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(a) All work of improving streets to be done under the provisions of this article shall be performed by the letting of a contract therefor as provided by Section 6.30 hereof;
(b) Or, when ordered by the City Council, the work shall be performed by the City by the direct employment of labor and purchase of materials.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 85,500.
Amended by: Ord. No. 89,681.
Before ordering any work done or improvement made which is authorized by this article the Council shall pass an ordinance declaring its intention to do which ordinance shall be referred to herein as the Ordinance of Intention. It shall be sufficient for said ordinance to briefly describe the work or improvement in general terms, referring to the plans, profiles and specifications therefor on file in the office of the City Engineer for further particulars, which said plans, profiles and specifications shall govern and control for all details and description. Said ordinance shall fix a day, hour and place when and where all protests against the proposed work or improvement will be heard by the Council, which time shall be not less than 15 days nor more than 60 days from the date of the passage of said ordinance. Said ordinance shall state that the improvement therein contemplated is to be performed under the provisions of this article.
Upon the adoption of said Ordinance of Intention the Clerk shall cause the same to be published once in a daily newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the City.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 85,500.
Amended by: Ord. No. 108,857.
Before adopting the Ordinance of Intention the Council shall cause to be prepared for it by the Board a map or diagram showing each public street, alley, or other public place to be improved, the general nature, location and extent of the proposed improvements, and the parcels of land deemed by the City Council to be benefited by the proposed work or improvement and to be assessed to pay the costs thereof, numbered to correspond with the numbers in the proposed Assessment Roll hereinafter provided for. The parcels of land hereinbefore referred to shall be included within a district to be known as the Assessment District, and indicated by a boundary line shown upon said map or diagram. Said map or diagram shall accompany and be a part of the said proposed Assessment Roll which shall be prepared by the Board showing the total estimated costs of the proposed improvement (inclusive of incidental expenses) and the estimated amount of the several assessments proposed to be assessed upon each parcel of land, in proportion to the estimated benefits to be received by each of the said several parcels of land.
The estimated cost of the improvement and said incidental expenses shall be separately stated.
When said map or diagram has been completed and it, together with the said proposed Assessment Roll, shall have been approved by the Council, the fact and date of such approval shall be endorsed thereon by the City Clerk, and said map or diagram and proposed Assessment Roll shall be filed with the City Clerk, and shall be open to public inspection.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 85,500.
Amended by: Ord No. 89,681.
If any lot or parcel of land belonging to the United States, or to the State, or to any county, city, public agent, mandatory of the government, school board, educational, penal or reform institution or institution for the feeble-minded or the insane, is in use in the performance of any public function and is included within the district to be assessed to pay the costs and expenses thereof, the Council may, in the Ordinance of Intention, declare that such lots or parcels of land, or any of them, shall be omitted from the assessment thereafter to be made to cover the costs and expenses of the work.
If any such lots or parcels of land are omitted from the assessment, the total expense of all work done shall be assessed on the remaining lots or parcels of land lying within the limits of the Assessment District, without regard to such omitted lots or parcels of land.
If the Council, in the Ordinance of Intention, declares that any such lots or parcels of land owned and used as provided in this section shall be included in the assessment, or if no declaration is made respecting any such lots or parcels of land, then the City shall be liable for such sums as may thereafter be assessed against such lots or parcels of land. The assessment shall be payable by the City out of the general fund unless the Council shall in its Ordinance of Intention designate another fund. Any sums which may be assessed against any such lots or parcels of land shall not be payable by the City when such sums are paid by the owner of or the governing body controlling such lots or parcels of land.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord No. 85,500.
Upon the adoption of said Ordinance of Intention, the City Engineer shall mail, postage prepaid, to all persons owning real property which is proposed to be assessed to pay any of the cost and expenses of the work, whose names and addresses appear on the records of the City Engineer, a postal card containing a notice which shall be substantially in the following form:
[IMPROVEMENT HEARING NOTICE RE STREET IMPROVEMENT]
You are hereby notified that the Council of the City of Los Angeles, California, has adopted an Ordinance declaring its intention to order the improvement of ____________. All protests must be filed in writing in the office of the City Clerk before the hour of ________ o'clock A.M. on the ________ day of __________, _____, and all protests so filed will be heard and considered by the City Council in the council chamber at said time.
You are hereby referred to said Ordinance No. ____________ for further particulars. Property belonging to you is proposed to be assessed for this improvement in the estimated amount of $____________.
Assessment No. ____________.
_______________________________________
City Engineer.
Said mailing shall be completed not less than five (5) days prior to the day set for said hearing.
The City Engineer shall upon the completion of the mailing of the said notice, file with the Council an affidavit setting forth the time and manner of the compliance with the requirements of this section. The failure of the City Engineer to mail any notice or the failure of any person to receive the same shall not affect in any way whatsoever the validity of any proceeding taken under this article, nor prevent the Council from proceeding with any hearing so noticed.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 85,500.
Amended by: Ord. No. 87,605; Ord. No. 181,595, Eff. 4-10-11.
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