The San Francisco call., 1898-04-02
CHAPTER III.
Opening, Strengthening, Widening, Extending and Changing the
 Grade of Streets

| SECTION l. When an application
 shall be made to the Board of Public
 Works for the strengthening, widening
 or extending of any street, or for the
 laying out, establishing or opening of
 a new street, signed by the
 owners of majority of the 1 frontage of the lands upon the line
 of said street, or proposed street, and
 such improvement requires the con-
 demnation of private property, and the Board shall by resolution determine
 that the improvement would be of pub- | lie benefit, 1t shall make an estimate l of the expense of such improvement,
 and determine by resolution the district
 which will be affected by, and should
 be assessed for, the expense of such inn | provement No proceedings shall be | had upon the filing of such petition un- til after the persons signing the same shall have deposited with the Secretary | of the Board an amount of money which, as may be determined by the
 Board, will be sufficient to defray all
 the expense that may be incurred in
 case the Supervisors shall not pass an ordinance for said improvement.
 Sec ?. If within three months after the passage of the resolution determin- ing such district, a majority. of the owners of the land within said district
 who shall also be the owners of two- thirds of the superficial square feet of LnG WllIllll SdlQ Ql0- trict, and of three-fourths in value of said roperty-including improvements
 thereon-estimating said value accord ing to the last preceding Assessment Book of the City and County, shall
 present to the Board petition for said
 improvement, verified by their oaths and describing the lands of which they are the owners, and showing the
 amount at which the same was as-
 sessed upon the last preceding Assess
 ment Book of the City and County, and stating that they are the owners and in possession of the lands named in said petition, the Board shall pass a reso- lution of its intention to recommend such improvement to the Supervisors,
 and shall in such resolution specify a day upon which it will hear any ob- jections that may be made to such inn provement.
 Before passing such resolution of in-
 tention, the Board shall cause to be prepared map or diagram of the dis trict affected by and to be assessed for the expense of such improvement, upon which shall be delineated the several lots of land upon which said assess ment is to be levied, and also the lots of land which are to be taken for such | improvement, and showing the name of the person to whom the said lots were l assessed upon the last Assessment Book
 of the City and County, together with 1 the amounts of such assessments. | Sec. 3. The Secretary of the Board
 shall thereupon cause said resolution
 of intention to be published for a pe-
 riod of thirty days, non-judicial days | excepted, and shall also cause a copy of said resolution to be deposited, post
 age prepaid, in the Post Office at the City and County, addressed to each person whose name is delineated upon said map, at least ten days before the day named for hearing objections thereto.
 Sec. 4. At any time before the day
 fixed in such resolution for hearing ob-
 jections to such improvement, any per- son interested therein may file with the Secretary of the Board his objections
 thereto, briefly stating the grounds
 thereof and the nature of his interest;
 and upon the day fixed for hearing the
 same, or some day to which the hear
 ing thereof shall then be postponed,
 the Board shall proceed to hear and determine the sufficiency of any objec-
 tions which may have been filed.
 Sec. 5. If the Board shall determine
 that such objections are sufficient to prevent @ recommendation of the inn
 provement, it shall pass resolution to ! that effect, and no further proceedings shall be had under said petition. If no objections have been filed, or If the
 Board shall determine that the objec-
 tions filed are insufficient, it may pass
 resolution recommending to the Su- pervisors said improvement, and in it's recommendation shall specially report
 to the Supervisors whether in it's opin-
 ion the land within the district speci-
 fled as affected by said improvement
 will be benefited to the extent of the
 expense of said improvement.
 Sec. 6. If the Board shall pass a
 resolution recommending said improve
 ment, the Secretary shall forthwith transmit to the Clerk of the Supervis-
 ors copy of said resolution, together
 with the petition, map, estimate of the
 expense of said improvement, and any
 objections that may have been filed; and the Supervisors shall at their first
 regular meeting thereafter, or at any
 meeting to which said hearing may
 have been adjourned, pass upon said
 recommendation, and may by resolu-
 tion adopt or reject the same. If said
 recommendation is rejected no further action shall be had thereon or upon
 said petition. If the Supervisors shall adopt said. recommendation. they shall within thirty days thereafter pass an ordinance providing for said improve
 ment, and may in said ordinance pre- scribe such rules for the conduct of the Board of Public Works respecting the
 assessment and valuation to be made
 by said Board, and providing for the condemnation of said lands, and the
 collection of said assessment, in addi-
 tion to, and not inconsistent with, the
 rules herein prescribed, as to said Su- pervisors shall seem expedient Upon the passage of said ordinance the Clerk
 of the Supervisors shall transmit a cer- tified copy thereof to the Board of Public
 Works.
 | Sec. 2. Upon the receipt by the
 Board of a certified copy of said crdi-
 nance the Board shall cause to be
 made an accurate survey of the con- | templated improvement, and a map thereof, upon which shall be deline-
 ated each and every lot of land to be taken or appropriated for the purposes
 of the intended improvement, showing its extent in feet and inches, and also
 each and every lot of land within the district determined to be affected by, and which is to be assessed for, the
 cost and expense of said improvement.
 After said survey and map are made, the Board shall pass a resolution fix ing day on or after which it will pro- ceed to value the several lots of land to be taken for the purpose of the in tended improvement, and ascertain
 and determine the damages and bene- fits which may result therefrom.