California Code
DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS
PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY

CHAPTER 1 - Organization

Section 36801. - 36801. The city council shall meet at the meeting at...

Section 36802. - 36802. The mayor shall preside at the meetings of the...

Section 36803. - 36803. The mayor may make or second any motion and...

Section 36804. - 36804. If the city clerk is absent, the deputy city...

Section 36805. - 36805. The city council shall hold regular meetings at least...

Section 36807. - 36807. At any special meeting the city council shall act...

Section 36809. - 36809. When an order of adjournment of a regular meeting...

Section 36810. - 36810. A majority of the council constitutes a quorum for...

Section 36811. - 36811. If all council members are absent from any regular...

Section 36812. - 36812. After incorporation, the city council is judge of the...

Section 36812.1. - 36812.1. If a written statement to contest the election of...

Section 36812.5. - 36812.5. A city may defend any person elected to the...

Section 36813. - 36813. The council may establish rules for the conduct of...

Section 36814. - 36814. The council shall cause the clerk to keep a...

Section 36815. - 36815. Any reference to “councilman” or “councilmen” shall also mean...

CHAPTER 2 - Ordinances

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 36900. - 36900. (a) Violation of a city ordinance is a misdemeanor...

Section 36901. - 36901. The city legislative body may impose fines, penalties, and...

Section 36903. - 36903. Imprisonment for violation of an ordinance shall be in...

Section 36904. - 36904. The legislative body may require persons imprisoned for violation...

ARTICLE 2 - Enactment

Section 36931. - 36931. The enacting clause of ordinances shall be: “The city...

Section 36932. - 36932. Ordinances shall be signed by the mayor and attested...

Section 36933. - 36933. (a) Within 15 days after its passage, the city...

Section 36933.1. - 36933.1. Whenever a city having a population of less than...

Section 36934. - 36934. Ordinances shall not be passed within five days of...

Section 36935. - 36935. Resolutions or orders for the payment of money shall...

Section 36936. - 36936. Resolutions, orders for the payment of money, and all...

Section 36936.1. - 36936.1. The rates of taxes to be levied or the...

Section 36937. - 36937. Ordinances take effect 30 days after their final passage....

CHAPTER 3 - General Powers

Section 37100. - 37100. The legislative body may pass ordinances not in conflict...

Section 37100.5. - 37100.5. Except as provided in Section 7282 of the Revenue...

Section 37101. - 37101. (a) The legislative body may license, for revenue and...

Section 37101.5. - 37101.5. Notwithstanding Section 37101, no legislative body shall require a...

Section 37101.7. - 37101.7. (a) In accordance with the provisions of subdivision (b),...

Section 37102. - 37102. The legislative body may use any available funds to...

Section 37103. - 37103. The legislative body may contract with any specially trained...

Section 37104. - 37104. The legislative body may issue subpenas requiring attendance of...

Section 37105. - 37105. Subpenas shall be signed by the mayor and attested...

Section 37106. - 37106. If any person duly subpenaed neglects or refuses to...

Section 37107. - 37107. The judge shall issue an attachment directed to the...

Section 37108. - 37108. On return of the attachment and production of the...

Section 37109. - 37109. The right of a witness to purge himself of...

Section 37110. - 37110. The legislative body may spend money from the general...

Section 37110.5. - 37110.5. The legislative body may authorize and provide for contributions...

Section 37111. - 37111. When the legislative body deems it necessary that land...

Section 37111.1. - 37111.1. When a legislative body deems it necessary that land...

Section 37112. - 37112. In addition to other powers, a legislative body may...

Section 37114. - 37114. If real property is conveyed by a city and...

Section 37115. - 37115. The legislative body may, within the powers otherwise conferred...

Section 37116. - 37116. Upon receipt of an application from the governing body...

Section 37200. - 37200. If the legislative body adopts an annual budget, the...

CHAPTER 4 - Financial Powers

Section 37201. - 37201. Demands against the city for money or damages are...

Section 37202. - 37202. Except as provided in Section 37208, the legislative body...

Section 37203. - 37203. Upon allowing a demand or approving a register of...

Section 37204. - 37204. When an order or demand is not approved for...

Section 37205. - 37205. The clerk shall number the endorsement, register the order...

Section 37206. - 37206. By ordinance or resolution, the legislative body shall prescribe...

Section 37207. - 37207. Department heads shall certify or approve departmental pay rolls...

Section 37208. - 37208. (a) Payroll warrants or checks need not be audited...

Section 37209. - 37209. The duties imposed upon the city clerk by this...

Section 37210. - 37210. Newly incorporated cities that have not received revenues from...

CHAPTER 5 - City Property

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 37350. - 37350. A city may purchase, lease, receive, hold, and enjoy...

Section 37350.5. - 37350.5. A city may acquire by eminent domain any property...

Section 37351. - 37351. The legislative body may purchase, lease, exchange, or receive...

Section 37351.5. - 37351.5. (a) Prior to the entering into agreement to finance...

Section 37352. - 37352. The legislative body may erect and maintain buildings for...

Section 37352.1. - 37352.1. After January 1, 1980, with respect to the construction,...

Section 37352.2. - 37352.2. The requirements of Section 37352.1 shall be met if...

Section 37353. - 37353. The legislative body may acquire property needed for: (a)...

Section 37354. - 37354. The legislative body may accept or reject any gift,...

Section 37355. - 37355. If the terms of a gift, bequest, or devise...

Section 37356. - 37356. When the legislative body determines that the public interest...

Section 37357. - 37357. By majority vote the legislative body may grant property...

Section 37358. - 37358. When the State has granted a city tide and...

Section 37359. - 37359. Unless otherwise provided by law, the legislative body having...

Section 37360. - 37360. The legislative body of any city having jurisdiction over...

Section 37361. - 37361. (a) The legislative body may acquire property for the...

Section 37361.1. - 37361.1. Notwithstanding anything in this chapter to the contrary, the...

Section 37362. - 37362. The Legislature hereby finds that many persons and families...

Section 37363. - 37363. When the legislative body of a city finds the...

Section 37364. - 37364. (a) The Legislature reaffirms its finding that the provision...

ARTICLE 2 - Leases

Section 37380. - 37380. (a) A city may lease property owned or held...

Section 37382. - 37382. A city may lease city land used for agricultural...

Section 37383. - 37383. A city may lease city property not acquired for...

Section 37384. - 37384. Except when the state grant specifically provides otherwise, a...

Section 37385. - 37385. A city may lease tide and submerged lands, the...

Section 37386. - 37386. A city may lease such tide and submerged lands...

Section 37387. - 37387. When the legislative body deems that industrial use of...

Section 37388. - 37388. A city may lease property owned or held or...

Section 37389. - 37389. A city may lease or sublease property owned, leased,...

Section 37390. - 37390. A city may lease sewage and sewage effluent for...

Section 37391. - 37391. A city or any of its departments may lease...

Section 37392. - 37392. A city or any of its departments may lease...

Section 37392.1. - 37392.1. A city, district, or other public corporation, acting individually...

Section 37392.2. - 37392.2. Notwithstanding Section 718 of the Civil Code, a city...

Section 37393. - 37393. A lease of an interest in real property of...

Section 37394. - 37394. A city or city and county may lease property...

Section 37395. - 37395. A city may lease for not to exceed 55...

Section 37396. - 37396. (a) A city, county, or city and county may...

ARTICLE 3 - Sale of Buildings and Sites

Section 37420. - 37420. The provisions of this article are alternative to Sections...

Section 37420.5. - 37420.5. (a) Notwithstanding Article 2 (commencing with Section 10051) of...

Section 37421. - 37421. When the legislative body of a city finds the...

Section 37422. - 37422. The resolution shall: (a) Fix a time for hearing...

Section 37423. - 37423. The resolution shall be published at least once in...

Section 37424. - 37424. At any time prior to final action, any person...

Section 37425. - 37425. If no protests are received or the legislative body...

Section 37426. - 37426. If four-fifths of the legislative body do not vote...

Section 37427. - 37427. The legislative body may adopt an ordinance calling and...

Section 37428. - 37428. If a majority of the votes is for the...

Section 37429. - 37429. The legislative body may agree with the purchaser of...

Section 37430. - 37430. If a legislative body sold property prior to May...

ARTICLE 3.5 - Sale and Leases of Airports

Section 37440. - 37440. The provisions of this article are alternative to Sections...

Section 37441. - 37441. This article applies only to a municipal airport or...

Section 37442. - 37442. Pursuant to this article the legislative body of a...

Section 37443. - 37443. In any sale or lease of property with option...

Section 37444. - 37444. No sale or lease of any property with option...

ARTICLE 4 - Veterans Homes

Section 37460. - 37460. As used in this article, “veteran” means a soldier,...

Section 37461. - 37461. A city may provide and maintain homes for veterans....

Section 37462. - 37462. The legislative body may acquire real or personal property...

Section 37463. - 37463. The legislative body may furnish sites for such buildings,...

Section 37464. - 37464. The legislative body may purchase, lease, construct, furnish, or...

Section 37466. - 37466. The legislative body may establish a fund for the...

Section 37467. - 37467. The city may incur a bonded indebtedness for the...

Section 37468. - 37468. To accomplish the objects of this article, the city...

ARTICLE 5 - Assembly or Convention Halls

Section 37500. - 37500. Except as otherwise provided in this article, the provisions...

Section 37501. - 37501. A city may acquire, by condemnation or otherwise, the...

Section 37502. - 37502. The resolution initiating bonding proceedings may be enacted by...

Section 37503. - 37503. In addition to other required recitations, the ordinance calling...

Section 37504. - 37504. The ordinance shall be published in a newspaper published...

Section 37505. - 37505. Money obtained from the use of such building shall...

Section 37506. - 37506. In cities not having a board of public works,...

ARTICLE 6 - Museums

Section 37541. - 37541. By ordinance, the legislative body may establish a public...

Section 37542. - 37542. Upon receiving a petition signed by one-third of the...

Section 37543. - 37543. With the consent of the legislative body, the mayor...

Section 37544. - 37544. The trustees shall hold office for three years, and...

Section 37545. - 37545. The board of museum trustees shall meet at least...

Section 37546. - 37546. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for...

Section 37547. - 37547. The board shall appoint one of its members president....

Section 37548. - 37548. The board shall cause a proper record of its...

Section 37549. - 37549. At its first meeting the board shall cause a...

Section 37550. - 37550. The board may make and enforce all regulations necessary...

Section 37551. - 37551. If the board determines that the city legislative body...

Section 37552. - 37552. The board may administer any trust created for the...

Section 37553. - 37553. The board may appoint and prescribe the duties and...

Section 37554. - 37554. The board may purchase personal property, including necessary publications...

Section 37555. - 37555. The board may borrow objects of natural or historical...

Section 37556. - 37556. The board may perform any other act necessary or...

Section 37560. - 37560. If payment into the fund is inconsistent with the...

Section 37561. - 37561. Claims upon the fund shall be presented to the...

Section 37562. - 37562. Subject to rules and regulations of the board, the...

Section 37563. - 37563. Unless inconsistent with the terms of its acquisition, the...

Section 37564. - 37564. Upon receiving a petition signed by one-half of the...

ARTICLE 7 - Hospitals Managed by Board of Hospital Trustees

Section 37600. - 37600. This article applies only to cities where a municipal...

Section 37601. - 37601. Upon receiving a petition signed by 15 percent of...

Section 37602. - 37602. If a majority of the votes cast at the...

Section 37603. - 37603. With the consent of the legislative body, the mayor...

Section 37604. - 37604. The trustees shall hold office for three years. The...

Section 37604.1. - 37604.1. The board of trustees shall serve without compensation except...

Section 37604.2. - 37604.2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term of...

Section 37605. - 37605. The board of hospital trustees shall meet at least...

Section 37606. - 37606. (a) Except as provided in this section or Section...

Section 37606.1. - 37606.1. (a) When a municipal hospital established pursuant to this...

Section 37607. - 37607. The board shall appoint one of its members president....

Section 37608. - 37608. The board shall cause a proper record of its...

Section 37609. - 37609. The board may make and enforce all regulations necessary...

Section 37609.1. - 37609.1. (a) The rules of the hospital, established by the...

Section 37610. - 37610. The board may establish a nurses’ training school in...

Section 37611. - 37611. The board may purchase any property necessary for equipping...

Section 37612. - 37612. If the board determines that the city legislative body...

Section 37612.1. - 37612.1. Except as provided in this section, by resolution, the...

Section 37612.2. - 37612.2. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a municipal...

Section 37612.3. - 37612.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon a recommendation...

Section 37613. - 37613. The board may administer any trust created for the...

Section 37614. - 37614. The board may prescribe the duties and powers of...

Section 37614.1. - 37614.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a municipal...

Section 37615. - 37615. The board may perform any other act necessary to...

Section 37615.1. - 37615.1. Each local municipal hospital shall have and may exercise...

Section 37615.2. - 37615.2. The board of trustees may purchase real property, and...

Section 37615.3. - 37615.3. The board of trustees shall be responsible for the...

Section 37615.4. - 37615.4. The board of trustees, with the consent of the...

Section 37615.5. - 37615.5. (a) The board of trustees may do any of...

Section 37615.6. - 37615.6. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Medical Practice Act, the...

Section 37615.7. - 37615.7. The municipal hospital may maintain membership in any local,...

Section 37615.8. - 37615.8. The board of trustees may, by resolution, change the...

Section 37616. - 37616. On or before July 31st in each year, the...

Section 37617. - 37617. If other provision has not been made for maintenance...

Section 37618. - 37618. Instead of the tax levy, the city legislative body...

Section 37618.1. - 37618.1. Exclusively for the purpose of securing state insurance of...

Section 37618.2. - 37618.2. A municipal hospital may borrow money and incur indebtedness...

Section 37618.3. - 37618.3. All certificates of indebtedness or other evidence of indebtedness...

Section 37618.4. - 37618.4. (a) A municipal hospital may, by resolution adopted by...

Section 37619. - 37619. The revenue derived from the tax and money otherwise...

Section 37620. - 37620. If payment into the fund is inconsistent with the...

Section 37621. - 37621. The board may issue warrants for payments from the...

Section 37622. - 37622. The city treasurer shall pay the warrants without further...

Section 37623. - 37623. Unless inconsistent with the terms of its acquisition, the...

Section 37624. - 37624. The board of trustees shall adopt reasonable rules and...

Section 37624.2. - 37624.2. The governing body or the hearing officer, if one...

Section 37624.3. - 37624.3. The governing body of the hospital may order that...

Section 37625. - 37625. (a) A member of a municipal hospital’s medical or...

ARTICLE 8 - Hospitals Managed by City Legislative Body

Section 37650. - 37650. This article applies only to cities where a municipal...

Section 37650.1. - 37650.1. Except as provided in this article, any hospital managed...

Section 37650.2. - 37650.2. (a) A city legislative body which operates a municipal...

Section 37651. - 37651. Upon receiving a petition signed by 15 percent of...

Section 37652. - 37652. If a majority of the votes cast at the...

Section 37653. - 37653. The legislative body may acquire real or personal property...

Section 37654. - 37654. The legislative body may maintain the hospital or provide...

Section 37655. - 37655. The legislative body may prescribe rules for the administration...

Section 37656. - 37656. (a) The legislative body may appoint and fix the...

Section 37657. - 37657. In receiving a money donation, the city may agree...

Section 37658. - 37658. The indebtedness shall be incurred and interest paid pursuant...

Section 37659. - 37659. The city may incur a bonded indebtedness pursuant to...

Section 37660. - 37660. Annually the legislative body shall levy and collect a...

ARTICLE 9 - Cemeteries

Section 37681. - 37681. The city legislative body may acquire and maintain cemeteries,...

Section 37682. - 37682. The legislative body may accept contributions of at least...

Section 37683. - 37683. The legislative body shall appoint the city clerk or...

Section 37684. - 37684. Money remaining in the fund after expenditures for care...

Section 37685. - 37685. If the city disincorporates, the trust fund shall be...

CHAPTER 7 - Park and Playground Act of 1909

Section 38000. - 38000. This chapter may be cited as the Park and...

Section 38001. - 38001. This chapter shall be liberally construed to promote its...

Section 38002. - 38002. As used in this chapter, “improvement” includes a public...

Section 38010. - 38010. When the public interest or convenience requires, the legislative...

Section 38011. - 38011. The Improvement Act of 1911, the Municipal Improvement Act...

CHAPTER 8 - Parks Outside City Limits

Section 38300. - 38300. City officers have the same jurisdiction over city-owned parks,...

Section 38302. - 38302. The city legislative body may grant franchises for the...

Section 38303. - 38303. Except as otherwise provided in Section 38302, such franchises...

Section 38304. - 38304. The legislative body of any city may lay out,...

CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks

ARTICLE 1 - Parks Dedicated by Original Town Site Map or Plat

Section 38400. - 38400. As used in this article, “original dedicator” includes any...

Section 38401. - 38401. “Abutting property” includes any property adjoining, or fronting on...

Section 38402. - 38402. As used in this article, “interested person” means any...

Section 38403. - 38403. The legislative body may abandon a park and sell...

Section 38404. - 38404. Proceedings are initiated when the legislative body adopts a...

Section 38405. - 38405. The resolution shall be published once a week for...

Section 38406. - 38406. At the time fixed, the legislative body shall meet...

Section 38407. - 38407. If the original dedicator or the owners of a...

Section 38408. - 38408. If the original dedicator does not protest, the majority...

Section 38409. - 38409. Upon ordering the park abandoned, the legislative body shall...

Section 38410. - 38410. The appraisers shall proceed with diligence to determine the...

Section 38411. - 38411. Without delay the clerk shall give notice of the...

Section 38412. - 38412. The notice shall be published for at least two...

Section 38413. - 38413. At the time fixed, the legislative body shall pass...

Section 38414. - 38414. Upon adoption of the report, warrants shall be drawn...

Section 38415. - 38415. The legislative body may employ and fix the compensation...

Section 38416. - 38416. The legislative body may determine when and at what...

Section 38417. - 38417. When authorized by a majority vote of the legislative...

Section 38418. - 38418. The sale proceeds shall be deposited in the city...

ARTICLE 2 - Parks Dedicated by City

Section 38440. - 38440. A city may discontinue and abandon the use as...

Section 38441. - 38441. Without a special election, the legislative body may convey...

Section 38442. - 38442. Except as provided in Section 38441, this article shall...

Section 38443. - 38443. Proceedings are initiated when the legislative body adopts a...

Section 38444. - 38444. The resolution shall: (a) Contain an accurate description of...

Section 38445. - 38445. The city clerk shall cause the resolution to be...

Section 38446. - 38446. The park superintendent or another person designated by the...

Section 38447. - 38447. The posted notices shall be headed: “Notice of proposed...

Section 38448. - 38448. At any time before the hour set for the...

Section 38449. - 38449. At the time set for the hearing or to...

Section 38450. - 38450. Protests are sustained unless overruled by two-thirds vote of...

Section 38451. - 38451. If a majority of the electors voting on the...

Section 38452. - 38452. If less than a majority of such electors vote...

Section 38460. - 38460. When the ordinance becomes effective, the land described in...

Section 38461. - 38461. If the land was acquired by money derived from...

Section 38462. - 38462. Except as permitted by general laws allowing diversions of...

ARTICLE 3 - Municipal Park Abandonment Law of 199

Section 38501. - 38501. The legislative body may abandon all or any portion...

Section 38502. - 38502. If the land comprising all or any part of...

Section 38503. - 38503. Before abandoning all or a part of such park,...

Section 38504. - 38504. The resolution shall be published pursuant to Section 6063...

Section 38505. - 38505. At the time stated in the resolution, the legislative...

Section 38506. - 38506. If all objections are overruled, the legislative body has...

Section 38507. - 38507. The legislative body may employ any legal or other...

Section 38508. - 38508. The legislative body may order the land sold in...

Section 38509. - 38509. When authorized by a majority vote of the legislative...

Section 38510. - 38510. No abandonment or sale of a park pursuant to...

CHAPTER 10 - Health and Safety

ARTICLE 1 - Fire Protection

Section 38600. - 38600. The legislative body of a city may provide fire...

Section 38601. - 38601. The legislative body of a city may: (a) Establish...

Section 38611. - 38611. The legislative body of a city organized under general...

ARTICLE 2 - Police Protection

Section 38630. - 38630. (a) The police department of a city is under...

Section 38631. - 38631. The legislative body of a city may delegate to...

Section 38634. - 38634. In every city having a regularly organized paid police...

Section 38635. - 38635. Leaves of absence shall be so arranged as not...

Section 38636. - 38636. Leaves of absence granted for sickness or injuries received...

Section 38637. - 38637. A deduction shall not be made from the pay...

Section 38638. - 38638. The mayor or other officer in control of the...

ARTICLE 3 - Building Ordinances

Section 38660. - 38660. The legislative body of a city may: (a) Regulate...

ARTICLE 5 - Water

Section 38730. - 38730. A city may acquire by gift, purchase, or condemnation,...

Section 38731. - 38731. Two or more cities may jointly acquire and develop...

Section 38732. - 38732. When a city legislative body deems it advisable to...

Section 38733. - 38733. The commissioners from the several cities shall meet and...

Section 38734. - 38734. If the legislative bodies approve the plans and terms...

Section 38735. - 38735. If the terms and plans are approved by a...

Section 38736. - 38736. Any city may issue bonds to complete the acquisition...

Section 38737. - 38737. Joint ownership and costs shall be restricted to those...

Section 38738. - 38738. The apportionment of all costs of acquisition, construction, operation,...

Section 38739. - 38739. The total costs of works which exclusively serve one...

Section 38740. - 38740. The plans and terms or other agreement for acquiring...

Section 38741. - 38741. Before a resolution or ordinance relating to the joint...

Section 38742. - 38742. The legislative body of any city may: (a) Contract...

Section 38743. - 38743. A city may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and...

Section 38744. - 38744. If any water standby charge authorized to be collected...

Section 38745. - 38745. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the city council...

ARTICLE 5.5 - Transfer of City Waterworks Systems

Section 38750. - 38750. Any city which owns and operates a waterworks system,...

Section 38751. - 38751. If the legislative body of the city determines that...

Section 38752. - 38752. The ordinance shall specify the price, the yearly or...

Section 38753. - 38753. The ordinance shall also state such conditions and stipulations...

Section 38754. - 38754. The ordinance shall be published weekly for at least...

Section 38755. - 38755. The ordinance is subject to referendum in the same...

Section 38756. - 38756. The sale, lease, or transfer on terms shall be...

Section 38757. - 38757. The contract or deed shall be executed on behalf...

Section 38758. - 38758. If the transaction is a sale, either for cash...

Section 38759. - 38759. If an action or proceeding is brought in any...

ARTICLE 6 - Nuisances

Section 38771. - 38771. By ordinance the city legislative body may declare what...

Section 38772. - 38772. (a) The legislative body of a city, county, or...

Section 38773. - 38773. The legislative body may provide for the summary abatement...

Section 38773.1. - 38773.1. (a) The legislative body may by ordinance establish a...

Section 38773.2. - 38773.2. (a) The legislative body of a city, county, or...

Section 38773.5. - 38773.5. (a) As an alternative to the procedure authorized by...

Section 38773.6. - 38773.6. (a) As an alternative to the procedure specified in...

Section 38773.7. - 38773.7. The legislative body, by ordinance, may provide that upon...

Section 38774. - 38774. The legislative body may: (a) Regulate the exhibition, posting,...

Section 38775. - 38775. The legislative body may prohibit and prevent encroachments upon...

ARTICLE 6.5 - Reports of Residential Building Records

Section 38780. - 38780. A city by ordinance may provide that prior to...

Section 38781. - 38781. The report of residential building record shall be delivered...

Section 38782. - 38782. The ordinance may require payment of a reasonable fee...

Section 38783. - 38783. The ordinance shall provide that it shall be unlawful...

Section 38784. - 38784. This article shall not apply to the first sale...

Section 38785. - 38785. No sale or exchange of residential property shall be...

ARTICLE 7 - Miscellaneous

Section 38790. - 38790. By gift, purchase, or condemnation any city may acquire...

Section 38790.1. - 38790.1. Any city collecting garbage fees or charges may collect...

Section 38791. - 38791. By ordinance the legislative body of a city may...

Section 38792. - 38792. (a) The legislative body of a city may impose...

Section 38793. - 38793. As a means of implementing a municipal underground utility...

Section 38794. - 38794. The legislative body of a city may contract for...

CHAPTER 11 - Sewers Generally

Section 38900. - 38900. A city legislative body may construct, establish, and maintain...

Section 38901. - 38901. A city may reclaim public and private lands therein...

Section 38902. - 38902. A city may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and...

CHAPTER 13 - Weed and Rubbish Abatement

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 39501. - 39501. The legislative body may compel the owner, lessee, or...

Section 39502. - 39502. By ordinance the legislative body may: (a) Require and...

ARTICLE 2 - Alternative Procedures

Section 39560. - 39560. (a) “Superintendent” means street superintendent, the superintendent’s assistants and...

Section 39561. - 39561. The legislative body may declare by resolution as public...

Section 39561.5. - 39561.5. “Weeds,” as used in this article, includes any of...

Section 39562. - 39562. The resolution shall: (a) Refer to the street by...

Section 39562.1. - 39562.1. At the time it adopts the resolution as provided...

Section 39562.2. - 39562.2. In any case where cities are authorized to abate...

Section 39563. - 39563. Any number of streets, sidewalks, or parcels of private...

Section 39564. - 39564. After passage of the resolution, the superintendent shall cause...

Section 39565. - 39565. The heading of the notices shall be “Notice to...

Section 39566. - 39566. The notice shall be substantially in the following form:...

Section 39567. - 39567. The notices shall be posted at least five days...

Section 39567.1. - 39567.1. As an alternative to posting notice of the resolution...

Section 39568. - 39568. At the time stated in the notices, the legislative...

Section 39569. - 39569. By motion or resolution at the conclusion of the...

Section 39570. - 39570. The decision of the legislative body is final. (Added...

Section 39571. - 39571. If objections have not been made or after the...

Section 39572. - 39572. The superintendent may enter upon private property to abate...

Section 39573. - 39573. Before the superintendent arrives, any property owner may remove...

Section 39574. - 39574. The superintendent shall keep an account of the cost...

Section 39575. - 39575. A copy of the report shall be posted for...

Section 39576. - 39576. At the time fixed for receiving and considering the...

Section 39576.5. - 39576.5. Abatement of the nuisance may in the discretion of...

Section 39577. - 39577. The cost of abatement in front of or upon...

Section 39578. - 39578. Except as provided in Section 39577, after confirmation of...

Section 39579. - 39579. Except as provided in Section 39577, if the county...

Section 39580. - 39580. The county auditor shall enter each assessment on the...

Section 39581. - 39581. The amount of the assessment shall be collected at...

Section 39582. - 39582. As an alternative method the county tax collector in...

Section 39583. - 39583. Laws relating to the levy, collection, and enforcement of...

Section 39584. - 39584. The superintendent may receive the amount due on the...

Section 39585. - 39585. The legislative body may order refunded all or part...

Section 39586. - 39586. If the legislative body finds that property damage was...

Section 39587. - 39587. The proceedings provided by this article are an alternative...

Section 39588. - 39588. The lien of said assessment shall have the priority...

CHAPTER 14 - Municipal and Public Utilities

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 39730. - 39730. The legislative body shall require every residential unit in...

Section 39731. - 39731. By gift, purchase, or eminent domain, a legislative body...

Section 39731.1. - 39731.1. The legislative body, in connection with the acquisition or...

Section 39731.2. - 39731.2. Neither the State nor any subdivision, authority, or agency...

Section 39732. - 39732. The legislative body may: (a) Acquire, own, construct, maintain,...

ARTICLE 2 - Facilities in Aid of Public Utilities

Section 39790. - 39790. As used in this article, “facility” means any works,...

Section 39791. - 39791. A city may construct, equip, use, maintain, and operate...

Section 39792. - 39792. For the purpose of constructing, equipping, using, maintaining, or...

Section 39793. - 39793. When authorized by a two-thirds vote of the members...

Section 39794. - 39794. This article does not extend or enlarge any limitation...

CHAPTER 15 - Rivers, Streams, and Harbors

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 39900. - 39900. When a city legislative body determines that it is...

Section 39901. - 39901. A city whose limits include or bound upon a...

ARTICLE 2 - Establishment of Harbor Lines by Cities Generally

Section 39930. - 39930. As used in this article: (a) “Navigable water” includes...

Section 39931. - 39931. By ordinance a city which owns tidelands situated within...

Section 39932. - 39932. A city may exercise such power to the same...

Section 39933. - 39933. All navigable waters situated within or adjacent to city...

Section 39934. - 39934. To secure the benefits of this article and of...

Section 39935. - 39935. The authority granted by this article may be exercised...

Section 39936. - 39936. City ordinances for the laying out, establishing, opening, constructing,...

Section 39937. - 39937. When by ordinance a city declares that any right...

Section 39938. - 39938. Ordinances of a city owning tidelands fronting on a...

ARTICLE 3 - Powers

Section 39961. - 39961. The legislative body may: (a) Improve the rivers and...

Section 39962. - 39962. It may also acquire, own, construct, maintain, and operate...

Section 39963. - 39963. Pursuant to contract and through its legislative body, a...

Section 39964. - 39964. Each contracting party may pay its proportionate share of...

Section 39965. - 39965. In the discretion of the legislative bodies of the...

CHAPTER 16 - Advertising

Section 40100. - 40100. By ordinance the legislative body may appropriate a sum...

Section 40102. - 40102. The money appropriated may be used in the manner...

Section 40103. - 40103. This chapter is alternative to any other statute giving...

CHAPTER 17 - Census

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 40200. - 40200. Pursuant to this article, the legislative body may take...

Section 40201. - 40201. By resolution, the legislative body may declare its intention...

Section 40202. - 40202. The census of all the inhabitants shall be taken...

Section 40203. - 40203. The persons taking the census shall enumerate all the...

Section 40204. - 40204. When completed, the census shall be verified before any...

Section 40205. - 40205. Upon receipt of the verified census, the clerk shall...

ARTICLE 2 - Special Census

Section 40230. - 40230. For the purpose of determining where county offices shall...

Section 40231. - 40231. The Legislative body may adopt a resolution providing that...

Section 40232. - 40232. The ordinance shall prescribe the rules and regulations for...

Section 40233. - 40233. Census takers shall be appointed by the legislative body...

Section 40234. - 40234. The city clerk shall prepare a certified copy of...

Section 40235. - 40235. The expense of taking the census is a city...

Section 40236. - 40236. For the purposes of this article, any enumeration of...

CHAPTER 18 - Public Works

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 40401. - 40401. In its discretion the legislative body may expend the...

Section 40403. - 40403. When the legislative body deems it necessary for the...

Section 40404. - 40404. The legislative body may acquire private property by condemnation...

ARTICLE 2 - Drawbridges

Section 40460. - 40460. When public necessity requires, a city may erect and...

ARTICLE 3 - Sidewalks

Section 40470. - 40470. The legislative body of a general law city may...

Section 40471. - 40471. The special charge described in Section 40470 shall only...

Section 40472. - 40472. The legislative body may provide that such charge shall...

Section 40473. - 40473. Any special charge imposed under this article, exclusive of...

CHAPTER 19 - Surplus United States Property

ARTICLE 1 - Title and Policy

Section 40500. - 40500. This chapter shall be known as the Municipal Federal...

Section 40501. - 40501. It is hereby declared to be the policy of...

Section 40502. - 40502. Such authority, when created, shall constitute a public corporation....

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 40506. - 40506. Unless the provision or the context otherwise requires, the...

Section 40507. - 40507. “Authority” means a surplus property authority created pursuant to...

Section 40508. - 40508. “Local agency” means city, city and county, or county...

Section 40509. - 40509. “Clerk” means the clerk of the authority. (Added by...

Section 40510. - 40510. “Contract” means a contract entered into by the authority...

Section 40511. - 40511. “Commission” means the legislative body of the authority. (Added...

Section 40512. - 40512. “Commissioner” means a member of the commission. (Added by...

Section 40513. - 40513. “Legislative body” means the city council or other legislative...

Section 40515. - 40515. “Person” includes any individual, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, trust,...

Section 40516. - 40516. “President” means the presiding officer of the commission. (Added...

Section 40517. - 40517. “Property” means any real property acquired pursuant to the...

Section 40518. - 40518. “Treasurer” means the fiscal officer of the authority. (Added...

ARTICLE 3 - Surplus Property Authority

Section 40520. - 40520. There is, in each city, city and county, or...

Section 40521. - 40521. The authority shall not transact any business or exercise...

Section 40522. - 40522. The determination that there is need for an authority...

Section 40523. - 40523. In any suit, action, or proceeding by or against...

Section 40524. - 40524. At the time the authority becomes authorized to transact...

Section 40525. - 40525. Quarterly, semiannually, or annually, as the legislative body prescribes,...

Section 40526. - 40526. At least once annually the authority shall publish a...

Section 40527. - 40527. If within four years after the adoption of an...

Section 40528. - 40528. After adoption of an ordinance declaring there is no...

Section 40529. - 40529. At any time after the activation of an authority,...

ARTICLE 4 - Surplus Property Commission and Officers

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