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.