Gilroy Municipal Code Div. 2 General Procedure

Whenever the city council determines that the costs and expenses of maintaining and operating any or all public improvements of a local nature have not been adequately financed and provided for, proceedings therefor may be undertaken pursuant to this article.

(Ord. No. 86-14, § 1, 9-2-1986)

The city council may, in its resolution declaring its intention to order work done or improvements made or by separate resolution, declare its intention to order that the costs and expenses of maintaining and operating any or all public improvements of a local nature, including the cost of necessary repairs, replacements, fuel, power, electrical current, care, supervision, and any and all other items necessary for the proper maintenance and operation thereof, shall be assessed either partly or wholly, upon such district as said council shall determine will be benefited by the maintenance and operation of the public improvements proposed to be maintained; the amounts so assessed to be collected in the same manner and by the same officers as taxes for county purposes are collected.

(Ord. No. 86-14, § 1, 9-2-1986)

When said council has declared its intention pursuant to section 12A.197 hereof, the applicable provisions of Chapter 26 of Part 3 of Division 7 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California, excepting sections 5850 to 5853, inclusive, shall apply; provided that all documents required to be posted shall be posted on or near the council chamber door or on any bulletin board in or adjacent to the city hall and in three (3) public places within the territory proposed to be formed into a maintenance district or to be annexed to an existing maintenance district.

(Ord. No. 86-14, § 1, 9-2-1986)