1800. The legislative body of any city may do any and all things
necessary to lay out, acquire, and construct any section or portion
of any street or highway within its jurisdiction as a freeway, and to
make any existing street or highway a freeway.
1801. The legislative body of any city may close any street or
highway within its jurisdiction at or near the point of its
intersection with any freeway, or may make provision for carrying
such street or highway over, under, or to a connection with the
freeway, and may do any and all necessary work on such street or
highway.
No public highway shall be converted into a freeway except with
the consent of the owners of abutting lands or the purchase or
condemnation of their right of access thereto.
1802. Before taking any action authorized by Section 1801 affecting
any state highway, the action shall require the approval of the
Department of Transportation.
1803. Whenever the legislative body of a city determines that it is
necessary for the more efficient maintenance, construction, or
repair of streets and roads within the city it may contract with the
board of supervisors of any county for the rental, by the city, of
such county's equipment for the maintenance, construction, or repair
of such streets and roads, or for the maintenance, construction, or
repair of such streets and roads by the county.
1804. Every city in the state may construct, maintain, and operate
tunnels for street and highway purposes within and without the
territorial boundaries of the city. As to any such tunnels on state
highways, the approval of the Department of Transportation shall
first be obtained.
1805. The width of all city streets, except state highways,
bridges, alleys, and trails, shall be at least 40 feet, except that
the governing body of any city may, by a resolution passed by a
four-fifths vote of its membership, determine that the public
convenience and necessity demand the acquisition, construction and
maintenance of a street of less than 40 feet and, after such
determination, proceed with the acquisition, construction or
maintenance of any such street. The width of all private highways and
by-roads, except bridges, shall be at least 20 feet. This section
does not require that the width of city streets established or used
as such prior to September 15, 1935, be increased or diminished.
1805.5. On construction under a contract advertised for bids after
July 1, 1973, the legislative body of a city shall install on the
surfaces of city streets upon which the operation of bicycles is
permitted only those types of grates which are not hazardous to
bicycle riders.
1806. (a) No city shall be held liable for failure to maintain any
road until it has been accepted into the city street system in
accordance with subdivision (b) or (c).
(b) Except as provided by Section 989, or by Section 57329 or
57385 of the Government Code, no public or private street or road
shall become a city street or road until the governing body, by
resolution, has caused the street or road to be accepted into the
city street system.
(c) In lieu of the procedure set forth in subdivision (b), the
governing body of a city may, by ordinance, designate a city officer
to accept, on behalf of the governing body, streets and roads or
portions thereof, into the city street system and to record
conveyances to the city of real property interests for street and
road uses and purposes. The designee shall, prior to recording any
conveyance under this section, affix a certificate to the instrument
stating the acceptance into the city street system and designating
the name or number, or both, of the city street or road.
1807. Where the boundary line between two adjacent cities is a
street, and the boundary line itself is in the middle of such street,
or the side of such street, the two adjacent cities, if authorized
by their governing bodies, may enter into a mutual agreement for the
improvement and maintenance of the street which constitutes the
boundary line, and each city may, pursuant to such agreement, expend
funds available to it for the improvement and maintenance of its city
streets.
1808. Where practical or desirable, the legislative body of any
city shall, along any street or highway under its jurisdiction,
possession, or control, replace trees that have been destroyed or
removed because of projects undertaken to widen the street or
highway.
Money received by a city from the Highway Users Tax Fund available
for the widening of streets or highways is also available for the
planting of trees pursuant to this section.
1809. Before any bridge on a city street is constructed over any
navigable river, the legislative body of the city, after a study and
public hearing on the question, shall determine and shall prepare a
report on the feasibility of providing public access to the river for
recreational purposes and a determination as to whether such public
access shall be provided.
1810. A city may acquire, by purchase or eminent domain, property
outside its boundaries in the unincorporated area of the county in
which the city is located, if it is necessary to connect or widen the
existing streets of the acquiring city and if the county consents to
the acquisition.
The portion of the acquired property used to connect or widen a
city street shall be deemed a city street for all purposes.
1810.5. Survey monuments shall be preserved, referenced, or
replaced pursuant to Section 8771 of the Business and Professions
Code.
1812. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the City of South
Lake Tahoe may complete construction of the loop road from city
funds, including preparation of any necessary environmental impact
reports and securing any necessary approval of the Tahoe Regional
Planning Agency.
1813. (a) The provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section
1160) of Chapter 4 of Division 2 for the construction or maintenance
of county roads may be utilized within any city for the construction
and maintenance of city streets. For the purpose of construction or
maintenance of city streets under this section, all references in
that Article 3 to counties and their officers and to county funds,
taxes, and service charges shall be deemed to be references to
cities, city officers, and city funds, taxes, and service charges.
(b) The legislative body of any city may consent to the inclusion
within a permanent road division formed by a county of streets within
the corporate limits of the city, and the board of supervisors of
the county in which the city is located shall then have jurisdiction
over all proceedings taken or to be taken under that Article 3 in the
same manner and to the same extent as if the city streets were
county roads.
(c) This section is an alternative to any other provision of law
that provides for the construction or maintenance of city streets.
1800. The legislative body of any city may do any and all things
necessary to lay out, acquire, and construct any section or portion
of any street or highway within its jurisdiction as a freeway, and to
make any existing street or highway a freeway.
1801. The legislative body of any city may close any street or
highway within its jurisdiction at or near the point of its
intersection with any freeway, or may make provision for carrying
such street or highway over, under, or to a connection with the
freeway, and may do any and all necessary work on such street or
highway.
No public highway shall be converted into a freeway except with
the consent of the owners of abutting lands or the purchase or
condemnation of their right of access thereto.
1802. Before taking any action authorized by Section 1801 affecting
any state highway, the action shall require the approval of the
Department of Transportation.
1803. Whenever the legislative body of a city determines that it is
necessary for the more efficient maintenance, construction, or
repair of streets and roads within the city it may contract with the
board of supervisors of any county for the rental, by the city, of
such county's equipment for the maintenance, construction, or repair
of such streets and roads, or for the maintenance, construction, or
repair of such streets and roads by the county.
1804. Every city in the state may construct, maintain, and operate
tunnels for street and highway purposes within and without the
territorial boundaries of the city. As to any such tunnels on state
highways, the approval of the Department of Transportation shall
first be obtained.
1805. The width of all city streets, except state highways,
bridges, alleys, and trails, shall be at least 40 feet, except that
the governing body of any city may, by a resolution passed by a
four-fifths vote of its membership, determine that the public
convenience and necessity demand the acquisition, construction and
maintenance of a street of less than 40 feet and, after such
determination, proceed with the acquisition, construction or
maintenance of any such street. The width of all private highways and
by-roads, except bridges, shall be at least 20 feet. This section
does not require that the width of city streets established or used
as such prior to September 15, 1935, be increased or diminished.
1805.5. On construction under a contract advertised for bids after
July 1, 1973, the legislative body of a city shall install on the
surfaces of city streets upon which the operation of bicycles is
permitted only those types of grates which are not hazardous to
bicycle riders.
1806. (a) No city shall be held liable for failure to maintain any
road until it has been accepted into the city street system in
accordance with subdivision (b) or (c).
(b) Except as provided by Section 989, or by Section 57329 or
57385 of the Government Code, no public or private street or road
shall become a city street or road until the governing body, by
resolution, has caused the street or road to be accepted into the
city street system.
(c) In lieu of the procedure set forth in subdivision (b), the
governing body of a city may, by ordinance, designate a city officer
to accept, on behalf of the governing body, streets and roads or
portions thereof, into the city street system and to record
conveyances to the city of real property interests for street and
road uses and purposes. The designee shall, prior to recording any
conveyance under this section, affix a certificate to the instrument
stating the acceptance into the city street system and designating
the name or number, or both, of the city street or road.
1807. Where the boundary line between two adjacent cities is a
street, and the boundary line itself is in the middle of such street,
or the side of such street, the two adjacent cities, if authorized
by their governing bodies, may enter into a mutual agreement for the
improvement and maintenance of the street which constitutes the
boundary line, and each city may, pursuant to such agreement, expend
funds available to it for the improvement and maintenance of its city
streets.
1808. Where practical or desirable, the legislative body of any
city shall, along any street or highway under its jurisdiction,
possession, or control, replace trees that have been destroyed or
removed because of projects undertaken to widen the street or
highway.
Money received by a city from the Highway Users Tax Fund available
for the widening of streets or highways is also available for the
planting of trees pursuant to this section.
1809. Before any bridge on a city street is constructed over any
navigable river, the legislative body of the city, after a study and
public hearing on the question, shall determine and shall prepare a
report on the feasibility of providing public access to the river for
recreational purposes and a determination as to whether such public
access shall be provided.
1810. A city may acquire, by purchase or eminent domain, property
outside its boundaries in the unincorporated area of the county in
which the city is located, if it is necessary to connect or widen the
existing streets of the acquiring city and if the county consents to
the acquisition.
The portion of the acquired property used to connect or widen a
city street shall be deemed a city street for all purposes.
1810.5. Survey monuments shall be preserved, referenced, or
replaced pursuant to Section 8771 of the Business and Professions
Code.
1812. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the City of South
Lake Tahoe may complete construction of the loop road from city
funds, including preparation of any necessary environmental impact
reports and securing any necessary approval of the Tahoe Regional
Planning Agency.
1813. (a) The provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section
1160) of Chapter 4 of Division 2 for the construction or maintenance
of county roads may be utilized within any city for the construction
and maintenance of city streets. For the purpose of construction or
maintenance of city streets under this section, all references in
that Article 3 to counties and their officers and to county funds,
taxes, and service charges shall be deemed to be references to
cities, city officers, and city funds, taxes, and service charges.
(b) The legislative body of any city may consent to the inclusion
within a permanent road division formed by a county of streets within
the corporate limits of the city, and the board of supervisors of
the county in which the city is located shall then have jurisdiction
over all proceedings taken or to be taken under that Article 3 in the
same manner and to the same extent as if the city streets were
county roads.
(c) This section is an alternative to any other provision of law
that provides for the construction or maintenance of city streets.
1800. The legislative body of any city may do any and all things
necessary to lay out, acquire, and construct any section or portion
of any street or highway within its jurisdiction as a freeway, and to
make any existing street or highway a freeway.
1801. The legislative body of any city may close any street or
highway within its jurisdiction at or near the point of its
intersection with any freeway, or may make provision for carrying
such street or highway over, under, or to a connection with the
freeway, and may do any and all necessary work on such street or
highway.
No public highway shall be converted into a freeway except with
the consent of the owners of abutting lands or the purchase or
condemnation of their right of access thereto.
1802. Before taking any action authorized by Section 1801 affecting
any state highway, the action shall require the approval of the
Department of Transportation.
1803. Whenever the legislative body of a city determines that it is
necessary for the more efficient maintenance, construction, or
repair of streets and roads within the city it may contract with the
board of supervisors of any county for the rental, by the city, of
such county's equipment for the maintenance, construction, or repair
of such streets and roads, or for the maintenance, construction, or
repair of such streets and roads by the county.
1804. Every city in the state may construct, maintain, and operate
tunnels for street and highway purposes within and without the
territorial boundaries of the city. As to any such tunnels on state
highways, the approval of the Department of Transportation shall
first be obtained.
1805. The width of all city streets, except state highways,
bridges, alleys, and trails, shall be at least 40 feet, except that
the governing body of any city may, by a resolution passed by a
four-fifths vote of its membership, determine that the public
convenience and necessity demand the acquisition, construction and
maintenance of a street of less than 40 feet and, after such
determination, proceed with the acquisition, construction or
maintenance of any such street. The width of all private highways and
by-roads, except bridges, shall be at least 20 feet. This section
does not require that the width of city streets established or used
as such prior to September 15, 1935, be increased or diminished.
1805.5. On construction under a contract advertised for bids after
July 1, 1973, the legislative body of a city shall install on the
surfaces of city streets upon which the operation of bicycles is
permitted only those types of grates which are not hazardous to
bicycle riders.
1806. (a) No city shall be held liable for failure to maintain any
road until it has been accepted into the city street system in
accordance with subdivision (b) or (c).
(b) Except as provided by Section 989, or by Section 57329 or
57385 of the Government Code, no public or private street or road
shall become a city street or road until the governing body, by
resolution, has caused the street or road to be accepted into the
city street system.
(c) In lieu of the procedure set forth in subdivision (b), the
governing body of a city may, by ordinance, designate a city officer
to accept, on behalf of the governing body, streets and roads or
portions thereof, into the city street system and to record
conveyances to the city of real property interests for street and
road uses and purposes. The designee shall, prior to recording any
conveyance under this section, affix a certificate to the instrument
stating the acceptance into the city street system and designating
the name or number, or both, of the city street or road.
1807. Where the boundary line between two adjacent cities is a
street, and the boundary line itself is in the middle of such street,
or the side of such street, the two adjacent cities, if authorized
by their governing bodies, may enter into a mutual agreement for the
improvement and maintenance of the street which constitutes the
boundary line, and each city may, pursuant to such agreement, expend
funds available to it for the improvement and maintenance of its city
streets.
1808. Where practical or desirable, the legislative body of any
city shall, along any street or highway under its jurisdiction,
possession, or control, replace trees that have been destroyed or
removed because of projects undertaken to widen the street or
highway.
Money received by a city from the Highway Users Tax Fund available
for the widening of streets or highways is also available for the
planting of trees pursuant to this section.
1809. Before any bridge on a city street is constructed over any
navigable river, the legislative body of the city, after a study and
public hearing on the question, shall determine and shall prepare a
report on the feasibility of providing public access to the river for
recreational purposes and a determination as to whether such public
access shall be provided.
1810. A city may acquire, by purchase or eminent domain, property
outside its boundaries in the unincorporated area of the county in
which the city is located, if it is necessary to connect or widen the
existing streets of the acquiring city and if the county consents to
the acquisition.
The portion of the acquired property used to connect or widen a
city street shall be deemed a city street for all purposes.
1810.5. Survey monuments shall be preserved, referenced, or
replaced pursuant to Section 8771 of the Business and Professions
Code.
1812. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the City of South
Lake Tahoe may complete construction of the loop road from city
funds, including preparation of any necessary environmental impact
reports and securing any necessary approval of the Tahoe Regional
Planning Agency.
1813. (a) The provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section
1160) of Chapter 4 of Division 2 for the construction or maintenance
of county roads may be utilized within any city for the construction
and maintenance of city streets. For the purpose of construction or
maintenance of city streets under this section, all references in
that Article 3 to counties and their officers and to county funds,
taxes, and service charges shall be deemed to be references to
cities, city officers, and city funds, taxes, and service charges.
(b) The legislative body of any city may consent to the inclusion
within a permanent road division formed by a county of streets within
the corporate limits of the city, and the board of supervisors of
the county in which the city is located shall then have jurisdiction
over all proceedings taken or to be taken under that Article 3 in the
same manner and to the same extent as if the city streets were
county roads.
(c) This section is an alternative to any other provision of law
that provides for the construction or maintenance of city streets.
