22520. The definitions contained in this article govern the
construction of this part unless the context otherwise requires. The
definition of a word or phrase applies to any variants thereof.
22521. "Assessment district" means an assessment district formed
pursuant to this part.
22522. "Clerk" means the clerk or secretary of a local agency or
its legislative body.
22523. "Engineer" means the city engineer, county engineer,
engineer of the district, or any other person designated by the
legislative body as the engineer for the purposes of this part,
including any officer, board, or employee of the local agency or any
private person or firm specially employed by the local agency as
engineer for the purposes of this part.
22524. "Fiscal year" means a 12-month period commencing on July 1
and ending on the following June 30.
22525. "Improvement" means one or any combination of the following:
(a) The installation or planting of landscaping.
(b) The installation or construction of statuary, fountains, and
other ornamental structures and facilities.
(c) The installation or construction of public lighting
facilities, including, but not limited to, traffic signals.
(d) The installation or construction of any facilities which are
appurtenant to any of the foregoing or which are necessary or
convenient for the maintenance or servicing thereof, including, but
not limited to, grading, clearing, removal of debris, the
installation or construction of curbs, gutters, walls, sidewalks, or
paving, or water, irrigation, drainage, or electrical facilities.
(e) The installation of park or recreational improvements,
including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(1) Land preparation, such as grading, leveling, cutting and
filling, sod, landscaping, irrigation systems, sidewalks, and
drainage.
(2) Lights, playground equipment, play courts, and public
restrooms.
(f) The maintenance or servicing, or both, of any of the
foregoing.
(g) The acquisition of land for park, recreational, or open-space
purposes.
(h) The acquisition of any existing improvement otherwise
authorized pursuant to this section.
(i) The acquisition or construction of any community center,
municipal auditorium or hall, or similar public facility for the
indoor presentation of performances, shows, stage productions, fairs,
conventions, exhibitions, pageants, meetings, parties, or other
group events, activities, or functions, whether those events,
activities, or functions are public or private.
22526. "Incidental expenses" include all of the following:
(a) The costs of preparation of the report, including plans,
specifications, estimates, diagram, and assessment.
(b) The costs of printing, advertising, and the giving of
published, posted, and mailed notices.
(c) Compensation payable to the county for collection of
assessments.
(d) Compensation of any engineer or attorney employed to render
services in proceedings pursuant to this part.
(e) Any other expenses incidental to the construction,
installation, or maintenance and servicing of the improvements.
(f) Any expenses incidental to the issuance of bonds or notes
pursuant to Section 22662.5.
(g) Costs associated with any elections held for the approval of a
new or increased assessment.
22527. "Including," unless expressly limited, means including
without limitation.
22528. "Landscaping" means trees, shrubs, grass, or other
ornamental vegetation.
22529. "Legislative body" means the legislative body or governing
board of any local agency.
22530. "Local agency" means a county, a city and county, a city, a
special district, or an agency or entity created pursuant to Article
1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title
1 of the Government Code and made up solely of local agencies whose
annual taxes are carried on the county assessment roll and are
collected by the county.
22531. "Maintain" or "maintenance" means the furnishing of services
and materials for the ordinary and usual maintenance, operation, and
servicing of any improvement, including:
(a) Repair, removal, or replacement of all or any part of any
improvement.
(b) Providing for the life, growth, health, and beauty of
landscaping, including cultivation, irrigation, trimming, spraying,
fertilizing, or treating for disease or injury.
(c) The removal of trimmings, rubbish, debris, and other solid
waste.
(d) The cleaning, sandblasting, and painting of walls and other
improvements to remove or cover graffiti.
22532. "Property owner" means: any person shown as the owner of
land on the last equalized county assessment roll; when such person
is no longer the owner, then any person entitled to be shown as owner
on the next county assessment roll, if such person is known to the
local agency; where land is subject to a recorded written agreement
of sale, any person shown therein as purchaser.
22533. "Public agency" means the state or federal governments, any
city, city and county, county, or other public corporation formed
pursuant to charter, general law, or special act, for the performance
of governmental or proprietary functions within limited boundaries
and any department, board, commission, independent agency, or
instrumentality of any of the foregoing.
22534. "Public lighting facilities" means all works or improvements
used or useful for the lighting of any public places, including
ornamental standards, luminaires, poles, supports, tunnels, manholes,
vaults, conduits, pipes, wires, conductors, guys, stubs, platforms,
braces, transformers, insulators, contacts, switches, capacitors,
meters, communication circuits, appliances, attachments, and
appurtenances.
22535. "Public places" means one or any combination of the
following:
(a) Any public street, highway, road, alley, lane, boulevard,
parkway, or other way dedicated to or used for public use.
(b) Any public property, right-of-way, or leasehold interest which
is in use in the performance of a public function and which adjoins
any of the ways described in subdivision (a).
22536. "Public utility" means any public utility subject to the
jurisdiction of and regulated by the Public Utilities Commission.
22537. "Resolution" includes an ordinance.
22538. "Service" or "servicing" means the furnishing of:
(a) Electric current or energy, gas, or other illuminating agent
for any public lighting facilities or for the lighting or operation
of any other improvements.
(b) Water for the irrigation of any landscaping, the operation of
any fountains, or the maintenance of any other improvements.
22539. "Special district" means any public corporation, other than
a county or a city, formed pursuant to general law or special act for
the local performance of governmental or proprietary functions
within limited boundaries and which is authorized by such law or act
to make any of the improvements or to furnish the maintenance or
services provided for in this part.
22540. "Treasurer" means the treasurer of a local agency.
22520. The definitions contained in this article govern the
construction of this part unless the context otherwise requires. The
definition of a word or phrase applies to any variants thereof.
22521. "Assessment district" means an assessment district formed
pursuant to this part.
22522. "Clerk" means the clerk or secretary of a local agency or
its legislative body.
22523. "Engineer" means the city engineer, county engineer,
engineer of the district, or any other person designated by the
legislative body as the engineer for the purposes of this part,
including any officer, board, or employee of the local agency or any
private person or firm specially employed by the local agency as
engineer for the purposes of this part.
22524. "Fiscal year" means a 12-month period commencing on July 1
and ending on the following June 30.
22525. "Improvement" means one or any combination of the following:
(a) The installation or planting of landscaping.
(b) The installation or construction of statuary, fountains, and
other ornamental structures and facilities.
(c) The installation or construction of public lighting
facilities, including, but not limited to, traffic signals.
(d) The installation or construction of any facilities which are
appurtenant to any of the foregoing or which are necessary or
convenient for the maintenance or servicing thereof, including, but
not limited to, grading, clearing, removal of debris, the
installation or construction of curbs, gutters, walls, sidewalks, or
paving, or water, irrigation, drainage, or electrical facilities.
(e) The installation of park or recreational improvements,
including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(1) Land preparation, such as grading, leveling, cutting and
filling, sod, landscaping, irrigation systems, sidewalks, and
drainage.
(2) Lights, playground equipment, play courts, and public
restrooms.
(f) The maintenance or servicing, or both, of any of the
foregoing.
(g) The acquisition of land for park, recreational, or open-space
purposes.
(h) The acquisition of any existing improvement otherwise
authorized pursuant to this section.
(i) The acquisition or construction of any community center,
municipal auditorium or hall, or similar public facility for the
indoor presentation of performances, shows, stage productions, fairs,
conventions, exhibitions, pageants, meetings, parties, or other
group events, activities, or functions, whether those events,
activities, or functions are public or private.
22526. "Incidental expenses" include all of the following:
(a) The costs of preparation of the report, including plans,
specifications, estimates, diagram, and assessment.
(b) The costs of printing, advertising, and the giving of
published, posted, and mailed notices.
(c) Compensation payable to the county for collection of
assessments.
(d) Compensation of any engineer or attorney employed to render
services in proceedings pursuant to this part.
(e) Any other expenses incidental to the construction,
installation, or maintenance and servicing of the improvements.
(f) Any expenses incidental to the issuance of bonds or notes
pursuant to Section 22662.5.
(g) Costs associated with any elections held for the approval of a
new or increased assessment.
22527. "Including," unless expressly limited, means including
without limitation.
22528. "Landscaping" means trees, shrubs, grass, or other
ornamental vegetation.
22529. "Legislative body" means the legislative body or governing
board of any local agency.
22530. "Local agency" means a county, a city and county, a city, a
special district, or an agency or entity created pursuant to Article
1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title
1 of the Government Code and made up solely of local agencies whose
annual taxes are carried on the county assessment roll and are
collected by the county.
22531. "Maintain" or "maintenance" means the furnishing of services
and materials for the ordinary and usual maintenance, operation, and
servicing of any improvement, including:
(a) Repair, removal, or replacement of all or any part of any
improvement.
(b) Providing for the life, growth, health, and beauty of
landscaping, including cultivation, irrigation, trimming, spraying,
fertilizing, or treating for disease or injury.
(c) The removal of trimmings, rubbish, debris, and other solid
waste.
(d) The cleaning, sandblasting, and painting of walls and other
improvements to remove or cover graffiti.
22532. "Property owner" means: any person shown as the owner of
land on the last equalized county assessment roll; when such person
is no longer the owner, then any person entitled to be shown as owner
on the next county assessment roll, if such person is known to the
local agency; where land is subject to a recorded written agreement
of sale, any person shown therein as purchaser.
22533. "Public agency" means the state or federal governments, any
city, city and county, county, or other public corporation formed
pursuant to charter, general law, or special act, for the performance
of governmental or proprietary functions within limited boundaries
and any department, board, commission, independent agency, or
instrumentality of any of the foregoing.
22534. "Public lighting facilities" means all works or improvements
used or useful for the lighting of any public places, including
ornamental standards, luminaires, poles, supports, tunnels, manholes,
vaults, conduits, pipes, wires, conductors, guys, stubs, platforms,
braces, transformers, insulators, contacts, switches, capacitors,
meters, communication circuits, appliances, attachments, and
appurtenances.
22535. "Public places" means one or any combination of the
following:
(a) Any public street, highway, road, alley, lane, boulevard,
parkway, or other way dedicated to or used for public use.
(b) Any public property, right-of-way, or leasehold interest which
is in use in the performance of a public function and which adjoins
any of the ways described in subdivision (a).
22536. "Public utility" means any public utility subject to the
jurisdiction of and regulated by the Public Utilities Commission.
22537. "Resolution" includes an ordinance.
22538. "Service" or "servicing" means the furnishing of:
(a) Electric current or energy, gas, or other illuminating agent
for any public lighting facilities or for the lighting or operation
of any other improvements.
(b) Water for the irrigation of any landscaping, the operation of
any fountains, or the maintenance of any other improvements.
22539. "Special district" means any public corporation, other than
a county or a city, formed pursuant to general law or special act for
the local performance of governmental or proprietary functions
within limited boundaries and which is authorized by such law or act
to make any of the improvements or to furnish the maintenance or
services provided for in this part.
22540. "Treasurer" means the treasurer of a local agency.
22520. The definitions contained in this article govern the
construction of this part unless the context otherwise requires. The
definition of a word or phrase applies to any variants thereof.
22521. "Assessment district" means an assessment district formed
pursuant to this part.
22522. "Clerk" means the clerk or secretary of a local agency or
its legislative body.
22523. "Engineer" means the city engineer, county engineer,
engineer of the district, or any other person designated by the
legislative body as the engineer for the purposes of this part,
including any officer, board, or employee of the local agency or any
private person or firm specially employed by the local agency as
engineer for the purposes of this part.
22524. "Fiscal year" means a 12-month period commencing on July 1
and ending on the following June 30.
22525. "Improvement" means one or any combination of the following:
(a) The installation or planting of landscaping.
(b) The installation or construction of statuary, fountains, and
other ornamental structures and facilities.
(c) The installation or construction of public lighting
facilities, including, but not limited to, traffic signals.
(d) The installation or construction of any facilities which are
appurtenant to any of the foregoing or which are necessary or
convenient for the maintenance or servicing thereof, including, but
not limited to, grading, clearing, removal of debris, the
installation or construction of curbs, gutters, walls, sidewalks, or
paving, or water, irrigation, drainage, or electrical facilities.
(e) The installation of park or recreational improvements,
including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(1) Land preparation, such as grading, leveling, cutting and
filling, sod, landscaping, irrigation systems, sidewalks, and
drainage.
(2) Lights, playground equipment, play courts, and public
restrooms.
(f) The maintenance or servicing, or both, of any of the
foregoing.
(g) The acquisition of land for park, recreational, or open-space
purposes.
(h) The acquisition of any existing improvement otherwise
authorized pursuant to this section.
(i) The acquisition or construction of any community center,
municipal auditorium or hall, or similar public facility for the
indoor presentation of performances, shows, stage productions, fairs,
conventions, exhibitions, pageants, meetings, parties, or other
group events, activities, or functions, whether those events,
activities, or functions are public or private.
22526. "Incidental expenses" include all of the following:
(a) The costs of preparation of the report, including plans,
specifications, estimates, diagram, and assessment.
(b) The costs of printing, advertising, and the giving of
published, posted, and mailed notices.
(c) Compensation payable to the county for collection of
assessments.
(d) Compensation of any engineer or attorney employed to render
services in proceedings pursuant to this part.
(e) Any other expenses incidental to the construction,
installation, or maintenance and servicing of the improvements.
(f) Any expenses incidental to the issuance of bonds or notes
pursuant to Section 22662.5.
(g) Costs associated with any elections held for the approval of a
new or increased assessment.
22527. "Including," unless expressly limited, means including
without limitation.
22528. "Landscaping" means trees, shrubs, grass, or other
ornamental vegetation.
22529. "Legislative body" means the legislative body or governing
board of any local agency.
22530. "Local agency" means a county, a city and county, a city, a
special district, or an agency or entity created pursuant to Article
1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title
1 of the Government Code and made up solely of local agencies whose
annual taxes are carried on the county assessment roll and are
collected by the county.
22531. "Maintain" or "maintenance" means the furnishing of services
and materials for the ordinary and usual maintenance, operation, and
servicing of any improvement, including:
(a) Repair, removal, or replacement of all or any part of any
improvement.
(b) Providing for the life, growth, health, and beauty of
landscaping, including cultivation, irrigation, trimming, spraying,
fertilizing, or treating for disease or injury.
(c) The removal of trimmings, rubbish, debris, and other solid
waste.
(d) The cleaning, sandblasting, and painting of walls and other
improvements to remove or cover graffiti.
22532. "Property owner" means: any person shown as the owner of
land on the last equalized county assessment roll; when such person
is no longer the owner, then any person entitled to be shown as owner
on the next county assessment roll, if such person is known to the
local agency; where land is subject to a recorded written agreement
of sale, any person shown therein as purchaser.
22533. "Public agency" means the state or federal governments, any
city, city and county, county, or other public corporation formed
pursuant to charter, general law, or special act, for the performance
of governmental or proprietary functions within limited boundaries
and any department, board, commission, independent agency, or
instrumentality of any of the foregoing.
22534. "Public lighting facilities" means all works or improvements
used or useful for the lighting of any public places, including
ornamental standards, luminaires, poles, supports, tunnels, manholes,
vaults, conduits, pipes, wires, conductors, guys, stubs, platforms,
braces, transformers, insulators, contacts, switches, capacitors,
meters, communication circuits, appliances, attachments, and
appurtenances.
22535. "Public places" means one or any combination of the
following:
(a) Any public street, highway, road, alley, lane, boulevard,
parkway, or other way dedicated to or used for public use.
(b) Any public property, right-of-way, or leasehold interest which
is in use in the performance of a public function and which adjoins
any of the ways described in subdivision (a).
22536. "Public utility" means any public utility subject to the
jurisdiction of and regulated by the Public Utilities Commission.
22537. "Resolution" includes an ordinance.
22538. "Service" or "servicing" means the furnishing of:
(a) Electric current or energy, gas, or other illuminating agent
for any public lighting facilities or for the lighting or operation
of any other improvements.
(b) Water for the irrigation of any landscaping, the operation of
any fountains, or the maintenance of any other improvements.
22539. "Special district" means any public corporation, other than
a county or a city, formed pursuant to general law or special act for
the local performance of governmental or proprietary functions
within limited boundaries and which is authorized by such law or act
to make any of the improvements or to furnish the maintenance or
services provided for in this part.
22540. "Treasurer" means the treasurer of a local agency.
