The San Francisco call., 1898-04-11
CHAPTER III.
Opening, Strengthening, W1denlns' Extending and Changing the
 Grade of Streets.


 SECTION l. When an applicatlon shall be made to the Board or FuoIic Works for the strengthening, wloehlns or extending of any street, or TOT lne laying out, establishing or opening or new street, signed py .He owners of majority or ,. tne frontage of the lands upon the llliS of said street or proposed street a,r0 such improvement requires the con demnation of private property, ana tne Board shall by resolution determliie that the improvement would be or pup lie benefit, it shall make an estimate of the expense of such improvement, and determine by resolution the dlstrlcC which will be affected by, and should be assessed for, the expense Of sucn nm provement. No proceedings snail De had upon the filing of such petition un- til after the persons signing tne sdnie shall have deposited with the Secretary of the Board an amount or iloiisy which, as may be determined py the Board will be sufficient to defray all the expense that may be lncurreo III case the Supervisors shall not pass all ordinance for said improvement.
 Sec 9 If within three months a1ter the passage of the resolution deterfilih ll ing such district, a majority or the owners of the land within said dlstrlce who shall also be the owners of two, thirds of the superficial square rect or the property included within said dls- trict, and of three-fourths in value or said property-including improvements | thereon-estimating said value accord ing to the last preceding Assessment Book of the City and County, shall present to the Board a petition for said improvement, verified by their baths 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 it's intention to recommend such improvement to the Supervisors, and shall in such resolution Spec1fy a day upon which it will hear any ob- jections that may be made to such fH- provement.
 Before passing such resolution of 1n- | tention. the Board shall cause to be prepared a 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 i 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 1 improvement, and showing the name of | the person to whom the said lots were assessed upon the last Assessment Book of the City and County, together with 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 copy l of said resolution to be deposited, post
 age prepaid, in the Post Office at the 1 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 l 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 i'm
 provement it shall pass a resolution to that effect, and no further proceedings 1 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 a 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 Nsaid 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 COIleCClOn or SalO assessment, In addf~ tion to, and not inconsistent with. the rules herein prescribed, as to said Su- pervsors 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. 7. Upon the receipt by the Board of a certified copy of said ordi- 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 it's 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. inc cost and expense of said improvement After said survey and map are made 1 the Board shall pass a resolution fix, ing a 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- 1 fits which may result therefrom.
 The Secretary of the Board shau