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2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 12 - THE MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1913 › CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment › Section 10507.

10507. The legislative body, on ordering the municipality itself to execute the improvement, may authorize the municipality to employ the labor, and provide the material, appliances, supplies, and illuminating agent necessary to carry out the work.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 163.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 12 - THE MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1913 › CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment › Section 10508.

10508. The cost and expenses of work executed by the municipality itself shall be paid out of the improvement fund, but the amount appropriated and used from the fund for this purpose shall not exceed the amount of the bid upon which the award of the contract was made, or if no bids are received or the work is ordered without asking for bids, the cost and expenses shall not exceed the amount of the estimate provided for in subdivision (c) of Section 10204. If the cost and expenses do exceed the amount of the bid, or of the estimate in case no bids are received or the work is ordered without asking for bids, the excess shall be paid from the general fund in the treasury.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 164.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 12 - THE MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1913 › CHAPTER 6.1 - Loan Repayment Assessment Districts › Section 10550.

10550. (a) If a municipality has entered into a contract with the state that includes a loan funded by the state for the purpose of financing the construction and installation of water or sewer system improvements in or along its streets that are of special benefit to land within the municipality, the municipality may conduct proceedings under this division for the formation of an assessment district for the purpose of levying an assessment to secure repayment of the loan.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the proceeding for the formation of the assessment district and the levy of the assessment shall be conducted in accordance with this division, with appropriate modifications to all resolutions and notices.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 253, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 12 - THE MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1913 › CHAPTER 6.1 - Loan Repayment Assessment Districts › Section 10555.

10555. The legislative body shall provide in the resolutions required under Sections 10200 and 10312 that the assessment will be collected in annual installments.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 253, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 12 - THE MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1913 › CHAPTER 7 - Improvement Bonds › Section 10600.

10600. The legislative body conducting the proceedings under the provisions of this division may, in its resolution of intention, determine and declare that bonds shall be issued under the provisions of either the Improvement Act of 1911 or the Improvement Bond Act of 1915. In any case, the assessment shall be recorded in the office of the superintendent of streets of the city, county surveyor of the county, or district engineer of the district or public corporation conducting the proceedings in the manner and with like force and effect as provided in the Improvement Act of 1911 and the Improvement Bond Act of 1915, and the assessment therefor shall have the priority, and the proceedings shall be subject to all of the curative clauses and powers of reassessment, provided in those acts. In any case, the official in whose office the original of the assessment is recorded shall give the notice to pay the assessments, as provided in this division.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 426.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 12 - THE MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1913 › CHAPTER 7 - Improvement Bonds › Section 10600.1.

10600.1. If provision is made for the issuance of bonds under the Improvement Act of 1911 (Division 7 (commencing with Section 7000)), all assessments under one hundred fifty dollars ($150) which are not paid within 30 days after recordation of the assessment are delinquent and shall bear interest at the rate of 1 percent per month, the interest to be computed from the date of the bonds. The legislative body may order the collection of any such delinquent assessments pursuant to either Chapter 18 (commencing with Section 5410) or Chapter 18.1 (commencing with Section 5450) of Part 3 of Division 7. All references in those chapters to the contractor, his assignee, his assigns, or his agent shall be deemed to refer to the city. References in Section 5451 to interest from the “date of filing the original assessment” shall be deemed to refer to the “date of the bonds.”
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 364.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 12 - THE MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1913 › CHAPTER 7 - Improvement Bonds › Section 10600.2.

10600.2. The legislative body conducting the proceedings for the issuance of improvement bonds under this division may require that any bidder submitting a proposal for the purchase of such improvement bonds deposit contemporaneously therewith cash, a certified check, or a cashier’s check, in an amount to be determined by the legislative body, guaranteeing the purchase of such improvement bonds by such bidder in the event that he is awarded the purchase of such improvement bonds by the legislative body.
(Added by renumbering Section 10600.1 by Stats. 1975, Ch. 394.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 12 - THE MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1913 › CHAPTER 7 - Improvement Bonds › Section 10600.5.

10600.5. When the resolution of intention provides that bonds shall be issued under the Improvement Act of 1911 or the Improvement Bond Act of 1915, said bonds may be dated at any time after the expiration of the cash payment period.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 821.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 12 - THE MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1913 › CHAPTER 7 - Improvement Bonds › Section 10601.

10601. An action to determine the validity of the assessment, bonds, contract, improvement or acquisition may be brought by the legislative body or by the contractor pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. For such purpose an improvement or acquisition shall be deemed to be in existence upon its authorization and an assessment upon its confirmation. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the action authorized by this section shall not be brought by any person other than the legislative body or the contractor, nor except when permitted by Section 10400 shall the action be brought after the date fixed for the beginning of work.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1526.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 12 - THE MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1913 › CHAPTER 7 - Improvement Bonds › Section 10602.

10602. The bonds may be issued and sold as the legislative body directs. The proceeds of the bonds shall be deposited in the fund specified in Section 10424. The notice in the resolution of intention shall recite a maximum rate of interest to be paid on the indebtedness, not to exceed 8 percent a year payable semiannually, which rate shall not be exceeded in the issuance of the bonds. All bonds shall be made payable to bearer.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 130.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 12 - THE MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1913 › CHAPTER 7 - Improvement Bonds › Section 10602.5.

10602.5. When the resolution of intention provides that bonds shall be issued under the Improvement Act of 1911 or the Improvement Bond Act of 1915, and when the assessment has been duly confirmed pursuant to Section 10312, and when the assessment contains an assessment on public property which is subject to assessment pursuant to Section 10206 including, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, public property owned by the city, county or other entity conducting the proceeding, the legislative body may sell such assessment in the same manner and at the same time as provided in Section 10602. The proceeds of the sale shall be deposited in the fund specified in Section 10424.
The buyer of such an assessment shall, upon paying the purchase price, become the owner of the assessment and shall be entitled to exercise all the rights that an owner of an assessment has under Section 5302.5.
If bonds or certificates are to be issued to represent any assessment or assessments against public property, the legislative body of the entity conducting the proceedings may sell such bonds or certificates in the same manner and at the same time as provided in Section 10602. The proceeds of the sale shall be deposited in the fund specified in Section 10424.
The buyer of such bonds and of each individual bond shall become an owner of the assessment and shall be entitled to exercise all of the rights of an owner of an assessment under Section 5302.5 and of a bondholder as provided in Section 5302.6 and Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 6468) of Part 5 of Division 7.
The buyer of each certificate shall become the owner of the assessment and shall be entitled to exercise all of the rights of an owner of an assessment under Section 5302.5 and of a certificate holder as provided in Section 6467.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 770.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 12 - THE MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1913 › CHAPTER 7 - Improvement Bonds › Section 10603.

10603. When the resolution of intention provides for the issuance of bonds, the superintendent of streets of a city, surveyor of a county, or district engineer of a public corporation, conducting the proceedings shall give the notice of recording the assessment, and collect and receive the assessments. The legislative body of the public entity conducting the proceedings may, by resolution, designate the treasurer, tax collector, or other officer of the entity to collect and receive the money. If the entity is a public corporation it may designate the treasurer or tax collector of the county in which it is situated to collect and receive the money. The person so designated shall execute any certificates relating to the amount of assessments paid or remaining unpaid which are required to be executed by the superintendent of streets by the law pursuant to which bonds are to be issued, including, but not limited to, Sections 6420 and 8620.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1224.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 12 - THE MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1913 › CHAPTER 7 - Improvement Bonds › Section 10603.1.

10603.1. In the event the city conducting the proceedings designates the county treasurer or tax collector to perform any service relating to collecting and receiving the money, including but not limited to, printing, servicing, or collecting any bonds, neither the treasurer nor the tax collector so designated shall perform any such service until there shall have been paid to him his estimate of the cost of the service or services, provided, however, the city conducting the proceedings, in lieu of the prior payment of the estimated cost, may enter into a written agreement with the county treasurer or tax collector. Such agreement shall provide for the payment of the cost or estimated cost of any service rendered by the designated county officer.
In the event such cost of estimated cost is not included in the assessment, the city conducting the proceedings shall be liable for payment thereof from the general fund.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 777.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 12 - THE MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1913 › CHAPTER 7 - Improvement Bonds › Section 10604.

10604. The person who is to collect and receive the assessments before the issuance of bonds may be bonded in favor of the entity conducting the proceedings in an amount to be fixed and such bond approved by the legislative body of the entity. When he is a bonded official his services in receiving the money are a duty imposed upon him by law within the purview of his bond. In the case of a county official collecting for a public corporation, the county shall collect any money due on the bond as agent for the public corporation. If the legislative body designating the bonded person finds that his official bond is inadequate it may provide that he shall be separately bonded. The premium of such bond shall be an incidental expense of the proceeding.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 192.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 12 - THE MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1913 › CHAPTER 7 - Improvement Bonds › Section 10605.

10605. The person collecting the assessments shall deposit the amounts received in the construction fund of the entity conducting the proceedings, not less than once each week, or at such other more frequent intervals as the legislative body of the entity determines.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 192.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 12 - THE MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1913 › CHAPTER 7 - Improvement Bonds › Section 10606.

10606. The legislative body may, in its resolution of intention, determine and declare that bonds will be issued and paid, and the assessments therefor levied, collected, and augmented in accordance with the applicable provisions of Sections 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28 of the Refunding Assessment Bond Act of 1935, in which case the applicable provisions of that act are incorporated in this division as if fully set out herein. If the bonds are issued pursuant to that act, appropriate changes shall be made in the form of the bonds to show that they are for a public improvement or acquisition under this division.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 192.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 12 - THE MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1913 › CHAPTER 7 - Improvement Bonds › Section 10607.

10607. The list of unpaid assessments shall be filed, the bonds ordered issued, interest shall accrue from the date, and assessments thereafter paid before maturity, bonds called, premium paid, and illegal assessments and bonds reassessed, all as provided in the Improvement Bond Act of 1915.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 821.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 12 - THE MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1913 › CHAPTER 7 - Improvement Bonds › Section 10608.

10608. The bond shall be entitled “Improvement Bond.” The provisions for payment of the bond before maturity, as contained in the bond form in the Improvement Bond Act of 1915, shall be inserted in the place of the similar provision in the bond form of the Refunding Assessment Bond Act of 1935. There shall also be inserted in the bond form after the title of the refunding act the words “as modified in the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913.”
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 192.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 12 - THE MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1913 › CHAPTER 7 - Improvement Bonds › Section 10609.

10609. In all cases where bonds are to be issued under any of the bond acts referred to in this chapter the proceedings shall be subject to all of the curative clauses, limitation of actions, and powers of reassessment provided in all of those acts, and the publication of the notice of improvement shall be deemed to be the publication of the resolution of intention.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 192.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 12 - THE MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1913 › CHAPTER 8 - Deferral of Assessments › Section 10700.

10700. Notwithstanding any other law, the legislative body may determine, by resolution, to allow landowners to defer payment of their assessments pursuant to this chapter. This chapter may be used only if 80 percent or more of the area of the assessment district is developed for residential, commercial, or industrial use.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1298, Sec. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 12 - THE MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1913 › CHAPTER 8 - Deferral of Assessments › Section 10701.

10701. The legislative body may determine criteria that property owners must meet to qualify for deferral, and may determine procedures to ensure that the criteria are satisfied.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1298, Sec. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 12 - THE MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1913 › CHAPTER 8 - Deferral of Assessments › Section 10702.

10702. No deferral arrangement may restrict, reduce, or eliminate any remedy of a bondholder provided by this division in the event of a default.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1298, Sec. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 12 - THE MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1913 › CHAPTER 8 - Deferral of Assessments › Section 10703.

10703. Deferral may be provided through a year-to-year agreement between the city and an eligible property owner, which provides that the city will make assessment payments on behalf of the property owner for that year. No agreement shall commit the city to make deferral payments beyond one year. No agreement of this type shall be construed as a debt of the city.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1298, Sec. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 12 - THE MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1913 › CHAPTER 8 - Deferral of Assessments › Section 10704.

10704. Alternatively, the city may create a deferral fund for the assessment district, and deposit into the deferral fund an amount sufficient to pay the asessments being deferred for a specified period of time. Funds in the deferral fund may be invested as other city funds are invested, or in more restricted ways as determined by the legislative body. Any investment of the funds in the deferral fund shall comply with federal arbitrage rules.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1298, Sec. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 12 - THE MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1913 › CHAPTER 8 - Deferral of Assessments › Section 10705.

10705. A city may increase the principal amount of bonds issued under this division by an amount sufficient to fund a program pursuant to this chapter. The proceeds of bonds issued for this purpose shall be placed in the deferral fund created pursuant to Section 10704, and may be used for no other purpose than financing deferrals. The proceeds may be invested in interest-bearing securities of the federal government with maturities occurring on or before the maturity of the bonds issued pursuant to this section. Any investment of those bond proceeds shall comply with federal arbitrage rules (26 U.S.C. Sec. 103 and the rules adopted pursuant thereto).
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1298, Sec. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 12 - THE MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1913 › CHAPTER 8 - Deferral of Assessments › Section 10706.

10706. The amount of any deferred assessments, including interest at a rate determined by the legislative body, shall be due and payable whenever the parcel of property upon which the assessment was levied is transferred, or at the time of last maturity of the bonds issued for the improvement pursuant to this division, or at other times as determined by the legislative body.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1298, Sec. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 11000.

11000. This part may be cited as the Pedestrian Mall Law of 1960.
(Added by Stats. 1960, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 33.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 11001.

11001. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this chapter shall govern the construction of this part.
(Added by Stats. 1960, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 33.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 11002.

11002. “City” includes every county, city, and city and county within this State. “The city” means the particular county, city, or city and county, acting pursuant to this part.
(Added by Stats. 1960, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 33.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 11003.

11003. “Legislative body” means the legislative body of “the city.”
(Added by Stats. 1960, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 33.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 11004.

11004. “Street” as used in the definitions of the terms “city streets,” “mall intersection” and “intersecting streets” hereinafter defined means any public street, road, highway, alley, lane, court, way or place of any nature open to the use of the public.
(Added by Stats. 1960, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 33.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 11005.

11005. “City street,” as used with regard to streets located within a city or city and county, means any “street” located within the city or city and county, except a “freeway,” “state highway,” or “county highway” as defined in Sections 23.5, 24, and 25. “City street,” as used with regard to streets located within a county, means any “street” located within the county, except a “freeway” or “state highway,” as defined in Sections 23.5 and 24.
(Added by Stats. 1960, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 33.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 11006.

11006. “Pedestrian mall” means one or more “city streets,” or portions thereof, on which vehicular traffic is or is to be restricted in whole or in part and which is or is to be used exclusively or primarily for pedestrian travel.
(Added by Stats. 1960, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 33.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 11007.

11007. “Mall intersection” means any intersection of a “city street” constituting a part of a “pedestrian mall” with any “street,” which intersection is itself part of the “pedestrian mall.”
(Added by Stats. 1960, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 33.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 11008.

11008. “Intersecting street” means any “street” which meets or crosses a “pedestrian mall” at a “mall intersection” but includes only those portions thereof on either side of a “mall intersection” which lie between the “mall intersection” and the first intersection of the “intersecting street” with a public street or highway open to vehicular traffic. If any portion of a “pedestrian mall” terminates on a “street” at a place thereon other than a place of intersection with a public street or highway open to vehicular traffic, “intersecting street” also includes that portion of any “street” which lies between such place of termination and the first intersection of such “street” with a public street or highway open to vehicular traffic. “Intersecting street” shall also include any other “street” or portion thereof which the legislative body, in its resolution adopted pursuant to Section 11200, declares to be such.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 459.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 11009.

11009. “Assessment roll” means the assessment roll or rolls used by the city for purposes of city ad valorem taxes on real property of the city.
(Added by Stats. 1960, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 33.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 11010.

11010. If “the city” is a charter city, “similar special assessment law” shall include a procedural assessment ordinance of such city.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 459.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 11011.

11011. “Vehicle Parking District Law of 1943” means the Vehicle Parking District Law of 1943, Part 1 (commencing with Section 31500) of Division 18 of the Streets and Highways Code, as that statute existed on December 31, 1973.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 400, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 2 - Purpose and Powers › Section 11100.

11100. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that in certain areas in cities and particularly in retail shopping areas thereof, there is need to separate pedestrian travel from vehicular travel and that such separation is necessary to protect the public safety or otherwise to serve the public interest and convenience. The Legislature further finds and declares that such objective can, in part, be accomplished by the establishment of pedestrian malls pursuant to this part.
(Added by Stats. 1960, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 33.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 2 - Purpose and Powers › Section 11101.

11101. The legislative body of a city shall have the power:
(a) To establish pedestrian malls.
(b) To prohibit, in whole or in part, vehicular traffic on a pedestrian mall.
(c) To pay, from general funds of the city or other available moneys or from the proceeds of assessments levied on lands benefited by the establishment of a pedestrian mall, the damages, if any, allowed or awarded to any property owner by reason of the establishment of a pedestrian mall. No money available for expenditure within the city from the proceeds of any tax, license or fee imposed by any public agency upon the ownership or operation of vehicles or the fuel used therein shall be used to pay such damages, except as may be permitted by Section 11005 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(d) To construct on city streets which have been or will be established as a pedestrian mall improvements of any kind or nature necessary or convenient to the operation of such city streets as a pedestrian mall, including but not limited to, paving, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, sewers, drainage works, street lighting facilities, fire protection facilities, flood protection facilities, water distribution facilities, vehicular parking areas, retaining walls, landscaping, tree planting, statuary, fountains, decorative structures, benches, restrooms, child care facilities, display facilities, information booths, public assembly facilities, any improvements necessary or convenient for a covered air-conditioned mall, and other structures, works or improvements necessary or convenient to serve members of the public using such pedestrian mall, including the reconstruction or relocation of existing city-owned works, improvements or facilities on such city streets. The foregoing, or any portions thereof, are sometimes in this part referred to as “improvements.”
(e) To pay, from general funds of the city or other available moneys or from the proceeds of assessments levied on property benefited by any such improvements, the whole or any portion of the cost of such improvements. No money available for expenditure within the city from the proceeds of any tax, license or fee imposed by any public agency upon the ownership or operation of vehicles or the fuel used therein shall be used to pay such cost or expense, except as may be permitted by Section 11005 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(f) To do any and all other acts or things necessary or convenient for the accomplishment of the purposes of this part.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 178.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 2 - Purpose and Powers › Section 11101.5.

11101.5. The legislative body shall also have the power to acquire, by gift, purchase, eminent domain or otherwise, land, real property, or rights-of-way which will become part of a city street established as a pedestrian mall or which will otherwise be used by the city as part of, or for purposes connected with, a pedestrian mall, and such land, real property, or rights-of-way may be improved in the same manner as city streets may be improved under subdivision (d) of Section 11101. The legislative body shall also have the power to make such improvements on city streets adjacent to the pedestrian mall where such improvements are necessary or convenient to the operation of the mall. The acquisitions and improvements authorized by this section shall be deemed “improvements” as such term or a related term is used in this part and particularly in Sections 11101 and 11203 and in Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 11700) of this part.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 459.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 2 - Purpose and Powers › Section 11102.

11102. The powers herein granted to prohibit, in whole or in part, vehicular traffic on any city street shall be in addition to and not limited by the powers granted by Section 21101 of the Vehicle Code or by any other law.
(Added by Stats. 1960, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 33.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 2 - Purpose and Powers › Section 11103.

11103. This part and all of its provisions shall be liberally construed to the end that its purpose may be effective. Any proceedings taken pursuant to this part shall not be held invalid for failure to comply with the provisions of this part, if the acts done and proceedings taken are not invalid under the State or Federal Constitutions.
This part does not affect any other law relating to the same or similar subject, but provides an alternative procedure for the subject to which it relates. When proceedings are taken under this part, its provisions only shall apply. The Special Assessment Investigation, Limitation and Majority Protest Act of 1931 shall not apply to any proceedings taken under this part nor to any proceedings taken under any other law for the improvement of a pedestrian mall.
(Added by Stats. 1960, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 33.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 3 - Resolution of Intention › Section 11200.

11200. When the legislative body shall determine that the public interest and convenience require the establishment of a pedestrian mall and that vehicular traffic will not be unduly inconvenienced thereby, it may adopt a resolution declaring its intention to establish such pedestrian mall. Such resolution shall contain:
(a) The determination and declaration referred to above.
(b) A general description of the city streets, or portions thereof, which are proposed to be established as a pedestrian mall.
(c) A general description of the mall intersections.
(d) A general description of the intersecting streets.
(e) A statement that the legislative body proposes to adopt an ordinance prohibiting, in whole or in part, vehicular traffic on such pedestrian mall. If vehicular traffic is proposed to be prohibited only in part, the resolution shall also contain a general statement of the exceptions proposed to be made. Such exceptions may include exceptions in favor of public, emergency, utility and other classes of vehicles, may include exceptions in favor of all or certain classes of vehicles during certain days or during portions of days, and may include other exceptions of any kind or nature.
(f) A general statement of the source or sources of moneys proposed to be used to pay damages, if any, allowed or awarded to any property owner by reason of the establishment of the pedestrian mall.
(g) A day, hour and place for the hearing by the legislative body of protests and objections to the establishment of the proposed pedestrian mall, and a statement that any and all persons having any objection to the establishment of the proposed pedestrian mall may file a written protest with the clerk of the legislative body at any time not later than the hour so fixed for the hearing.
(h) A statement that any person owning or having any legal or equitable interest in any real property which might suffer legal damage by reason of the establishment of the proposed pedestrian mall may file a written claim of damages with the clerk of the legislative body at any time not later than the hour so fixed for hearing; that such written claim must describe the real property as to which the claim is made, must state the exact nature of the claimant’s interest therein, must state the nature of the claimed damage thereto, and must state the amount of damages claimed; that failure to file such written claim within the time provided shall be deemed a waiver of any claim for damages or compensation and shall operate as a bar to any subsequent action seeking to prevent the establishment of said pedestrian mall or to recover damages on account of such establishment; and that the filing of such a claim shall operate as a bar in any subsequent action to the recovery of any damages or compensation in excess of the amount stated in such claim.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 459.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 3 - Resolution of Intention › Section 11201.

11201. In such resolution any street may be described by referring thereto by its lawful or official name, or the name by which it is commonly known, and the pedestrian mall, the mall intersections, and the intersecting streets may be described by reference to a map or plat thereof on file in the office of the clerk of the legislative body.
(Added by Stats. 1960, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 33.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 3 - Resolution of Intention › Section 11202.

11202. In such resolution the legislative body may propose to pay the whole or any part of damages, if any, allowed or awarded to any property owner by reason of the establishment of the pedestrian mall from the proceeds of assessments levied upon lands benefited by the establishment of the pedestrian mall. In such case the resolution shall also contain:
(a) A general description of the district (which may consist of noncontiguous portions) within which lie the lands deemed by the legislative body to be benefited by the establishment of the proposed pedestrian mall. Such district may be described as provided in Section 5181.
(b) A statement that an assessment will be levied pursuant to this part to pay the whole or a stated portion of the damages, if any, allowed or awarded to any property owner by reason of the establishment of such pedestrian mall and the costs and expenses in connection with proceedings or actions taken pursuant to this part.
(c) If bonds are to be issued, a statement that bonds to represent unpaid assessments will be issued, and the interest rate, or maximum interest rate, and term, or maximum term, of any such bonds.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 459.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 3 - Resolution of Intention › Section 11203.

11203. If in connection with the initial establishment of a pedestrian mall, the legislative body proposes to make any improvements of the kind or type referred to in subdivision (d) of Section 11101, such resolution shall also contain:
(a) A general description of the improvements proposed to be made. Such description may be made (but is not required to be made) in any manner permitted or provided in any law under which such improvements are to be made or financed.
(b) A general statement of the source or sources of moneys proposed to be used to pay the costs and expenses of such improvements.
(c) If all or any part of such improvements are proposed to be made or financed under the Improvement Act of 1911, the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913, or similar special assessment law, a statement as to what law is proposed to be so used.
(Added by Stats. 1960, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 33.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 3 - Resolution of Intention › Section 11204.

11204. (a) In connection with the initial establishment or the extension of a pedestrian mall, expenditures for the acquisition, construction or reconstruction (but not including expenditures for normal maintenance or repair) of streets within the proposed pedestrian mall made subsequent to such resolution or within three years prior to the adoption of such resolution from the proceeds of any tax, license, or fee imposed upon the ownership or operation of vehicles or the fuel used therein, shall be included as a cost of improvement of the mall. If the mall is subsequently established, an amount equivalent thereto shall be paid from moneys used to finance improvement of the mall into the special gas tax street improvement fund or the traffic safety fund in the case of a city, or into the special road improvement fund in the case of a county.
(b) The provisions of subdivision (a) shall not apply to any expenditure made from proceeds of the vehicle license fee imposed under Division 2, Part 5 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, nor to any expenditure made prior to June 30, 1961.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 459.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 4 - Notice and Hearing › Section 11301.

11301. Copies of the resolution headed “Notice of Intention to Establish a Pedestrian Mall” in letters at least one-half inch in height shall be posted not more than 300 feet apart as follows:
(a) On all city streets, or portions thereof, proposed to be established as a pedestrian mall.
(b) On all intersecting streets.
(c) If assessments are to be levied as contemplated by Section 11202, then upon all open streets within the district described in the resolution pursuant to such section.
Such copies shall be posted not less than 90 days prior to the hearing.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 459.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 4 - Notice and Hearing › Section 11302.

11302. A copy of the resolution shall be mailed, not less than 45 days prior to the hearing to each person to whom any of the following described lands is assessed as shown on the last equalized assessment roll, at his or her address as shown upon that roll, and to any person, whether owner in fee or having a lien upon, or legal or equitable interest in, any of those lands whose name and address and a designation of the land in which he or she is interested is on file in the office of the city clerk or clerk of the board of supervisors, as the case may be. Those lands are as follows:
(a) All parcels of land abutting upon any portion of the pedestrian mall or any portion of any intersecting street.
(b) If assessments are to be levied as contemplated by Section 11202, then the notice procedures shall comply with Section 53753 of the Government Code.
The legislative body may determine that the resolution shall also be mailed to other persons as it may specify.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 130. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 4 - Notice and Hearing › Section 11302.5.

11302.5. A copy of the resolution of intention shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which lies any portion of any parcel of land abutting upon any portion of the proposed pedestrian mall or upon any portion of any intersecting street. The copy shall be recorded not less than 90 days prior to the hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 176.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 4 - Notice and Hearing › Section 11303.

11303. Not later than the hour set for hearing any interested person may, severally or with others, file with the clerk of the legislative body written objection to the establishment of the proposed pedestrian mall. Any protest or objection may be withdrawn at any time by written notice of the withdrawal filed with the clerk of the legislative body with the same effect as if it had never been made. If assessments are to be levied as contemplated by Section 11202, the protest and hearing procedures shall comply with Section 53753 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 262, Sec. 35. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 4 - Notice and Hearing › Section 11304.

11304. Not later than the hour set for hearing any person owning, or having any legal or equitable interest in, any real property which might suffer legal damage by reason of the establishment of the proposed pedestrian mall may file with the clerk of the legislative body a written claim of damages. Such written claim must describe the real property as to which the claim is made, must state the exact nature of the claimant’s interest therein, must state the nature of the claimed damage thereto, and must state the amount of damages claimed. The failure to file such written claim within the time provided shall be deemed a waiver of any claim for damages or compensation and shall operate as a bar to subsequent action seeking to prevent the establishment of said pedestrian mall or to recover damages on account of such establishment. The filing of such claim shall operate as a bar in any subsequent action to the recovery of any damages or compensation in excess of the amount stated in such claim. Any such claim may be withdrawn by the claimant at any time by written withdrawal with the same effect as if it had never been filed.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 459.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 4 - Notice and Hearing › Section 11305.

11305. At the hearing held pursuant to Section 54954.6 of the Government Code to establish the proposed district all objections and protests shall be heard and considered, and all claims shall be heard and considered. The hearing may be continued from time to time by order entered on the minutes.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1234, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 4 - Notice and Hearing › Section 11306.

11306. If the owners of lands abutting on the proposed pedestrian mall representing a majority of the frontage on the proposed pedestrian mall have made written objection to the establishment of the proposed pedestrian mall, the legislative body shall so find and shall terminate the proceedings for such establishment. In such event no proceeding hereunder for the establishment of the same or substantially the same pedestrian mall shall be commenced within one year after such termination.
(Added by Stats. 1960, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 33.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 4 - Notice and Hearing › Section 11307.

11307. If assessments are to be levied as contemplated by Section 11202, then the notice, protest, and hearing procedures shall comply with Section 53753 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 262, Sec. 36. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 4 - Notice and Hearing › Section 11308.

11308. If assessments are to be levied as contemplated by Section 11202, then at the hearing the legislative body may change the boundaries of the proposed district by adding thereto land which in its opinion will be benefited by the establishment of the pedestrian mall or by excluding from the district lands which in its opinion will not be so benefited. If the legislative body proposes any such change, the notice, protest, and hearing procedures shall comply with Section 53753 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 262, Sec. 37. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 4 - Notice and Hearing › Section 11309.

11309. Any objections or protests, whether to the things proposed by the resolution of intention or to any changes proposed pursuant to Section 11308, not made at the time and in the manner provided by this part are deemed voluntarily waived, and the proceedings hereunder shall not be attacked on any ground not stated in a written objection filed as provided in this part. Except in the case of a majority protest, as provided in Section 11306, or Section 11307, the legislative body may sustain or deny any or all objections or protests and its determination is final.
(Added by Stats. 1960, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 33.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 4 - Notice and Hearing › Section 11310.

11310. At the hearing on the resolution of intention the legislative body may allow any claim for damages made pursuant to Section 11304. Any such allowance shall be for the full amount of damages claimed in the written claim except that the legislative body, with the written consent of the claimant, may allow a claim for a lesser amount. The right of any claimant to payment of the amount of any allowed claim shall be contingent upon the final establishment of the pedestrian mall; but all allowed claims must be paid by the city, from such source as the legislative body may determine, before vehicular traffic is prohibited, in whole or in part, on the pedestrian mall, pursuant to this part.
(Added by Stats. 1960, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 33.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 13 - PEDESTRIAN MALLS › PART 1 - PEDESTRIAN MALL LAW OF 960 › CHAPTER 4 - Notice and Hearing › Section 11311.

11311. Following the conclusion of the hearing, the legislative body shall by resolution either abandon the proceeding taken pursuant to this part or determine that the pedestrian mall shall be established.
(Added by Stats. 1960, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 33.)