ARTICLE 6. Zones

Article 6 added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.

§§ 55650–55679 · 31 sections

§ 55650 Zones may be established within a district for any of the following purposes: (a) Incurring a bonded indebtedness within the zone sufficient to pay the cost of…
§ 55651 Zones may be established within the district by either of the following methods: (1) A petition for the formation of a zone within a district may be presented…
§ 55652 The petition shall contain: (a) The boundaries of the proposed zone. (b) A general description of the improvement desired. (c) An estimate of the cost of the…
§ 55653 The petition shall be accompanied by a map showing the exterior boundaries of the district and of the proposed zone and containing a general description of the…
§ 55654 The failure of the petition to contain any of the matters specified in Sections 55651 and 55652 shall not affect the legality of the establishment of the zone…
§ 55655 The petition shall be presented at a regular meeting of the board, and the board shall thereupon set a time for hearing the petition, which time shall be not…
§ 55656 Notice of the filing and hearing of the petition shall be given by the clerk of the board by publishing in the county pursuant to Section 6066 of the…
§ 55657 The clerk shall also cause a notice, similar in substance, to be posted in three of the most public places within the proposed zone.
§ 55658 The date set for the hearing shall be at least 13 days after the date of the posting and the date of last publication of the notice.
§ 55659 A copy of the petition shall be filed with the county engineer of waterworks districts, or district engineer if one has been appointed, at least two weeks…
§ 55660 At the time fixed for the hearing, the board shall hear and pass upon the petition and any protests in writing that have been filed with the clerk before or at…
§ 55661 If the board determines that the proposed improvement will be of district-wide benefit, the proceedings shall terminate, and the proposed zone shall not be…
§ 55662 If the board determines that the proposed improvement will not be of district-wide benefit, the board may make such changes in the boundaries of the proposed…
§ 55663 The board shall not modify the boundaries except after notice of its intention has been published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in a…
§ 55664 Written objections to the proposed modification may be filed with the clerk of the board by any interested person at or before the time set for hearing the…
§ 55665 The board shall hear and pass upon the objections at the time appointed, or at any time to which the hearing may be adjourned, and its decision thereon shall…
§ 55666 If the objections, or any of them, be sustained, no further proceedings pursuant to the petition shall be taken, but a new petition for the same or a similar…
§ 55667 If no protests are filed, or if all protests filed are heard and denied, or if authorized modifications are made in the boundaries of the proposed zone and the…
§ 55668 If the board determines that the petition is signed by owners representing at least 60 percent of the total assessed valuation of the real property within the…
§ 55668.5 Notwithstanding Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 2201) of Part 4 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation code, or any other provisions of law to the…
§ 55669 The board shall thereupon be authorized to issue bonds of the zone, to fix and collect special rates or charges, as prayed for in the petition, and proceed…
§ 55670 If the petition for formation of the zone is signed by owners representing less than 60 percent of the total assessed valuation of the real property within the…
§ 55671 The board shall appoint three qualified electors residing in the proposed zone to conduct the election.
§ 55672 The election shall be called by posting in three of the most public places in the proposed zone, and by publishing in the county pursuant to Section 6066 of…
§ 55673 The date set for the election shall be at least 13 days after the date of the posting and the date of last publication of the notice. No other notice of the…
§ 55674 The election shall be conducted in accordance with the general election laws of this State, where applicable.
§ 55675 The proposition submitted shall be in accordance with the petition and shall be either: (a) “Shall the proposed zone described in the resolution of the board…
§ 55676 If 60 percent of the votes cast at the election are in favor of the zone, and of incurring the bonded indebtedness, or fixing and collecting the special rates…
§ 55677 Upon the establishment of the zone the board shall be authorized and empowered to issue bonds of the zone, or to fix and collect special rates and charges, as…
§ 55678 The provisions in this division for the form, issuance, and sale of bonds, the levying and collecting of taxes for the payment thereof and of other matters…
§ 55679 The taxes and special rates or charges authorized by this article are in addition to all other taxes and rates or charges authorized by this division, and…