body, after confirmation of the report of the superintendent of streets, may…
   • § 5894 Thereafter the amount of the lien shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary city taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the…
   • § 5895 The legislative body shall have the power, in its discretion, to determine that the payment of such assessments of fifty dollars ($50) or more may be made in…
   • § 5895.1 If bonds are to be issued to represent the security of the unpaid assessments, upon confirmation of the report by the legislative body the superintendent of…
4. ARTICLE 4. Construction Outside of Jurisdiction §§ 5895.50–5895.54 · 5 sections

   • § 5895.50 Whenever the property, which fronts on an area where improvements are required to be constructed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, lies entirely or…
   • § 5895.51 Whenever a block, on which improvements are required to be constructed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, lies within a city or unincorporated…
   • § 5895.52 The city or county proceeding under the provisions of this article may pay for such work out of the road fund or any other fund available for such purposes.
   • § 5895.53 The legislative body of the city or county which undertakes the construction of improvements pursuant to the provisions of this article shall have the…
   • § 5895.54 Nothing contained in this article shall limit in any manner the police power of any city or county with reference to any sidewalk or curb contructed under the…