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22.319 Board of Public Works – General Powers.
22.320 Board of Public Works – Power to Appoint Executive Officer and Chief Accounting Employee; and to Establish Rules.
22.321 Board of Public Works – Powers and Duties Conferred by Law and under Special Assessment and Other Proceedings.
22.321.1 Power of Board to Retain Overpayments on Special Assessments.
22.322 Board of Public Works – Control over Construction, Maintenance and Design of Public Work or Improvement.
22.323 Board of Public Works – Power to Acquire Property for Public Work or Improvement.
22.324 Document Requiring Signature by Board of Public Works.
22.325 Recordation of Notice of Intention to Abate Nuisance.
22.325.1 Nuisance Abatement and Assessment Procedures (Weeds, Rubbish, Etc.).
22.326 Board of Public Works Authority to Adjust and Refund Lot Cleaning Charges and Assessments.
22.326.1 Powers, Duties and Functions Related to Land Records.
22.326.2 Powers, Duties and Functions Related to Public Utilities.
In addition to those general powers enumerated in Charter Section 581, the Board of Public Works shall also have the power to exercise all the powers and perform all the duties that are now or may hereafter be conferred or imposed by law upon the Street Superintendent.
SECTION HISTORY
Para. 1 based on Charter, Sec. 78; Para. 2 on Charter, Sec. 231.
Amended by: Ord. No. 173,258, Eff. 6-23-00, Oper. 7-1-00.
The Board of Public Works shall, in accordance with Charter Section 504, appoint the Executive Officer to the Board and the Chief Accounting Employee for the Department. The Board shall establish all necessary rules and regulations for the exercise of the powers conferred in this article, for the governance of the Department of Public Works as authorized in Charter Section 581, and for the regulation and conduct of its officers and employees.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Charter, Sec. 232.
Amended by: Title and Section, Ord. No. 173,258, Eff. 6-23-00, Oper. 7-1-00; Title and Section, Ord. No. 176,547, Eff. 5-2-05.
In addition to those powers expressly conferred on the Board of Public Works by the Charter, the Board shall have the power to:
(a) Exercise all the powers and duties that are now or may hereafter be conferred or imposed by law upon any Board, officer or commission of the City relating to the approval of the award of contracts for any of the work or improvements mentioned in Charter Section 580;
(b) Exercise all the powers and duties that are now or may hereafter be imposed by law upon any board, officer or commission provided for by law to estimate or determine the benefits, damages and costs incident to a proposed change of grade of, or any improvement of any public street or other place mentioned in Charter Section 580, and the making and levying of assessments upon property to cover such damages and costs.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Charter, Sec. 233 (1).
Amended by: Ord. No. 173,258, Eff. 6-23-00, Oper. 7-1-00.
(a) The Board of Public Works may retain any overpayment, up to and including one dollar ($1.00), in excess of the amount legally due in any payment on account of principal, interest or penalties on Special Assessments made pursuant to any of the improvement acts codified in the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California or the Los Angeles Municipal Code, or both, and shall place all such overpayments in a special account to be used for the purpose of making up deficiencies in payments received pursuant to Subsection (b) of this section.
(b) The Board of Public Works may accept as full payment of the amount legally due any payment received on account of principal, interest, or penalties on Special Assessments made pursuant to any of the improvement acts codified in the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California or the Los Angeles Municipal Code, or both, which is deficient by no more than sixty-five cents ($.65) of the amount legally due.
(c) Notwithstanding the authority conferred by Subsection (a) hereof, the Board of Public Works may refund any such excess payment upon the filing of a claim therefor as required by law.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 136,038.
Added by Ord. No. 140,475, Eff. 6-17-70.
The Board of Public Works shall have charge, superintendence and control, except as otherwise specifically provided in the Charter:
Of the construction and maintenance of all real property acquired for the purpose of constructing sewers, streets, avenues, alleys, lanes, boulevards, crossings, courts, bridges, viaducts, subways, tunnels and other subterranean avenues for travel, other real property as enumerated in Chapter 21, Article 1.5, Section 22.500.2 of the Administrative Code and other places and property enumerated in Section 580 of the Charter, except maintenance of buildings, shops, yards and other such structures under the jurisdiction of the Department of General Services;
Of all work and improvement in, on, over or under all such streets, places and property;
Of trees, plants, shrubs and lawns in parkways along public streets; subject to street improvements authorized by the City;
And of the cleaning, sprinkling and lighting of all public ways, streets, avenues, boulevards, alleys, lanes, places and courts; of the design and construction of all public works and improvements belonging to the City; of the disposal of garbage, sewage and street refuse; and all excavations in public streets or other ways of travel herein mentioned (subject to ordinances regulating the same).
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Charter, Sec. 234.
Amended by: 5th unnumbered para., Ord. No. 152,427, Eff. 6-29-79; Ord. No. 171,735, Eff. 10-23-97; Ord. No. 173,258, Eff. 6-23-00, Oper. 7-1-00.
The Board of Public Works shall have power to acquire and take by purchase, condemnation subject to Council authorization as set forth in Charter Section 581 (e), or otherwise, in the name of the City, any and all property that may be necessary or convenient for the construction or completion of any public work or improvement the construction or completion of which the Board of Public Works has charge, superintendence or control, and the cost of which is to be paid from the proceeds of bonds issued and sold by the City, or from any other funds under the jurisdiction and control of the Board available for such purpose.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Charter, Sec. 234.
Amended by: Ord. No. 173,258, Eff. 6-23-00, Oper. 7-1-00.
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