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CA St & Hwy Code § 5626 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 7 - THE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1911|PART 3 - PERFORMING THE WORK|CHAPTER 22 - Maintenance of Sidewalks|ARTICLE 3 - Collection of Cost of Repair|Section 5626.

5626.  The superintendent of streets may file in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the parcel of property is located, a certificate substantially in the following form:NOTICE OF LIENPursuant to the authority vested in me by the Improvement Act of 1911, I did, on the ____ day of ____, 19_, cause the sidewalk, curb, or park or parking strip, bulkheads, retaining walls, or other works (as the case may be) in front of the real property hereinafter described, to be repaired and improved, and the legislative body of said city (county, or city and county) did, on the ____ day of ____, 19_, by Resolution No. ____ assess the cost of such repair upon the real property hereinafter described, and the same has not been paid nor any part thereof, and the said city (county, or city and county), does hereby claim a lien on said real property in the sum of ____ dollars ($____), and the same shall be a lien upon said real property until the said sum, with interest at the rate of ___ percent per annum, from the said ____ day of ____, 19_ (insert date of confirmation of assessment), has been paid in full and discharged of record.The real property hereinbefore mentioned and upon which a lien is claimed, is that certain piece or parcel of land lying and being in the (name of city, or city and county) the county of ____, State of ____, and particularly described as follows:(Description of property)Dated this _____ day of ____, 19___.Superintendent of Streets(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 507, Sec. 1.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 5627 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 7 - THE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1911|PART 3 - PERFORMING THE WORK|CHAPTER 22 - Maintenance of Sidewalks|ARTICLE 3 - Collection of Cost of Repair|Section 5627.

5627.  From and after the date of the recording of the notice of lien, all persons shall be deemed to have had notice of the contents thereof. The notice of lien may include claims against one or more separate parcels of property, whether contiguous or not, together with the amount due, respectively, from each such parcel. The statute of limitation shall not run against the right of the city to enforce the payment of the lien. If any such lien is not paid the city may file and maintain an action to foreclose such lien in the same manner and under the same procedure, so far as applicable, as that under which delinquent bonds are foreclosed under this division.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 5628 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 7 - THE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1911|PART 3 - PERFORMING THE WORK|CHAPTER 22 - Maintenance of Sidewalks|ARTICLE 3 - Collection of Cost of Repair|Section 5628.

5628.  As an alternative method of collection of the amount of the lien, the legislative body, after confirmation of the report of the superintendent of streets, may order the notice of lien to be turned over to the assessor and the tax collector of the city, whereupon it shall be the duty of those officers to add the amount of the assessment to the next regular bill for taxes levied against the lot or parcel of land. If city taxes are collected by the county officials, the notice of lien shall be delivered to the county auditor, who shall enter the amount thereof on the county assessment book opposite the description of the particular property and the amount shall be collected together with all other taxes thereon against the property. The notice of lien shall be delivered to the county auditor before the date fixed by law for the delivery of the assessment book to the county board of equalization.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 5628.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 7 - THE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1911|PART 3 - PERFORMING THE WORK|CHAPTER 22 - Maintenance of Sidewalks|ARTICLE 3 - Collection of Cost of Repair|Section 5628.1.

5628.1.  The legislative body shall have the power, in its discretion, to determine that the payment of assessments of one hundred dollars ($100) or more may be made in annual installments, not to exceed five, and that the payment of assessments so deferred shall bear interest on the unpaid balance at a rate to be determined by the legislative body, not to exceed the rate permitted for bonds by Section 53531 of the Government Code. Interest shall begin to run on the 31st day after the confirmation of the assessments by the legislative body. Determinations of the legislative body shall be expressed by resolution at any time prior to the confirmation of the assessments.(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 507, Sec. 2.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 5629 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 7 - THE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1911|PART 3 - PERFORMING THE WORK|CHAPTER 22 - Maintenance of Sidewalks|ARTICLE 3 - Collection of Cost of Repair|Section 5629.

5629.  Thereafter the amount of the lien shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary city taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and interest and to the same procedure under foreclosure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for ordinary city taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of city taxes and county taxes are hereby made applicable to such special assessment taxes.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 5629.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 7 - THE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1911|PART 3 - PERFORMING THE WORK|CHAPTER 22 - Maintenance of Sidewalks|ARTICLE 3 - Collection of Cost of Repair|Section 5629.1.

5629.1.  If bonds are to be issued to represent the security of the unpaid assessments, upon confirmation of the report by the legislative body the superintendent of streets shall give notice to pay by mail and by publication substantially in the manner provided by Sections 4320 and 4321 of this code. The period for payment in cash stated therein shall be 30 days following the date of confirmation of the report. Upon completion of the cash payment period, the superintendent of streets shall file with the county recorder a certificate substantially in the form set out in Section 5626, giving notice therein that interest is payable at a rate to be fixed upon the sale of bonds, which rate shall not exceed the rate permitted for bonds by Section 53531 of the Government Code, and shall begin to run on the 31st day after the confirmation of the report. Thereafter the provisions of Part 5 (commencing with Section 6400) shall be applicable and payments on assessments at bond shall be made as therein provided. The bonds may be issued and sold as the legislative body directs and may be dated at any time after the expiration of the cash payment period.(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 507, Sec. 3.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 5630 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 7 - THE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1911|PART 3 - PERFORMING THE WORK|CHAPTER 22 - Maintenance of Sidewalks|ARTICLE 3 - Collection of Cost of Repair|Section 5630.

5630.  Whenever the property fronting on a sidewalk required to be maintained and repaired pursuant to the provisions of this chapter lies within one city or unincorporated territory of a county, and the sidewalk required to be so maintained and repaired lies within another city or unincorporated territory of a county, the superintendent of streets of the city or county having jurisdiction over the sidewalk shall have full authority to serve notices to repair and do all work contemplated by Articles 2 and 3 of this chapter, notwithstanding the fact that the property fronting on the sidewalk lies within another city or unincorporated territory of a county. The legislative body of the city or county within which the sidewalk has been repaired pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall have jurisdiction to levy an assessment to pay the cost of any such sidewalk repairs against the parcel of property fronting on said sidewalk, notwithstanding the fact that said property lies within another city or unincorporated territory of a county and said assessment shall be a lien on said property for the amount thereof until the assessment and all interest thereon is paid or until it is discharged of record.The provisions of Sections 5628 and 5629 of this code shall be applicable to the collection and enforcement of all liens levied pursuant to the provisions of this section and the amount so collected shall be paid to the treasurer of the city or county as the case may be which conducted the proceedings.(Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 541.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 5680 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 7 - THE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1911|PART 3 - PERFORMING THE WORK|CHAPTER 25 - Duties of Officers|ARTICLE 1 - The Superintendent of Streets|Section 5680.

5680.  The superintendent of streets shall keep a public office in some convenient place within the city, and shall keep such records as may be required by this division. The records so kept and signed by him shall have the same force and effect as other public records, and copies therefrom duly certified, may be used in evidence with the same effect as the originals.(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 371.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 5681 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 7 - THE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1911|PART 3 - PERFORMING THE WORK|CHAPTER 25 - Duties of Officers|ARTICLE 1 - The Superintendent of Streets|Section 5681.

5681.  The superintendent of streets shall see that the laws, ordinances, orders, and regulations relating to the public streets are fully carried into execution, and that the penalties thereof are rigidly enforced. He shall keep himself informed of the condition of all the public streets and also of all public buildings, parks, lots, and grounds of the city, as may be prescribed by the legislative body.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 5682 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 7 - THE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1911|PART 3 - PERFORMING THE WORK|CHAPTER 25 - Duties of Officers|ARTICLE 1 - The Superintendent of Streets|Section 5682.

5682.  The superintendent of streets shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, give bonds to the city, with such sureties and for such sums as may be required by the legislative body. If he fails to see that the laws, ordinances, orders, and regulations relating to the public streets are carried into execution, after notice from any citizen of a violation thereof, he and his sureties shall be liable upon his official bond to any person injured in his person or property in consequence of said official neglect.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 5683 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 7 - THE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1911|PART 3 - PERFORMING THE WORK|CHAPTER 25 - Duties of Officers|ARTICLE 1 - The Superintendent of Streets|Section 5683.

5683.  The superintendent of streets shall superintend and direct the cleaning of all sewers, and the expense of the same shall be paid out of the street or sewer fund of the city.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 5684 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 7 - THE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1911|PART 3 - PERFORMING THE WORK|CHAPTER 25 - Duties of Officers|ARTICLE 1 - The Superintendent of Streets|Section 5684.

5684.  If the superintendent of streets is required to give notice in writing to any person under this division, he may personally serve such notice, and certify to the fact of such service, or any person, with the permission of the superintendent of streets, may serve such notice and such person shall file an affidavit of service with the superintendent of streets.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 5685 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 7 - THE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1911|PART 3 - PERFORMING THE WORK|CHAPTER 25 - Duties of Officers|ARTICLE 1 - The Superintendent of Streets|Section 5685.

5685.  The superintendent of streets shall keep a record of the service of all notices which are served by him or with his permission.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 5686 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 7 - THE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1911|PART 3 - PERFORMING THE WORK|CHAPTER 25 - Duties of Officers|ARTICLE 1 - The Superintendent of Streets|Section 5686.

5686.  For all purposes and in all cases where a verification is required under this division, such verification may be made before the superintendent of streets who is hereby authorized to administer oaths for that purpose, or before any other person authorized to administer oaths.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 5700 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 7 - THE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1911|PART 3 - PERFORMING THE WORK|CHAPTER 25 - Duties of Officers|ARTICLE 2 - The Engineer|Section 5700.

5700.  The engineer or where there is no engineer, an engineer of work shall be the proper officer to do the surveying and other engineering work necessary to be done under this division, and to survey and measure the work to be done under contracts for grading, macadamizing, or improving streets and other work done under this division, and to estimate the costs and expenses thereof, and perform such other duties under this division as may be directed by the legislative body. Every certificate signed by him in his official capacity shall be prima facie evidence in all courts in this State of the truth of the contents. He shall also keep a record of all surveys made under the provisions of this division, as in other cases.In a county having a population of 4,000,000 or over, a registered civil engineer, registered pursuant to Chapter 7, Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, shall be the proper person to do any work required to prepare plans pursuant to Section 5130.(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1834.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 5701 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 7 - THE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1911|PART 3 - PERFORMING THE WORK|CHAPTER 25 - Duties of Officers|ARTICLE 2 - The Engineer|Section 5701.

5701.  In its discretion, the legislative body may employ an engineer of work, other than the engineer or in place of the engineer, and all provisions of this division applicable to the engineer shall apply to such engineer of work. The legislative body shall initially fix or thereafter confirm the compensation of the engineer or engineer of work.(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 625.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 5702 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 7 - THE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1911|PART 3 - PERFORMING THE WORK|CHAPTER 25 - Duties of Officers|ARTICLE 2 - The Engineer|Section 5702.

5702.  The engineer of work may be an individual, joint venture, copartnership or corporation. If the engineer of work employed be an individual, he shall make and sign any certificate or document required to be made or signed by the engineer of work. If the engineer of work employed be a joint venture, copartnership or corporation, the legislative body, either by contract of employment or by resolution, shall designate a member of the joint venture, a partner, an officer of the corporation, or an authorized agent of any of the foregoing to make and sign any certificate or document required to be made or signed by the engineer of work.(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 625.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 5703 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 7 - THE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1911|PART 3 - PERFORMING THE WORK|CHAPTER 25 - Duties of Officers|ARTICLE 2 - The Engineer|Section 5703.

5703.  All certificates or documents required to be signed by or kept on file by the engineer of work shall be kept on file with the superintendent of streets. If a city does not have a superintendent of streets, said certificates or documents shall be kept on file with the clerk or such other officer of the city as may be designated for that purpose by the legislative body.(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 625.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 5710 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 7 - THE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1911|PART 3 - PERFORMING THE WORK|CHAPTER 25 - Duties of Officers|ARTICLE 3 - The Superintendent of Construction|Section 5710.

5710.  The superintendent of streets, or the engineer, if the legislative body has by resolution directed that the work be done under his direction and to his satisfaction, shall, when in his judgment it is necessary, appoint a suitable person to take charge of and superintend the construction and improvement of any work authorized by this division, whose duty it shall be to see that the contract made for the doing of the work is strictly fulfilled in every respect and in case of any departure therefrom to report the same to the officer who appointed him. Such person shall be allowed for his time actually employed in the discharge of his duties such compensation as shall be just and the rate thereof shall be fixed by the legislative body conducting the proceedings. The sum to which the party so employed shall be entitled shall be deemed to be incidental expenses within the meaning of those words as used in this division.(Amended by Stats. 1945, Ch. 1007.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 5720 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 7 - THE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1911|PART 3 - PERFORMING THE WORK|CHAPTER 25 - Duties of Officers|ARTICLE 4 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only|Section 5720.

5720.  If a county is conducting the proceedings the legislative body may designate the county road commissioner or any other competent county officer, other than the county surveyor, to serve without additional compensation from the county, as the officer to perform any or all of the duties conferred upon the street superintendent or the engineer in this division. The duties thus transferred shall be the duties of the officer so designated, and all of the provisions of this division relating to such duties and to the incidental expenses thereof shall apply to such officer.(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1324.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 5721 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 7 - THE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1911|PART 3 - PERFORMING THE WORK|CHAPTER 25 - Duties of Officers|ARTICLE 4 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only|Section 5721.

5721.  If the legislative body of a county appoints an engineer of work in accordance with Article 2 of this chapter, it may provide that the work shall be done under his direction and to his satisfaction and that the materials used shall comply with the specifications and be to the satisfaction of such engineer of work and it may provide that the engineer of work shall make and sign the assessment. The contract shall nevertheless be entered into with the county surveyor, and the assessment and warrant when confirmed shall be recorded in the office of the county surveyor.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 5870 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 7 - THE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1911|PART 3 - PERFORMING THE WORK|CHAPTER 27 - Construction of Sidewalks and Curbs|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 5870.

5870.  As used in this chapter:(a) “Block” means property facing one side of any street between the next intersecting streets or between the terminus of a dedicated right-of-way of a street and an intersecting street. “Street” does not include an alley or other right-of-way unless it is of the same width as a regular residential minimum-width street approved as part of a master plan of circulation or streets by the governmental agency involved. In the case of an alley, “block” means property facing both sides of any alley between the next intersecting streets or alleys, or between the terminus of an alley and an intersecting street. In the case of street lighting, “block” means property facing the side of any street on which the improvement is to be constructed between the next intersecting streets on the side to be improved or between the terminus of a dedicated right-of-way of a street and a street intersecting the side to be improved; or property facing the side of any street on which the improvement is to be constructed between the next intersecting streets on the side to be improved or between the terminus of a dedicated right-of-way of a street and a street intersecting the side to be improved and the property facing the opposite side of the street.Where a “block” exceeds 1,000 feet in length, a length of frontage of 1,000 feet constitutes a “block” as used in this chapter, if so designated by the superintendent of streets. A determination by the superintendent of streets of such a 1,000-foot block establishes a “block” and cannot later be changed to include a portion of said 1,000-foot “block” in another “block.”(b) “Driveway” means a paved portion of a public street providing an unobstructed passage from the roadway to an offstreet area used for driving, servicing, parking, or otherwise accommodating motor vehicles.(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 153.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 5872 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 7 - THE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1911|PART 3 - PERFORMING THE WORK|CHAPTER 27 - Construction of Sidewalks and Curbs|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 5872.

5872.  This chapter constitutes a separate and alternative procedure for performing the work specified herein, and except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no other provision of this division, excepting definitions, shall apply to proceedings instituted hereunder. Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 5220) applies to any proceedings taken under this chapter. The “Special Assessment Investigation, Limitation and Majority Protection Act of 1931” does not apply to proceedings taken under this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 449, Sec. 3. Effective July 22, 1986.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 5873 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 7 - THE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1911|PART 3 - PERFORMING THE WORK|CHAPTER 27 - Construction of Sidewalks and Curbs|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 5873.

5873.  As used in this chapter, “cost,” “construction cost,” or variants thereof, means and includes both the actual cost of construction of the work and any incidental expenses, as defined in Section 5024.(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1837.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 5875 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 7 - THE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1911|PART 3 - PERFORMING THE WORK|CHAPTER 27 - Construction of Sidewalks and Curbs|ARTICLE 2 - Performing the Work|Section 5875.

5875.  The owners of lots or portions of lots fronting on any public street or place when that street or place has been improved by the construction of sidewalks or curbs for a total frontage of more than fifty percent (50%) on one side of such street or place in any block, or where a petition signed by the owners of more than sixty percent (60%) of the front footage of the block has been filed with the city clerk requesting the installation of such improvements, or where a petition signed by the owners of more than sixty percent (60%) of the front footage of any part of an unimproved portion or portions of a block has been filed with the city clerk requesting the installation of such improvements in front of said part, or whenever the legislative body of the city upon its own motion orders the installation of such improvements in front of said part, shall have the duty of constructing or causing the construction of sidewalks or curbs in front of their properties upon notice so to do by the superintendent of streets.(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1031.)