Los Angeles Municipal Code Art. 3 Powers and Duties in General

Section 22.319 Board of Public Works – General Powers. 22.320 Board of Public Works – Power to Appoint Executive Officer and Chief Accounting Employee; and to Establish Rules. 22.321 Board of Public Works – Powers and Duties Conferred by Law and under Special Assessment and Other Proceedings. 22.321.1 Power of Board to Retain Overpayments on Special Assessments. 22.322 Board of Public Works – Control over Construction, Maintenance and Design of Public Work or Improvement. 22.323 Board of Public Works – Power to Acquire Property for Public Work or Improvement. 22.324 Document Requiring Signature by Board of Public Works. 22.325 Recordation of Notice of Intention to Abate Nuisance. 22.325.1 Nuisance Abatement and Assessment Procedures (Weeds, Rubbish, Etc.). 22.326 Board of Public Works Authority to Adjust and Refund Lot Cleaning Charges and Assessments. 22.326.1 Powers, Duties and Functions Related to Land Records. 22.326.2 Powers, Duties and Functions Related to Public Utilities.

In addition to those general powers enumerated in Charter Section 581, the Board of Public Works shall also have the power to exercise all the powers and perform all the duties that are now or may hereafter be conferred or imposed by law upon the Street Superintendent.

SECTION HISTORY

Para. 1 based on Charter, Sec. 78; Para. 2 on Charter, Sec. 231.

Amended by: Ord. No. 173,258, Eff. 6-23-00, Oper. 7-1-00.

The Board of Public Works shall, in accordance with Charter Section 504, appoint the Executive Officer to the Board and the Chief Accounting Employee for the Department. The Board shall establish all necessary rules and regulations for the exercise of the powers conferred in this article, for the governance of the Department of Public Works as authorized in Charter Section 581, and for the regulation and conduct of its officers and employees.

SECTION HISTORY

Based on Charter, Sec. 232. Amended by: Title and Section, Ord. No. 173,258, Eff. 6-23-00, Oper. 7-1-00; Title and Section, Ord. No. 176,547, Eff. 5-2-05.

The Board of Public Works shall have charge, superintendence and control, except as otherwise specifically provided in the Charter:

Of the construction and maintenance of all real property acquired for the purpose of constructing sewers, streets, avenues, alleys, lanes, boulevards, crossings, courts, bridges, viaducts, subways, tunnels and other subterranean avenues for travel, other real property as enumerated in Chapter 21, Article 1.5, Section 22.500.2 of the Administrative Code and other places and property enumerated in Section 580 of the Charter, except maintenance of buildings, shops, yards and other such structures under the jurisdiction of the Department of General Services;

Of all work and improvement in, on, over or under all such streets, places and property;

Of trees, plants, shrubs and lawns in parkways along public streets; subject to street improvements authorized by the City;

And of the cleaning, sprinkling and lighting of all public ways, streets, avenues, boulevards, alleys, lanes, places and courts; of the design and construction of all public works and improvements belonging to the City; of the disposal of garbage, sewage and street refuse; and all excavations in public streets or other ways of travel herein mentioned (subject to ordinances regulating the same).

SECTION HISTORY

Based on Charter, Sec. 234. Amended by: 5th unnumbered para., Ord. No. 152,427, Eff. 6-29-79; Ord. No. 171,735, Eff. 10-23-97; Ord. No. 173,258, Eff. 6-23-00, Oper. 7-1-00.

The Board of Public Works shall have power to acquire and take by purchase, condemnation subject to Council authorization as set forth in Charter Section 581 (e), or otherwise, in the name of the City, any and all property that may be necessary or convenient for the construction or completion of any public work or improvement the construction or completion of which the Board of Public Works has charge, superintendence or control, and the cost of which is to be paid from the proceeds of bonds issued and sold by the City, or from any other funds under the jurisdiction and control of the Board available for such purpose.

SECTION HISTORY

Based on Charter, Sec. 234. Amended by: Ord. No. 173,258, Eff. 6-23-00, Oper. 7-1-00.

All instruments, contracts, warrants, records, certificates, notices, or other documents required to be signed or executed by the Board of Public Works shall be signed on order of the Board, by the president, or two members thereof.

SECTION HISTORY

Based on Charter. Sec. 235.