Redwood City Municipal Code Art. III Improvement Procedure in General

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State Law reference— Street Improvement Act of 1913, Sts. & H. C., §§ 7000—7476.

Work in and upon public streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts, places, sidewalks and other public property and rights of way, in whole or in part, including property over which possession and right of use has been obtained under the provisions of section fourteen of article one of the State Constitution within the City, may be done according to the procedure provided therefor in and by this Article.

(Ord. No. 333, Art. 1, § 1)

Whenever in the opinion of the City Council the public interest or convenience may require, it is hereby authorized and empowered to order the whole or any portion, either in length or width of any one or more of the streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts, places, public ways or property, or rights of way, now open or dedicated or which may hereafter be opened or dedicated to public use, and any property for the immediate possession and use of which as rights of way required for public use, an order has been obtained in compliance with the provisions of section fourteen of article one of the Constitution of the State, to be improved by or have constructed therein, over or thereon, either singly or in any combination thereof, any of the following:

A. The grading or regrading, the paving or repaving, the planking or replanking, the macadamizing or re-macadamizing, the graveling or regraveling, the oiling or re-oiling thereof.

B. The construction or reconstruction of sidewalks, crosswalks, steps, safety zones, platforms, seats, statuary, fountains, parks and parkways, culverts, bridges, curbs, gutters, tunnels, subways or viaducts.

C. Sanitary sewers or instrumentalities of sanitation, together with the necessary outlets, cesspools, manholes, catch basins, flush tanks, septic tanks, pumping plants, disposal plants, connecting sewers, ditches, drains, conduits, tunnels, channels or other appurtenances.

D. Drains, tunnels, sewers, conduits, culverts and channels for drainage purposes, with necessary outlets, cesspools, manholes, catch basins, flush tanks, septic tanks, disposal plant, connecting sewers, ditches, drains, conduits, channels and appurtenances.

E. Poles, posts, wires, pipes, conduits, tunnels, lamps and other suitable or necessary appliances for the purpose of lighting the streets, avenues, lanes, courts, places or public ways of the City or property or rights of way owned by the City.

F. Pipes, hydrants and appliances for fire protection.

G. Breakwaters, levees, bulkheads and walls of rock or other material to protect the streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts, places, public ways and other property in the City from overflow by water.

H. Wells, pumps, dams, reservoirs, storage tanks, channels, tunnels, conduits, pipes, hydrants, meters or other appurtenances for supplying or distributing a domestic water supply.

I. Mains, services, pipes, fittings, valves, regulators, governors, meters, drips, drains, tanks, ditches, tunnels, conduits, channels or other appurtenances for supplying or distributing a domestic or industrial gas supply.

J. Retaining walls, embankments and other structures necessary or suitable in connection with any of the work mentioned in this Section.

K. The planting of trees, shrubs or other ornamental vegetation.

L. All other work which may be deemed necessary to improve the whole or any portion of such streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts, places, public ways or property, or rights of way owned by the City.

M. All other work auxiliary to any of the above, which may be required to carry out the same.

(Ord. No. 333, Art. I, § 2)

The work described in the proceeding section may be done and assessments and reassessments for the cost and expense of the same may be made, confirmed and collected according to the procedure set forth in sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 20e, 20f, 20g, 20h, 20i, 20j, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 77, 77a, 79, 79a, 79b, 79c, 79d, 79e, 79f, 79g, 79h, 79i, 79j, 79k, 79l, 80, 81 and 82 of the certain act of the legislature of the State, approved April 7, 1911, commonly designated as "Improvement Act of 1911" and entitled "An act to provide for work in and upon streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts, places and sidewalks within municipalities, and upon property and rights of way owned by municipalities or of which a municipality has possession and the right of use under the provisions of section fourteen of article one of the Constitution, and for establishing and changing the grades of any such streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts, places, sidewalks, properties or rights of way and providing for the issuance and payment of street improvement bonds to represent certain assessments for the cost thereof, and providing a method for the payment of such bonds," as amended prior to and as such act was in effect on the 1st day of January, 1931.

(Ord. No. 333, Art. I, § 3)

State Law reference— See Sts. & H. C., §§ 5000—6794.

In cases where bonds are not ordered to be issued pursuant to the provisions contained in Sections 18.35 to 18.39 and assessments be not paid within thirty-five (35) days from the date of the warrant, then the contractor, or his assignee may sue, in his own name, the owner of the land, lots, or portions of lots assessed, and in such case such action may be taken and proceedings had as set forth in sections 5398 to 5423 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State.

(Ord. No. 333, Art. I, § 4)

The City Council shall, as an alternative system to that set forth in Sections 18.35 to 18.39, have power in its discretion to determine that serial bonds shall be issued to represent assessments of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or over for the cost of any work or improvement authorized under this Article. The proceedings for the issuance of such bonds and for the collection of the assessments represented by the same, if not paid, shall be had and taken according to the procedure set forth in sections 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75 and 76 of the Improvement Act of 1911, as amended prior to and as the same was in effect on January 1, 1928.

(Ord. No. 333, Art. I, § 5)

State Law reference— See Sts. & H. C., §§ 5000—6794.

The bonds issued as described in the preceding Section shall extend over a period not exceeding fourteen (14) years from the second day of January next succeeding the next November fifteenth following their date.

(Ord. No. 640)