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Law:Division 9. Change Of Grade And Vacation (California)
1 Part 1. Change Of Grade Act Of 1909
1.2 Chapter 2. The Ordinance Of Intention
1.3 Chapter 3. Protests And Hearing
1.4 Chapter 4. Ordering The Change Of Grade
2 Part 2. Separation Of Grade Districts
2.2 Chapter 2. Formation Of District
2.3 Chapter 3. The Commission
2.4 Chapter 4. Powers And Duties Of The Commission
2.5 Chapter 5. Preliminary Plans And Surveys
2.6 Chapter 7. Approval Of Construction Plans
2.7 Chapter 8. The Bond Issue
2.8 Chapter 9. Levy And Collection Of Taxes
2.9 Chapter 9.5. Claims
2.10 Chapter 10. District Funds
2.11 Chapter 11. Transfer Of Projects
2.12 Chapter 12. Dissolution
2.13 Chapter 13. Determination Of Legality Of District
2.14 Chapter 14. Annexation Of Territory
2.15 Chapter 15. Annexation Of Territory Annexed To Or Included In A City
3 Part 3. Public Streets, Highways, And Service Easements Vacation Law
3.1 Chapter 1. Short Title And Definitions
3.2 Chapter 2. General Provisions
3.3 Chapter 3. General Vacation Procedure
3.4 Chapter 4. Summary Vacation
3.4.1 Article 1. Authority
3.4.2 Article 2. Procedure
3.5 Chapter 5. Reservation And Preservation Of Easements
3.5.1 Article 1. Reservation Of Easements
3.5.2 Article 2. Preservation Of Public Easements
3.6 Chapter 6. Effect Of Vacation
3.6.1 Article 1. Effect On Property Rights
3.6.2 Article 2. Disposition Of Excess Property
3.7 Chapter 7. Agreements Limiting Vacation
Ca Codes (shc:8000-8009) Streets And Highways Code Section 8000-8009 8000. This part may be cited as the Change of Grade Act of 1909. 8001. This part shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate its purposes. 8002. "City" includes all corporations organized and existing for municipal purposes. 8003. "City council" and "council" include any body which by law is the legislative department of the government of the city. 8004. "Clerk" and "city clerk" include any person or officer who is clerk of the city council. 8005. "Street superintendent" includes any person, officer or board whose duty it is under the law to have the care or charge of streets, or the improvement thereof, in any city. In any city in which there is no street superintendent, or no such board, the legislative body may designate some other officer or board to perform the duties imposed by this part on the street superintendent, and all the provisions hereof applicable to the street superintendent shall apply to the officer or board so designated. 8006. "Street" includes public street, lane, alley, court, or other place. 8007. "Ordinance" includes resolution. 8008. Proof of publication of any notice required by this part shall be made by affidavit, as provided in the Code of Civil Procedure, and proof of the posting of any such notice shall be made by the affidavit of the person posting the notice, setting forth the facts regarding such posting. Any officer who is required by this part to have any notice published or posted shall obtain and file in his office the affidavits in proof thereof but his failure so to do shall not affect the validity of any proceedings under this part. Any such affidavit so filed shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated regarding such publication or posting. 8009. This part provides an alternative system of proceedings for changing or modifying the grades of streets in cities; and the provisions of this part shall not apply to or affect any other provisions of this code. When any proceedings are commenced under this part, the provisions of this part, and no other, shall apply to such proceedings. Chapter 2. The Ordinance Of Intention
Ca Codes (shc:8020-8026) Streets And Highways Code Section 8020-8026 8020. The city council of any city may change or modify the grade of streets therein, in the manner provided in this part. 8021. The election of the city council to proceed under the provisions of this part shall be expressed in its ordinance of intention to order any change or modification of grade. 8022. Before any change or modification of grade is ordered, the city council shall pass an ordinance of intention to order such change or modification of grade. The ordinance of intention shall name or otherwise designate the street the grade of which, or any portion of which is proposed to be changed or modified, and shall set forth the change or modification of grade proposed to be made. One or more streets or portions thereof may be included in the same ordinance of intention. 8023. The ordinance of intention shall be posted conspicuously for two days on or near the chamber door of the city council, and shall be published by two insertions in a daily or weekly newspaper published and circulated in the city, and designated by the council for that purpose. If no such newspaper is published and circulated in the city, the ordinance of intention shall be posted for two days on or near the council chamber door, and in two other public places in the city. 8024. The street superintendent shall thereupon cause copies of the notice of the passage of the ordinance of intention to be conspicuously posted along all streets or portions thereof designated in the ordinance of intention, where such change or modification of grade is proposed to be made, at not more than 100 feet in distance apart, but not less than three notices in all. 8025. The notice shall be headed "Notice of Change of Grade," in letters of not less than one inch in height, and shall in legible characters state the fact of the passage of the ordinance of intention, its date, the name or other designation of the street or portion thereof the grade of which is proposed to be changed or modified, and shall refer to the ordinance of intention for further particulars. 8026. The street superintendent shall also cause a notice similar in substance to be published for six days in a daily newspaper published and circulated in the city, and designated by the city council for that purpose, or in cities in which there is no daily newspaper, he shall cause the notice to be published by two insertions in a weekly newspaper so published, circulated and designated. If there is no daily or weekly newspaper published in the city, the notice shall be posted for six days on or near the council chamber door, and in two other public places in the city. Chapter 3. Protests And Hearing
Ca Codes (shc:8040-8049) Streets And Highways Code Section 8040-8049 8040. Any person owning any real property fronting upon any street or portion thereof on which such change or modification of grade is proposed to be made, may, within 30 days after the first publication of the notice of the passage of the ordinance of intention, or within 30 days after the first posting thereof if no publication thereof is made, file with the clerk of the city council a written protest against such proposed change or modification of grade. 8041. Every protest shall contain a description of the property owned by each signer thereof, sufficient to identify the property, and if signed by more than one person, shall be accompanied by the affidavit of one of the signers that each signature thereto is the genuine signature of the person whose name purports to be thereto subscribed. If any signature is made by an agent, there shall be attached to the protest the affidavit of the agent that he is duly authorized to sign such protest. Any protest which does not comply with the foregoing requirements shall not be considered by the city council. 8042. The clerk of the city council shall indorse on every protest the date it is filed with him and at the next regular meeting of the city council after the expiration of the time for filing protest, shall present to the city council all protests so filed with him. 8043. If the city council finds that such protests are signed by the owners of a majority of the frontage of the property fronting on the street or portion thereof on which the change or modification of grade is proposed to be made, all further proceedings under the ordinance of intention shall be barred for six months from and after the filing of such majority protests, except as provided in this chapter, unless the owners of a majority of such frontage shall in the meantime petition the same change or modification of grade to be made. A new ordinance of intention to make a different change or modification of grade of the same street or portion thereof may be passed at any time. 8044. If the ordinance of intention designates any street or portion thereof, the grade of which is proposed to be changed or modified, and there is included in the ordinance of intention any other street or portion thereof, intersecting therewith or terminating therein, the grade of which is also proposed to be changed or modified, neither proposed change or modification of grade shall be barred by any protests unless such protests are signed by the owners of a majority of the total frontage of the property fronting on all such streets or portions thereof where such change or modification of grade is proposed to be made. 8045. If the city council finds that: (a) Such protests are not signed by the owners of a majority of the property fronting on the street or portion thereof on which such change or modification of grade is proposed to be made; or (b) The proposed change or modification of grade extends for a distance of not more than one block, and the grade of such street for at least one block thereof immediately adjacent to the block in which such change or modification of grade is proposed to be made, on each side thereof, has already been established; or (c) The proposed change or modification of grade extends for a distance of not more than one block at the end of a street, and the grade thereof for at least one block thereof immediately adjacent to such block has already been established, the city council shall thereupon fix a time for hearing such protests, which time shall be not less than 10 days after the meeting of the council at which such time is so fixed. 8046. Thereupon the city council shall cause notice of the time and place of such hearing to be published for two days in a daily newspaper published and circulated in the city, or by one insertion in a weekly newspaper so published and circulated. If no daily or weekly newspaper is published and circulated in the city, then the notice shall be posted for two days on or near the council chamber door, and in two other public places in the city. Such publication or posting shall be completed at least five days before the hearing. 8047. At the time and place appointed for the hearing of protests or at any time to which the hearing thereof may be continued, the city council shall hear and pass upon the protests, and its decision thereon shall be final and conclusive. If the protests are sustained, no further proceedings shall be had under the ordinance of intention but a new ordinance of intention to make the same or a different change or modification of grade may be passed at any time. If the protests are denied, the proceedings shall continue as if such protests had not been filed. 8048. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the person owning the fee or the person in whom, on the day any protest or petition is filed, the legal title to real property appears, by deed duly recorded in the county recorder's office of the county in which the city is situated, shall be deemed to be the owner thereof for the purpose of this part. But any person in possession of real property as the executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, or other legal representative of the owner, or any person in possession of real property under a written contract of purchase duly recorded, shall be deemed to be the owner thereof for the purposes of this part. 8049. In the case of property held by tenancy in common, if any cotenant signs a protest under this part, only the proportionate share of the frontage thereof represented by his interest therein shall be counted in determining the amount of frontage represented by the protest. If the change or modification of grade proposed by the ordinance of intention is only on one side of any street or portion thereof, only the owners of the real proeprty fronting on the side of such street or portion thereof where such change or modification of grade is proposed to be made, shall be entitled to make or file a protest under the provisions of this part. Chapter 4. Ordering The Change Of Grade
Ca Codes (shc:8060-8062) Streets And Highways Code Section 8060-8062 8060. If no protests are filed within the time provided, or if protests are filed and after hearing are denied, as provided in this part, the city council shall acquire jurisdiction to order to be made and shall by ordinance order the change or modification of grade as proposed by and described in the ordinance of intention to be made. 8061. The ordinance ordering the change or modification of grade shall be published by two insertions in a daily or by one insertion in a weekly newspaper published and circulated in the city. If no such newspaper is published and circulated therein, the ordinance shall be posted for two days on or near the council chamber door, and in two other public places in the city. 8062. If the grade of any street or portion thereof has been heretofore or is hereafter changed or modified, nothing in this part shall be construed to prevent any subsequent change or changes, modification or modifications of grade of any such street or portion thereof. Part 2. Separation Of Grade Districts
Ca Codes (shc:8100-8101) Streets And Highways Code Section 8100-8101 8100. The short title of this part is "Separation of Grade District Act." 8101. As used in this part: (a) "Project" means an overpass, underpass, or tunnel, or any combination thereof, at a single crossing, the planning, construction and maintenance of which is authorized by this part. (b) "District" means separation of grade district. (c) "County" means the county in which the district or proposed district is situated. (d) "Board" means board of supervisors of the county in which the district or proposed district is situated. (e) "Commission" means the commission provided in Chapter 3 of this part. Chapter 2. Formation Of District
Ca Codes (shc:8115-8127) Streets And Highways Code Section 8115-8127 8115. Separation of grade districts may be formed as provided in this part and may exercise the powers herein granted. Any such district shall consist of contiguous areas within a single county and shall include either a city and unincorporated territory or two or more cities with or without unincorporated territory. 8116. Whenever the board of any county finds that the safety and welfare of the residents of contiguous areas within the county require formation of a district to provide for a separation of grade, it shall by resolution so declare. If two or more cities are involved without any unincorporated territory no resolution shall be adopted under this section until the interested city councils request by resolution the adoption of such resolution. 8117. The resolution shall contain all of the following: (a) A statement of intention to form the district and of the necessity for and purpose of its formation. (b) A description of the unincorporated territory to be included. (c) A statement of the general location of the project or projects for the construction and maintenance of which the district is to be formed. (d) The name of the proposed district. (e) A statement of time and place at which objections to the formation of the district or to its extent will be heard, which time shall not be less than 30 days after the adoption of the resolution. (f) The name and telephone number of a local department or agency designated by the board of supervisors to answer inquiries regarding the hearing proceedings. 8118. The resolution shall be published at least once a week for two weeks, at the discretion of the board, in a newspaper of general circulation published in the proposed district. The first publication shall be made at least twenty days prior to the date of the hearing. 8119. The hearing may be continued from time to time and from place to place for not exceeding a total of sixty days by public declaration thereof, and no other notice of the fact of such continuance need be given. 8120. At the hearing the board shall hear all relevant and pertinent objections to the formation of or extent of the district and may, in its discretion, hear arguments against the objections urged. 8121. At the hearing, or within twenty days after the adjournment thereof, the board shall determine: (a) Whether the proposed district shall be formed. (b) What, if any, portion of the unincorporated area should be excluded from the district because not benefited by its formation. 8121.5. The board shall exclude uninhabited farm acreage from the district as not benefited. For the purpose of this section, "farm acreage" means any land which is under cultivation or which is being used for pasture or grazing at the time of the hearing. 8122. If the board determines that the district shall be formed, it shall by resolution: (a) Describe the territorial extent of the proposed district. (b) State the name of the proposed district. (c) Call an election to be held in the proposed district for the purpose of determining whether or not it is to be formed. (e) Fix the date of the election and the time the polls will be open. (f) Establish election precincts, designate polling places, and appoint election officers. 8123. The resolution shall be published at least once a week for two weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the proposed district. The first publication shall be at least thirty days prior to the election. 8124. Except where inconsistent with the provisions of this part, the election shall be held and conducted as provided by law for the holding of special elections in the county. 8125. The canvass of the returns of the election shall be made at the same time in the same manner and by the same officers as provided by law for special elections in the county. If the canvass is made by an officer other than the board, he shall transmit the results to the board, who shall thereupon declare the results of the election. 8126. If a majority of votes cast in each city and if a majority of votes cast in the unincorporated area within the proposed district are favorable, the board shall, by resolution, declare the district duly organized, state its name and describe its boundaries. 8127. A certified copy of the resolution shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the district is situated and filed with the Secretary of State. The organization shall thereupon be complete. Chapter 3. The Commission
Ca Codes (shc:8130-8134) Streets And Highways Code Section 8130-8134 8130. Upon the completion of the formation of the district, if the district is comprised of one city and unincorporated territory, the board shall appoint a commission composed of five members, three of whom shall be electors in the city and two of whom shall be electors in the unincorporated area within the district. 8130.1. Upon the completion of the formation of the district, if the district is comprised of two or more cities and unincorporated territory, the board shall appoint a commission composed of five members. The number of commissioners shall be so divided as to relate the number of commissioners from each unit as closely as possible to the proportion which the assessed valuation of that unit, as shown on the last equalized assessment roll of the county, bears to the total assessed valuation within the district at the time the district is formed, except that each unit shall have at least one commissioner. For the purposes of this section, all of the unincorporated area in the district shall be considered a single unit. If the district is comprised of two or more cities, without unincorporated territory, the appointment of commissioners shall be by the city councils of the respective cities, each such council appointing the number determined by the board as provided above. 8131. The commissioners first appointed shall so classify themselves by lot, that one member holds office for one year, one for two years, one for three years, and two for four years, thereafter appointments shall be for a four-year term. 8132. Each commissioner shall serve until the appointment and qualification of his successor. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term. 8133. Within twenty days after their appointment, the commissioners shall meet and elect one member president, one member vice-president, and one member secretary. The terms of office of officers shall be one year. 8134. The commission is authorized to pay each commissioner an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for each meeting of the commission attended by the commissioner, not exceeding two meetings during any one calendar month, together with expenses necessarily incurred by the commissioner in traveling between his or her place of residence and the place of meeting, and while traveling in connection with the business of the commission, when previously authorized by the commission. Chapter 4. Powers And Duties Of The Commission
Ca Codes (shc:8145) Streets And Highways Code Section 8145 8145. The commission has all of the following powers: (a) To sue and be sued in its own name. (b) To adopt a seal. (c) To lay out, establish, construct, and maintain projects for separation of grade by underpass, overpass, or tunnel, or any combination thereof, over or under one or more city streets, county roads or highways, state highways, railroads, street railroads, or other intersecting means of transportation, or any combination thereof, within the district and, for this purpose, to acquire by purchase, gift, devise, condemnation, or otherwise, and pay for and hold real and personal property and rights of way within the district. As to any project that would involve a state highway, the commission shall obtain the approval of the department as to the plans, and the project shall be constructed pursuant to an agreement between the commission and the department, as may be provided in the agreement. As to any project that would involve a railroad or street railroad, the district shall be governed by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1201) of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code and by any other applicable provisions of law; and for the purposes and within the meaning of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1201) of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code, and for those purposes and meaning only, a "separation-of-grade district" is a "political subdivision" and the "commission" of a separation-of-grade district is the "legislative body" of a political subdivision. For the purposes of Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 2450) of Division 3, a separation-of-grade district is a "local agency" and the commission of a separation-of-grade district is the "legislative body" of a local agency. (d) To enter into an agreement with any city or county to provide for the relocation, redesign, or improvement of any street in the city or county directly affected by, or that is an integral part of, a separation-of-grade project. The district may expend funds pursuant to such an agreement. (e) To remove an obstacle to traffic flow that otherwise would require constructing a separation of grade. (f) To exercise the power of eminent domain to the full extent necessary to carry out this part. (g) To make and accept all contracts, deeds, releases, and documents of any kind that are necessary or proper to the exercise of any of the powers of the district. (h) To direct the payment of all lawful claims and demands against the district. (i) To levy and collect taxes as provided. (j) To borrow for the purpose of defraying general administrative and preliminary engineering expenses of the district prior to the time the money to be raised by the first tax levy for the district will be available, and to evidence that borrowing by nonnegotiable notes bearing interest at a rate to be fixed by the commission. The notes shall be signed by the president, and countersigned by the secretary, of the commission. The notes shall be payable from the first tax levy made by the district, and that tax levy shall contain a sum sufficient to provide for the payment of the notes and the interest on those notes. (k) To issue bonds as provided and to provide for their payment. (l) To employ all necessary engineers, surveyors, agents, and workers to do the work on, or in connection with, the project or projects in the district, and to contract for engineering services with any city within the district or with the county. (m) To do any and all things necessary or proper for the complete exercise of its powers and the accomplishment of the purpose for which it was formed. Chapter 5. Preliminary Plans And Surveys
Ca Codes (shc:8160-8161) Streets And Highways Code Section 8160-8161 8160. Before the construction of any project, and before the calling of any election for the issuance of bonds, the commission shall employ one or more engineers, or contract for engineering services with any city within the district or with the county, who shall make all necessary surveys, and prepare maps showing the location, cross-section and profile of the proposed project. The engineer shall also prepare specifications for the construction of the project and estimates of the cost of construction and of acquiring rights of way. These surveys, maps, specifications and estimates shall, upon approval by the commission, be promptly adopted by order entered upon the minutes and filed with its secretary, and when so adopted shall constitute the plan of the district for the proposed project. 8161. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8117, upon the completion of the surveys referred to in Section 8160 and upon recommendation of the engineer or engineers, in which recommendation shall be included the estimate of cost of each proposed improvement, the commission by resolution duly adopted and recorded in its minutes may approve any changes in the location or locations of the projects described by the board of supervisors in its resolution of intention to form the district, as to the commission may appear reasonable and proper under the circumstances. The said resolution shall set forth the reasons for such changes or additions and the cost of each project as recommended in the engineer's report. Chapter 7. Approval Of Construction Plans
Ca Codes (shc:8190-8195) Streets And Highways Code Section 8190-8195 8190. At any time after the adoption of a plan for a project or the letting of a contract for the construction of the whole or any portion of the project, the commission may, by order entered in its minutes, call an election for the purpose of determining whether bonds should be issued for the acquisition of rights of way for and the construction of such project and for the payment of such contract. 8191. The order shall fix the day of the election, shall describe the exact location of each project for which bonds are to be issued, shall specify the amount of the bond issue for each project, and shall state in general terms that the money raised from the sale of the bonds for each project shall be used only for the acquisition of rights-of-way for and the construction of, the project for which bonds shall have been issued. If the election is called for the payment of a contract entered into by the commission the order shall state the terms of the contract in such manner as will advise the electors of its contents. Any money raised by means of a bond issue which remains on hand after the acquisition of rights-of-way and construction have been completed, shall be expended in the betterment and maintenance of the project for which the bonds have been voted or for payment on the principal of the bonds. 8192. Notice of the election shall be given in the manner and for the time provided for in Section 8123. The election shall be held and conducted in the same manner as provided for holding and conducting an election for approval of the formation of the district, except that the commission shall perform the duties prescribed for the board. 8192.5. On the ballot at the election each project shall be submitted as a separate proposition, together with a description of the exact location of the project and a statement of the amount of bonds to be issued for the project. 8193. After the vote has been counted and the result announced by the election officers, the ballots shall be sealed up and delivered to the secretary of the commission, with the election returns. The commission shall at its next meeting canvass the returns and enter the result upon its minutes. This entry in the minutes is conclusive evidence of the fact and regularity of all prior proceedings required by this part and of the facts stated in the entry. 8194. If at the election two-thirds, or more, of the votes cast on a proposition are in favor of the issuance of bonds for the project described in the proposition for which bonds are proposed to be issued, the commission is authorized to and shall issue and sell the bonds as proposed in the order calling the election for such project. If the result of the election is against the issuance of bonds for any or all projects, no other election upon the same project or projects defeated in such election shall be called or held for one year after such election. 8195. A project may be constructed with money raised by taxation instead of a bond issue if authorized by two-thirds, or more, of the votes cast at an election called for the purpose of determining if the project shall be so constructed. Elections called to authorize the construction of projects with money raised by taxation shall be called and held in the same manner as is provided for bond elections. Chapter 8. The Bond Issue
Ca Codes (shc:8205-8210) Streets And Highways Code Section 8205-8210 8205. All bonds shall be issued in such denominations as the commission may determine, except that they shall be not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). 8206. All bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States at the office of the county treasurer of the county, and shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed 6 percent per annum, which shall be payable semiannually. Not less than one-thirtieth part of the total issue of bonds shall be payable each year, commencing not more than five years after the date of the bond issue. 8207. The bonds shall be signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary of the commission. They shall be numbered consecutively in the order of their maturity, and shall have coupons attached attested by the facsimile signature of the secretary. 8208. The bonds may be sold by the commission in such manner and such quantities as it may determine, but no bond shall be sold for less than its face value. 8209. The proceeds of the sale of the bonds shall be deposited with the county treasurer and shall be placed by him in a fund in the county treasury to be called the ____ Separation of Grade District Fund (naming it). The money in the fund shall be used for the purposes indicated in the order calling the election at which the issuance of the bonds was authorized. 8210. The bonds shall be legal investment: for all trust funds; the funds of all insurance companies, banks, and trust companies; the state school funds, and for all sinking funds under the control of the State Treasurer; and whenever any moneys may by law now or hereafter enacted be invested in or loaned upon the security of bonds of states, counties or school districts in the State, such moneys may be invested or loaned on the security of the bonds of such district. Chapter 9. Levy And Collection Of Taxes
Ca Codes (shc:8220-8223) Streets And Highways Code Section 8220-8223 8220. Annually on or before August 1st, the commission shall furnish to the board of supervisors and auditor of the county an estimate in writing of the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation for the purposes of the district for the ensuing fiscal year. The amount shall be sufficient to pay: (a) The interest on all outstanding bonds of the district which will become due during the ensuing fiscal year. (b) The principal of all outstanding bonds of the district which will mature during the ensuing fiscal year. (c) The amount necessary to pay the contract price of any contract which was to be paid by a tax levied on the real property within the district as herein provided. (d) The estimated cost of repairs and maintenance of the project and the running expenses of the district. (e) The amount necessary for preliminary engineering and other expenses incurred prior to the issuance and sale of bonds. (f) In the first tax levy, the amount, if any, required to be raised to pay principal of or interest on any notes issued by the district as authorized herein. 8221. Annually at the time of levying county taxes, the board of supervisors shall levy a tax upon the real property within the district. The rate shall be such as will produce, after due allowance for delinquency, the amount determined as necessary to be raised by taxation on the secured roll. The tax rate so levied shall apply to the real property within the district as it appears on the assessment roll of the county. 8222. The tax so levied shall be computed and entered on the assessment roll by the county auditor, and if the board fails to levy the tax the auditor shall do so. The tax shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes, and when collected shall be paid into the county treasury for the use of the district. The provisions of law prescribing the manner of levying and collecting county taxes and the duties of the several county officers with respect to taxation are, so far as they are not in conflict with this chapter, applicable to taxation under this chapter. Such officers shall be liable upon their several official bonds for the faithful discharge of the duties imposed upon them by this chapter. 8223. All money raised by taxation which is authorized by this chapter shall belong to the district. Chapter 9.5. Claims
Ca Codes (shc:8230) Streets And Highways Code Section 8230 8230. All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicable thereto. Chapter 10. District Funds
Ca Codes (shc:8235-8236) Streets And Highways Code Section 8235-8236 8235. The treasury of the county in which the district is situated shall be the depository for the funds of the district. The county treasurer shall receive and receipt for the funds of the district, and shall place all such funds to the credit of the district. He shall be responsible upon his official bond for their safekeeping and proper disbursement. 8236. The following funds are hereby established in the county treasury to which the money belonging to the district and raised by taxation shall be apportioned by the treasurer: (a) Bond fund. (b) Construction and maintenance fund. (c) District expense fund. The treasurer shall pay out district funds only upon warrants of the commission signed by the president and attested by the secretary, except that all bonds and coupons shall be paid on presentation by the county treasurer out of the bond fund without warrant. Upon request of the commission or its secretary the treasurer shall report in writing to the commission the amount of money in the various funds, the amount of receipts since his last report, and the amounts paid out. Chapter 11. Transfer Of Projects
Ca Codes (shc:8237) Streets And Highways Code Section 8237 8237. After any project has been completely constructed the commission may at its option convey all the right, title and interest of the district in and to that project to the city in which the project was constructed or county if the project is in an unincorporated area; provided, the governing body of the city or county consents to and accepts the conveyance, and agrees to maintain the project. All projects so conveyed shall be held by the city or county without any further liability or responsibility on the part of the district. No such conveyance shall affect the liability of the district for any bonds previously issued by the district. Chapter 12. Dissolution
Ca Codes (shc:8250-8252) Streets And Highways Code Section 8250-8252 8250. Whenever it shall deem it advisable, the commission shall, by resolution, order that an election be held in the district upon the question of dissolution of the district. The election shall be called and conducted in the same manner as other elections of the district, and if at the election, two-thirds, or more, of the votes cast are in favor of the dissolution, the district shall be dissolved. 8251. Upon dissolution of a district containing a single city, any property which may have been acquired by the district shall vest in the city, except projects theretofore transferred and conveyed to the county under the provisions of Chapter 11 of this part. Upon dissolution of a district containing two or more cities, undisposed of property shall be distributed by the commission to the cities by a formula based on the assessed valuation of property contained in the cities as shown on the last equalized assessment roll of the county. 8252. If at the time of the election to dissolve the district there is outstanding any bonded indebtedness of the district, the vote to dissolve shall dissolve the district for all purposes except the levy and collection of taxes for the payment of that outstanding indebtedness. From the time of dissolution until the bonded indebtedness, together with interest thereon, is fully paid, the board shall constitute ex officio the commission and shall levy such taxes and perform such other acts as may be necessary to raise the money for the payment of the outstanding indebtedness of the district. Chapter 13. Determination Of Legality Of District
Ca Codes (shc:8265-8269) Streets And Highways Code Section 8265-8269 8265. Any district, in order to determine the legality of its existence, may institute a proceeding in the superior court of the county. 8266. The proceeding is instituted by filing with the clerk of the court a complaint setting forth: (a) The name of the district. (b) Its exterior boundaries. (c) The date of its organization. (d) A prayer that the district be judged legally formed under this part. 8267. The summons shall be addressed generally to all persons interested in the district, or in any of the lands contained in the district, and shall be served by publishing a copy once a week for four weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county. 8268. Within 30 days after the last publication of summons, any person interested may appear and answer the complaint. The answer shall set forth the facts relied upon to show the invalidity of the district. If no answer is filed within the time allowed the court shall render judgment as prayed for in the complaint. If an answer is filed the court shall proceed as in other civil cases. The proceeding is in rem and the judgment rendered is conclusive against all persons who could have appeared in the action and against the State. 8269. If any provision of this part is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this part. The Legislature hereby declares that it would have passed each provision of this part irrespective of the fact that any one or more such provisions be declared unconstitutional. Chapter 14. Annexation Of Territory
Ca Codes (shc:8275-8282) Streets And Highways Code Section 8275-8282 8275. At any time after the formation of a district the board may determine that contiguous territory should be annexed to the district. 8276. The board shall fix a time and place for hearing of the matter of annexation and shall direct its clerk to publish a notice pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in any newspaper circulated in the county which the board deems most likely to give notice to the landowners of the territory proposed to be annexed. 8277. The notice shall contain a description of the territory proposed to be annexed and the time and place at which objections to the annexation will be heard. 8278. At the time and place of hearing, or at any time to which it is continued, the board shall consider any objections which may be filed against the annexation of any territory to the district. 8279. After the hearing the board may refuse to annex any territory to the district or it may include all or a portion of the territory proposed to be annexed. If the board determines to annex any territory it shall by order entered on its minutes alter the boundaries of the district and annex thereto all or such portion of the territory as will be benefited by inclusion in the district. 8280. Any territory which will not be benefited by inclusion in the district shall not be included in the district. 8281. The order of annexation shall be conclusive evidence of the validity of all prior proceedings leading to the annexation recited therein and upon the making of the order, the territory shall become a part of the district and shall be taxed, together with the remainder of the district, for all taxes thereafter levied by the board for the purposes of the district. 8282. The procedure prescribed in this part shall be the exclusive method of formation of such district and of annexation of territory to a district. Chapter 15. Annexation Of Territory Annexed To Or Included In A City
Ca Codes (shc:8290-8297) Streets And Highways Code Section 8290-8297 8290. Subject to the provisions of Chapter 8 of Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code, the unincorporated territory of a county which was not included within a district at the time of the formation of such district, and which subsequent to the formation of such district is annexed to or otherwise included within a city which is a part of such district, shall immediately upon such annexation to such city be included within the district and shall thereafter become a part of the district to the same extent as such city; except such portion or portions thereof which the city council has determined, in proceedings under this chapter, will not be benefited by inclusion in the district. 8291. Prior to the completion of proceedings for the annexation or inclusion of unincorporated territories to or within a city which is a part of a separation of grade district the city council shall adopt a resolution containing the following: (a) A description of the unincorporated territory involved in the annexation or inclusion proceedings. (b) A statement that unless excluded by the city council all portions of such unincorporated territory shall upon annexation to or inclusion within the city be included within the district, and naming the district. (c) A statement of the time and place at which objections to inclusion within the district will be heard, which time shall not be less than 30 days after the adoption of the resolution. 8292. The resolution shall be published pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in the territory proposed to be annexed or included. The first publication shall be at least 20 days prior to the date of the hearing. 8293. The hearing may be continued from time to time and from place to place for not exceeding a total of 60 days by public declaration thereof, and no other notice of the fact of such continuance need be given. 8294. At the hearing, the city council shall hear all relevant and pertinent objections to inclusion of any portion or portions of the territory within the district and may, in its discretion, hear arguments against the objections urged. 8295. At the hearing, or within 20 days after the adjournment thereof, the city council shall by resolution determine what, if any, portion or portions of the territory should not be included within the district because not benefited by such inclusion. 8296. Upon the completion of the annexation or inclusion of the unincorporated territory described in Section 8290 to a city, the clerk of the legislative body of such city shall so notify the secretary of the commission of the district and shall furnish such secretary with a certified copy of the ordinance or resolution adopted by the legislative body of such city annexing or including said territory to such city and of the resolution determining what portion or portions of the territory should not be included in the district because not benefited by such inclusion. 8297. Upon receipt of the certified copy of the resolution or ordinance, and resolution, referred to in Section 8296, the secretary of the commission of the district shall file a statement of the change of the district boundaries which has resulted from said annexation of unincorporated territory to a city together with a map or plat indicating the boundaries of the district as so changed with the assessor of the county in which the district is located and with the State Board of Equalization pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 8, Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code. Part 3. Public Streets, Highways, And Service Easements Vacation Law
Ca Codes (shc:8300-8309) Streets And Highways Code Section 8300-8309 8300. This part may be cited as the Public Streets, Highways, and Service Easements Vacation Law. 8301. Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter shall govern the construction of this part. 8302. "Adoption" of a resolution includes passage or enactment of a resolution. 8303. "Clerk" includes a person or officer who is the clerk of a legislative body. 8304. "Legislative body" means: (a) In the case of a county or city and county, the board of supervisors. (b) In the case of a city, the city council or other body which, by law, is the legislative body of the government of the city. (c) In the case of the California Transportation Commission, the commission. 8305. "Local agency" means a county, city, or city and county. 8305.5. "Public entity" means a local agency or the California Transportation Commission. 8306. "Public service easement" includes all or part of, or any right in: (a) A right-of-way, easement, or use restriction acquired for public use by dedication or otherwise for sewers, pipelines, polelines, electrical transmission and communication lines, pathways, storm drains, drainage, canal, water transmission lines, light and air, and other limited use public easements other than for street or highway purposes. (b) An easement or right of a type described in Section 8340. 8306.5. "Public utility" means a public utility as defined in Section 216 of the Public Utilities Code. 8307. "Resolution" includes an ordinance. 8308. "Street" and "highway" include all or part of, or any right in, a state highway or other public highway, road, street, avenue, alley, lane, driveway, place, court, trail, or other public right-of-way or easement, or purported public street or highway, and rights connected therewith, including, but not limited to, restrictions of access or abutters' rights, sloping easements, or other incidents to a street or highway. 8309. "Vacation" means the complete or partial abandonment or termination of the public right to use a street, highway, or public service easement. Chapter 2. General Provisions
Ca Codes (shc:8310-8317) Streets And Highways Code Section 8310-8317 8310. This part shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate its purposes. 8311. (a) The procedures provided in this part are alternative procedures for vacating streets, highways, and public service easements. The authority granted in this part is an alternative to any other authority provided by law to public entities. (b) The provisions of this part shall not apply to or affect any other provision of this code. If proceedings are commenced under this part, the provisions of this part, and no other provisions of this code, shall apply to the proceedings. 8312. Except as provided in Section 8315, a city legislative body may vacate, pursuant to this part, all or part of a street, highway, or public service easement within the city and a board of supervisors may vacate all or part of a street, highway, or public service easement within the county but outside a city. 8313. (a) If the proposed vacation of a street, highway, or public service easement is within an area for which a general plan is adopted by a local agency, the legislative body of the public entity shall consider the general plan prior to vacating the street, highway, or public service easement. (b) The procedure prescribed in Section 65402 of the Government Code shall be followed if that section applies to the proposed vacation. If Section 65402 of the Government Code does not apply to the proposed vacation, the legislative body may submit the proposed vacation to the local planning commission or planning agency and give the commission or agency an opportunity to report upon the proposed vacation. 8314. Section 892 applies to a street, highway, or public service easement vacated pursuant to this part. 8315. A state highway may be vacated under this part only by the commission. 8316. One or more streets, highways, and public service easements, whether or not contiguous, may be included and vacated in the same proceeding. 8317. (a) Proof of publication of a notice shall be made by affidavit pursuant to the Code of Civil Procedure. Proof of the posting of a notice shall be made by affidavit of the person posting it, reciting the facts of the posting. (b) An officer required to have any notice published or posted shall file the affidavit in his or her office. Failure to do so does not invalidate proceedings under this part. An affidavit so filed is prima facie evidence of the facts stated in it. Chapter 3. General Vacation Procedure
Ca Codes (shc:8320-8325) Streets And Highways Code Section 8320-8325 8320. (a) The legislative body of a local agency may initiate a proceeding under this chapter in either of the following ways: (1) On its own initiative, where the clerk of the legislative body shall administratively set a hearing by fixing the date, hour, and place of the hearing and cause the publishing and posting of the notices required by this chapter. (2) Upon a petition or request of an interested person, at the discretion of the legislative body, except as provided in subdivision (e) of Section 8321, where the clerk of the legislative body shall administratively set a hearing by fixing the date, hour, and place of the hearing and cause the publishing and posting of the notices required by this chapter. (b) The notices required by this chapter shall contain both of the following: (1) A description of the street, highway, or public service easement proposed to be vacated and a reference to a map or plan, that shows the portion or area to be vacated and includes a statement that the vacation proceeding is conducted under this chapter. In the case of a street or highway, the description shall include its general location, its lawful or official name or the name by which it is commonly known, and the extent to which it is to be vacated. In the case of a public service easement, the description shall identify it with common certainty. The map or plan showing the location of the street, highway, or public easement proposed to be vacated is sufficient compliance with this paragraph. (2) The date, hour, and place for hearing all persons interested in the proposed vacation. The date shall not be less than 15 days after the initiation of proceedings. 8321. (a) Ten or more freeholders may petition the board of supervisors to vacate a street or highway under this chapter. At least two of the petitioners shall be residents of the road district in which some part of the street or highway proposed to be vacated is situated and shall be taxable therein for street or highway purposes. (b) Five or more freeholders may petition the board of supervisors to vacate a public service easement under this chapter. At least one of the petitioners shall be a resident of the township in which the public service easement proposed to be vacated is situated. (c) The residence address of each petitioner shall be set forth in the petition. (d) The board of supervisors may require the payment of a fee for filing a petition to defray the expenses of investigations, mailings, publications, and postings under this chapter. (e) Upon the filing of a petition and the making of the deposit, if any, required under this section, the board of supervisors, by order, shall fix the date, hour, and place of the hearing on the petition. At least two weeks before the day set for the hearing, the clerk of the board shall mail a notice of the date, hour, and place of the hearing to each of the petitioners at the address set forth in the petition. (f) Nothing in this section shall affect the right of a legislative body to initiate a proceeding under this chapter upon its own initiative, or upon petition or request of an interested person, or prevent the board of supervisors from vacating a street, highway, or public service easement without charging costs if the board determines it is in the public interest to do so. 8322. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), notice of the hearing on the proposed vacation shall be published for at least two successive weeks prior to the hearing in a daily, semiweekly, or weekly newspaper published and circulated in the local agency conducting the proceeding and which is selected by the legislative body for that purpose or by the clerk or other officer responsible for the publication where the legislative body has not selected any newspaper for that purpose. (b) If the proceeding is conducted by a city and there is no daily, semiweekly, or weekly newspaper published and circulated in the city, the notice shall be published in some newspaper published in the county in which the city is located. (c) Notice need not be published under this section where there is no daily, semiweekly, or weekly newspaper published and circulating in the county in which the local agency conducting the proceeding is located. 8323. At least two weeks before the day set for the hearing, the legislative body shall post conspicuously notices of vacation along the line of the street, highway, or public service easement proposed to be vacated. The notices shall be posted not more than 300 feet apart, but at least three notices shall be posted. If the line of the street, highway, or public service easement proposed to be vacated exceeds one mile in length, the legislative body may, in lieu of posting not more than 300 feet apart, post notices at each intersection of another street or highway with the street, highway, or public service easement to be vacated and at one point approximately midway between each intersection, but at least three notices shall be posted. 8324. (a) At the hearing, the legislative body shall hear the evidence offered by persons interested. (b) If the legislative body finds, from all the evidence submitted, that the street, highway, or public service easement described in the notice of hearing or petition is unnecessary for present or prospective public use, the legislative body may adopt a resolution vacating the street, highway, or public service easement. The resolution of vacation may provide that the vacation occurs only after conditions required by the legislative body have been satisfied and may instruct the clerk that the resolution of vacation not be recorded until the conditions have been satisfied. 8325. (a) The clerk shall cause a certified copy of the resolution of vacation, attested by the clerk under seal, to be recorded without acknowledgment, certificate of acknowledgment, or further proof in the office of the recorder of the county in which the property is located. No fee shall be charged for recordation. (b) Upon such recordation, the vacation is complete. Chapter 4. Summary Vacation
Ca Codes (shc:8330-8334.5) Streets And Highways Code Section 8330-8334.5 8330. (a) The legislative body of a local agency may summarily vacate a street or highway that has been superseded by relocation. (b) A street or highway shall not be summarily vacated pursuant to this section if vacation would do either of the following: (1) Cut off all access to a person's property which, prior to relocation, adjoined the street or highway. (2) Terminate a public service easement, unless the easement satisfies the requirements of Section 8333. 8330.5. (a) Subject to subdivisions (b) and (c), the commission may retain, relinquish to a local agency pursuant to Section 73, or summarily vacate a state highway that has been superseded by relocation. (b) The commission shall not vacate a state highway unless the commission has first given a notice of relinquishment pursuant to Section 73 and the legislative body of the local agency has protested within the prescribed 90-day period that the highway is not needed for public use and should be vacated by the commission. (c) If vacation of a state highway would cut off all access to the property of any person which, prior to relocation, adjoined the highway, the commission shall either retain the highway or relinquish it pursuant to Section 73. 8331. The legislative body of a local agency may summarily vacate a street or highway if both of the following conditions exist: (a) For a period of five consecutive years, the street or highway has been impassable for vehicular travel. (b) No public money was expended for maintenance on the street or highway during such period. 8332. The legislative body of a local agency may summarily vacate a street or highway pursuant to an agreement entered into with the department pursuant to Section 100.2 to close the street or highway at or near the point of its interception with a state freeway. 8333. The legislative body of a local agency may summarily vacate a public service easement in any of the following cases: (a) The easement has not been used for the purpose for which it was dedicated or acquired for five consecutive years immediately preceding the proposed vacation. (b) The date of dedication or acquisition is less than five years, and more than one year, immediately preceding the proposed vacation, and the easement was not used continuously since that date. (c) The easement has been superseded by relocation, or determined to be excess by the easement holder, and there are no other public facilities located within the easement. 8334. The legislative body of a local agency may summarily vacate any of the following: (a) An excess right-of-way of a street or highway not required for street or highway purposes. (b) A portion of a street or highway that lies within property under one ownership and that does not continue through such ownership or end touching property of another. 8334.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a street, highway, or public service easement may not be summarily vacated if there are in-place public utility facilities that are in use and would be affected by the vacation. Article 2. Procedure
Ca Codes (shc:8335-8336) Streets And Highways Code Section 8335-8336 8335. (a) The legislative body may vacate a street, highway, or public service easement pursuant to the authority provided in this chapter by adopting a resolution of vacation. (b) The resolution of vacation shall state all of the following: (1) That the vacation is made under this chapter. (2) The name or other designation of the street, highway, or public service easement and a precise description of the portion vacated. The description of the portion vacated may be by a precise map which is recorded or to which reference is made in the resolution and which is permanently maintained by the public entity. (3) The facts under which the summary vacation is made. If the vacation is made pursuant to Section 8332, the statement shall include the date of the agreement. The resolution is prima facie evidence of the facts stated. (4) That from and after the date the resolution is recorded, the street, highway, or public service easement vacated no longer constitutes a street, highway, or public service easement. 8336. (a) The clerk shall cause a certified copy of the resolution of vacation, attested by the clerk under seal, to be recorded without acknowledgment, certificate of acknowledgment, or further proof in the office of the recorder of the county in which the property is located. No fee shall be charged for recordation. (b) Upon such recordation, the vacation is complete. Chapter 5. Reservation And Preservation Of Easements
Article 1. Reservation Of Easements
Ca Codes (shc:8340-8341) Streets And Highways Code Section 8340-8341 8340. In a proceeding to vacate a street or highway: (a) A public entity may reserve and except from the vacation the easement and right at any time, or from time to time, to construct, maintain, operate, replace, remove, and renew sanitary sewers and storm drains and appurtenant structures in, upon, over, and across a street or highway proposed to be vacated and, pursuant to any existing franchise or renewals thereof, or otherwise, to construct, maintain, operate, replace, remove, renew, and enlarge lines of pipe, conduits, cables, wires, poles, and other convenient structures, equipment, and fixtures for the operation of gas pipelines, telegraphic and telephone lines, railroad lines, and for the transportation or distribution of electric energy, petroleum and its products, ammonia, and water, and for incidental purposes, including access to protect these works from all hazards in, upon, and over the street or highway proposed to be vacated. (b) A local agency may reserve and except from vacation an easement for a future street or highway, unless the local agency finds that the street or highway is unnecessary for prospective public use. (c) If there are in-place public utility facilities that are in use, a public entity shall, unless the legislative body determines the public convenience and necessity otherwise require, reserve, and except from the vacation any easement and right necessary to maintain, operate, replace, remove, or renew the public utility facilities. (d) A public entity may reserve and except from the vacation, or may grant to another state or local public agency, an easement and right, at any time or from time to time, to construct, maintain, operate, replace, remove, and renew vehicular or nonvehicular trails for use by the public in, upon, over, and across a street or highway proposed to be vacated. 8341. (a) In a proceeding to vacate a street or highway, if the legislative body determines that the public convenience and necessity require the reservation and exception of easements and rights-of-way for works enumerated in Section 8340, such reservations and exceptions shall be recited in the resolution of vacation, in addition to any other matter required to be recited therein. The recital may describe the reservations and exceptions by reference to a precise map which is recorded or to which reference is made in the resolution and which is permanently maintained by the public entity. (b) Subsequent proceedings of the public entity in relation to the vacation, including a deed or conveyance of title to or an interest in the property, are subject to, and governed by, the reservations and exceptions recited in the resolution of vacation and the deed or conveyance shall contain a recital to that effect. Article 2. Preservation Of Public Easements
Ca Codes (shc:8345-8349) Streets And Highways Code Section 8345-8349 8345. As used in this article, "public body" means a city or special district as defined in Section 54775 of the Government Code. 8346. (a) A public body or public utility may request a local agency for notice of proceedings to vacate a street or highway. (b) Every local agency shall maintain an index of requests for notice of vacation proceedings received pursuant to this section. The index shall be made available to the public upon request. 8347. If a public body or public utility has requested notice of the vacation proceeding under Section 8346, the local agency shall give written notice of the vacation proceeding to the public body or public utility within 10 days after: (a) The adoption of a resolution of intention or the filing of a petition to vacate. (b) The adoption of the resolution of vacation in cases not covered by subdivision (a). 8348. (a) Within 30 days after receipt of the notice of the vacation proceeding, the public body may: (1) Determine that public convenience and necessity require a public easement to maintain, operate, replace, remove, or renew its existing works installed in the street or highway that is the subject of the vacation proceeding. (2) File for record in the office of the recorder in the county in which the vacated street or highway is located, a verified notice of its public easement so determined over the street or highway, or part thereof, that is particularly described in the notice. (b) Failure to record the notice of public easement within 30 days after receipt of the notice of the vacation proceeding extinguishes the right of the public body to a public easement. (c) If the local agency fails to give the required notice of the vacation proceeding, the public body may determine and record notice of its public easement at any time within 180 days after recordation of the resolution of vacation. The failure of the public body to record its notice within the 180-day period extinguishes the right of the public body to a public easement over the vacated street or highway. 8349. Nothing in this article shall be construed to: (a) Affect any reservation or the right to reserve easements pursuant to this chapter or any other provision of this code. (b) Make the rights of the public in or to a street or highway subordinate to a public easement determined pursuant to this article. Chapter 6. Effect Of Vacation
Article 1. Effect On Property Rights
Ca Codes (shc:8350-8353) Streets And Highways Code Section 8350-8353 8350. Except as provided in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 8340), the vacation of a street, highway, or public service easement extinguishes all public easements therein. 8351. Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 8340) or in this chapter, upon the vacation of a street, highway, or public service easement: (a) If the public entity owns only an easement for the street, highway, or public service purpose, title to the property previously subject to the easement is thereafter free from the easement for use for street, highway, or public service purposes, but not from any easement for vehicular or nonvehicular trail use that the public entity has previously granted to any other state or local public agency. If the easement is abandoned by resolution of the state or local public agency that was granted an easement for vehicular or nonvehicular trail use, the title to the property previously subject to the vehicular or nonvehicular easement is thereafter clear of the easement. (b) If the public entity owns the title, the legislative body may dispose of the property as provided in this chapter. 8352. (a) Except as provided in Section 8353, vacation of a street, highway, or public service easement pursuant to this part does not affect a private easement or other right of a person (including, but not limited to, a public utility, the state, a public corporation, or a political subdivision, other than the local agency adopting the resolution of vacation) in, to, or over the lands subject to the street, highway, or public service easement, regardless of the manner in which the private easement or other right was acquired. (b) A private easement or other right described in subdivision (a) is subject to extinguishment under the laws governing abandonment, adverse possession, waiver, and estoppel. 8353. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the vacation of a street or highway extinguishes all private easements therein claimed by reason of the purchase of a lot by reference to a map or plat upon which the street or highway is shown, other than a private easement of ingress and egress to the lot from or to the street or highway. (b) A private easement claimed by reason of the purchase of a lot by reference to a map or plat upon which the street or highway is shown is not extinguished pursuant to subdivision (a) if, within two years after the date the vacation is complete, the claimant records a verified notice that particularly describes the private easement that is claimed in the office of the recorder of the county in which the vacated street or highway is located. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to create a private easement, nor to extend a private easement now recognized by law, nor to make the rights of the public in or to a street or highway subordinate to a private easement. Nothing in this section affects the right of the owner of property that was subject to the vacated street or highway to commence an action to quiet title as against any claim of a private easement of any type, whether before or after recordation of a verified notice pursuant to this section. Article 2. Disposition Of Excess Property
Ca Codes (shc:8355-8357) Streets And Highways Code Section 8355-8357 8355. If the legislative body of a public entity determines that property previously subject to a street, highway, or public service easement, title to which is owned by the public entity, is no longer needed by the public: (a) In the case of property owned by a local agency, the legislative body may sell or exchange the property in the manner, and upon the terms and conditions, approved by the legislative body. (b) In the case of property owned by the state, the department shall dispose of the property as provided in Section 118. 8356. (a) Notwithstanding Section 8311, if a street or highway is vacated by a local agency under this part, or under any other law or under its charter, for the purpose of opening a new street or highway in lieu of that vacated, the legislative body of the local agency may, by resolution, unless otherwise provided in its charter, convey by deed its interest in the street or highway vacated to the owners of the lands adjacent to or fronting on the street or highway in such manner as it deems that equity requires. (b) If title to the property occupied by the vacated street or highway is owned by the local agency, the legislative body may impose any reasonable conditions, or demand compensation by exchange of lands, or otherwise, before conveying the property. (c) The deeds provided for in this section shall not be delivered to the grantees named in the deeds, until good and sufficient conveyances vesting in the local agency the title to the new street or highway opened in lieu of the street or highway vacated are delivered to the local agency. (d) The authority granted in this section is permissive and does not affect any authority the local agency may have to hold the property for public use, dispose of the property by public bid, or take any other action with respect to the property authorized by law. 8357. The purchase price for any property sold by the legislative body of a local agency pursuant to this article shall be paid into the treasury of the local agency to the credit of any fund, available for the same purposes for which the property was used, that the legislative body designates. Chapter 7. Agreements Limiting Vacation
Ca Codes (shc:8360-8363) Streets And Highways Code Section 8360-8363 8360. A local agency may, by written contract, agree with another local agency that a street or highway running from either of the local agencies to, in, through, or across any incorporated territory of the other local agency may only be closed or vacated by the other local agency upon the consent and agreement of both local agencies. 8361. A written agreement between any local agencies made and ratified prior to January 1, 1981, by the respective legislative bodies of both local agencies and providing against the closing of streets or highways described in Section 8360, except in accordance with the terms of the agreement, is hereby ratified and declared valid. 8362. Whenever a written agreement is made pursuant to Section 8360, or has been made and is ratified by Section 8361, each contracting local agency has a public interest in the continued opening and use of any street or highway provided for in the agreement. The legislative body of the local agency in which the street or highway is located, shall only have power to close or vacate the street or highway in accordance with the laws of this state and in accordance with the written agreement evidenced by an effective resolution carrying into effect the written agreement and passed by the legislative body of the other local agency. 8363. Every agreement between local agencies made in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of each county wherein lies any of the property through or across which the street or highway runs which is to be or has been closed or vacated.
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