Section
6.176 Definitions.
6.177 Authority to Order Work.
6.178 Authority to Order Acquisition of Land.
6.179 Disposition of Excess Amount of Acquisition Cost.
6.180 District and Work Need Not Be Contiguous.
6.181 Manner of Doing Work.
6.182 Ordinance of Intention – Publication – Hearing.
6.183 Proposed Assessment and Diagram – Approval – Filing.
6.184 Public Property – Exemption from Assessment.
6.185 Postal Card Notices – Affidavit.
6.186 Posting Notices of Local Improvement – Contents – Affidavit.
6.187 Protests – Hearing.
6.188 Protest – Change of Contour or Grade.
6.189 Jurisdiction – Final Ordinance.
6.190 Notice.
6.191 Changes of Work – Boundaries of Assessment District or Proceedings.
6.192 Notice Inviting Bids.
6.193 Advancement by Contractor of Incidental Expenses.
6.194 Contracts.
6.195 Authority to Order Plans.
6.196 Assessment Diagram and Assessment.
6.197 Warrant, Recordation and Delivery.
6.198 Election to Purchase Assignment of Warrant Assessment and Diagram.
6.199 Payment for Work Performed by the City.
6.200 Payment of Assessment.
6.201 Reassessments.
6.202 Collection and Enforcement of Reassessment.
6.203 Supplemental Assessment.
6.204 Contesting Assessment.
6.205 Determination to Issue Bonds.
6.206 Issuance of Bonds.
6.207 Payments on Assessments at Bond.
6.208 Form and Content of Bonds.
6.209 Division of Land and Bond.
6.210 Default and Sale for Delinquency.
6.211 Redemption of Delinquent Property.
6.212 Conveyance of Unredeemed Property.
6.213 Continuance of Lien upon Invalidation of Sale or Deed.
6.214 Notices.
6.215 Contribution of Funds by City.
6.216 Publications – Proof.
6.217 Description of Work by Reference.
6.218 Construction of Ordinance.
6.219 Council Intent of Article.
6.220 Validating Proceedings.
Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, the definitions and provisions contained in this section shall govern the construction and the meaning and application of words and phrases used in this article.
1. “Council” means the Council of the City of Los Angeles.
2. “Clerk” and “City Clerk” mean the City Clerk of the City of Los Angeles, ex officio clerk of the Council of the City of Los Angeles.
3. “Board” and “Board of Public Works” mean the Board of Public Works of the City of Los Angeles.
4. “Street” includes avenues, highways, lanes, alleys, crossings or intersections, courts and places which have been dedicated and accepted according to law, or which have been in common and undisputed use by the public for a period of not less than five years next preceding.
5. “Public Places,” for the purpose of performing work or improvement, shall include all places, public ways, or property, or rights of way or easements necessary or convenient for doing the work authorized by this article, owned by the City, open or dedicated to public use, and any property for the immediate possession of which, as rights-of-way required for public use, an order has been obtained in compliance with the provisions of Section 14 of Article I of the State Constitution.
6. “Work” and “Improvement” shall be understood to mean all the work or improvement set forth in the Ordinance of Intention.
7. “Incidental Expenses,” in connection with the work or improvements hereunder, includes all items of compensation, cost and expense incidental to: the design, including cost of purchasing plans prepared by a registered civil engineer engaged by owners, construction, completion and inspection of the work or improvements and costs and expenses of acquisition and all costs and expense of compliance with provisions of law and this article incidental to the formation of a District hereunder.
8. “Cash Assessment” means any assessment, other than an installment assessment, levied hereunder against a lot or parcel of land within the Assessment District.
9. “Legislative Body” wherever used in any sections of the Improvement Act of 1911 shall mean the Council of the City of Los Angeles.
10. “Superintendent of Streets” wherever used in any section of the Improvement Act of 1911 shall mean the Board of Public Works of the City of Los Angeles.
11. “Improvement Act of 1911" wherever used in this article shall mean Division 7 of the Streets and Highways Code and all amendments thereto.
12. “Resolution of Intention” wherever used in this article shall mean the “Ordinance of Intention.”
13. “Acquisition” shall mean and include any acquisition necessary or appropriate in connection with any work or improvement authorized to be made by this article by gift, purchase, or eminent domain proceedings, limited, however, to land, rights-of-way or easements.
14. “Acquisition Cost” or words of similar import when used in this article shall include all incidental expenses in connection with such acquisition.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 126,186.
The Council, in conformity with the procedure in this article prescribed, is hereby authorized and empowered whenever in its opinion the public interest or convenience may require, to order the change of grade or contour, compaction of the land, and construction of caissons, retaining walls, drains and other structures for the purpose of stabilizing land and in connection therewith, to order the whole or any portion or portions, either in length or width, of any one or more of any public streets, alley, or other public places to be opened, widened or relocated or improved by, or have constructed, installed or reset therein, grading, surfacing or resurfacing, removal and replacement of subgrade materials, concrete curbs, gutters and sidewalks, driveways, lighting facilities, guard rails and warning, stop or street signs, and such drainage, underground or other structures and appurtenant work as are necessary or suitable in connection with such street improvements.
All work or improvements ordered to be made under provisions of this article and all materials used, shall conform to the Standard Specifications of the City of Los Angeles for public improvements and be in accordance with the plans, profiles and specifications referred to in the Ordinance of Intention.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 126,186.
In any proceeding for the making of any work or improvement authorized by this article the Council may order any acquisition as defined herein necessary or appropriate in connection with such work or improvement and assess the cost of such acquisition as a part of the incidental expenses of such work or improvement. Any such acquisition shall be described in the Ordinance of Intention in general terms and refer to plans, profiles detailed drawings and specifications or such of them as may be suitable and proper for the full detailed description of the acquisition proposed. The City is hereby authorized to advance the cost from its general funds and thereafter reimburse such general funds as a part of the incidental expenses of such improvement.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 126,186.
In the event that the proceedings include any acquisition and the actual cost of the acquisition as finally determined in less than the amount included in the assessment as the cost of such acquisition, such excess may be spent as the Council may thereafter determine, either for the maintenance or repair of the work or improvement, or such excess shall be refunded or credited in proportion to the amount of the assessments that were levied for such acquisition cost, as follows:
(a) Where the assessment and all installments thereof and all interest and penalties due thereon have been paid, such refund shall be returned in cash to the person who paid the corresponding assessment or installment, upon the person furnishing satisfactory evidence of such payment.
(b) Where the assessment or any installment thereof is unpaid, the credit shall be applied upon such assessment or upon the earliest unpaid installment of principal and interest.
In the event the Council determines that such excess shall be used for maintenance or repair, the Council shall establish a separate fund of such excess and shall use the same solely for said purpose.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 126,186.
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