Palm Desert Municipal Code Ch. 17.11 Miscellaneous Provisions

No bond, contractual assessment, or installment thereof or of the interest or penalties thereon, or declaration of default or deed shall be held invalid for any error in the computation of the proper amount due on the same, if the error is found to be comparatively negligible, or is found to be in favor of the owner of the real property affected thereby.

(Ord. 1175 §1, 2008)

So long as the city is the sole owner of the bonds, the city may waive any provisions of this title.

(Ord. 1175 §1, 2008)

An action to determine the validity of any contractual assessments, bonds or contracts may be brought by the city council, or by any person designated by the city council, pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the California Code of Civil Procedure.

(Ord. 1175 §1, 2008)

This title is adopted pursuant to the power granted to the city the by City Charter and the Constitution of the state of California and is an exercise by the city of its power as to municipal affairs and its police powers, and this title shall be liberally construed to uphold its validity under the laws of the state of California.

(Ord. 1175 §1, 2008)

The proceedings under the Act and the issuance of bonds to finance the improvements shall not subject the city to liability under any state, federal or local law for any cause of action which may be brought with respect to the improvements installed or constructed pursuant to the Act. Such improvements shall at all times be private improvements owned, built, controlled, operated and maintained by the private owners of the property upon which the improvements are made and will not be public improvements.

(Ord. 1175 §1, 2008)