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Earlier editions: 2026-09

Title 12 — LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS

Santa Cruz Municipal Code Ch. 12.22 Protests

Santa Cruz Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-05 · Santa Cruz

Cite as: Santa Cruz Municipal Code Chapter 12.22 · Text as of 2026-10-05

12.22.010 PROTESTS.

Objections may be made to ordering improvements or acquisitions, or to grades, or to an assessment, or the extent of the district, or to any supplemental assessment or reassessment, the legality of any act or proceedings, or to changes, or to any part of any thereof, at or before the hour set for hearing thereon.

(Prior code § 1602.1).

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12.22.020 FORM.

Protests shall be in writing, signed by the protestant, contain a description of the property owned by him sufficient to identify same, and state their interest therein and the nature of the protest, and be filed with the city clerk.

(Prior code § 1602.2).

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12.22.030 LEGALITY.

Objections to legality shall specify the illegality and no other illegalities need be considered.

(Prior code § 1602.3).

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12.22.040 MAJORITY PROTESTS.

The city council, by the affirmative vote of four-fifths of its members, may overrule protests by the owners of more than half the area to be assessed.

(Prior code § 1602.4).

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