Whenever the public interest or convenience may require, the Council of the City of Los Angeles, acting under the authority conferred upon it by the City Charter, shall have full power and authority to order any street lighting system, systems and/or appliances, including poles, posts, electroliers, transformers, lighting units, lamps, cables, wires, pipes, conduits, and/or other suitable or necessary works or appliances for street lighting purposes, or any thereof, to be maintained in or along the public streets, alleys or other public places in said City, and/or to order electric current to be furnished thereto; and to determine and declare the district to be benefited by such improvement, and to assess, either partly or wholly, the costs and expenses (including all incidental expenses) of such improvement, or of any one or more of the items, thereof, upon the lands in said district all in the manner and under the proceedings hereinafter provided.
The provisions of this article shall not be limited to the maintenance of street lighting system or appliances owned only by the City and/or to furnish electric current for lighting systems so owned, but such improvement may be made with and by means of such systems or appliances provided and installed by, and remaining the property of the public utility, public corporation, or other party with whom any contract now or hereafter may be entered into for such maintenance and such furnishing of electric current.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 75,000.