California

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21,845 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 37546 — A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
• § 37547 — The board shall appoint one of its members president.
• § 37548 — The board shall cause a proper record of its proceedings to be kept.
• § 37549 — At its first meeting the board shall cause a certificate to be filed with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, showing the date the museum was established and the names of the trustees and
• § 37550 — The board may make and enforce all regulations necessary for the administration and protection of the museum and museum property.
• § 37551 — If the board determines that the city legislative body has not provided suitable buildings for the museum, it may purchase real property and erect, or rent, and equip such buildings as it deems necess
• § 37552 — The board may administer any trust created for the museum.
• § 37553 — The board may appoint and prescribe the duties and powers of the curator, secretary, and other officers and employees of the museum.
• § 37554 — The board may purchase personal property, including necessary publications and objects of natural or historical value.
• § 37555 — The board may borrow objects of natural or historical value from, lend such objects to, and exchange them with, other museums.
• § 37556 — The board may perform any other act necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of this article.
• § 37560 — If payment into the fund is inconsistent with the conditions of a gift, devise, or bequest, the board shall provide for the preservation of the money and its application to the use of the museum, purs
• § 37561 — Claims upon the fund shall be presented to the board for allowance.
• § 37562 — Subject to rules and regulations of the board, the museum shall be free to the inhabitants and nonresident taxpayers of the city.
• § 37563 — Unless inconsistent with the terms of its acquisition, the title to property acquired for museum purposes vests in the city.
• § 37564 — Upon receiving a petition signed by one-half of the city electors, the legislative body may repeal the ordinance establishing the museum.
• § 37600 — This article applies only to cities where a municipal hospital has not been established.
• § 37601 — Upon receiving a petition signed by 15 percent of the city electors, the legislative body shall submit to the electors at a general or special election the question whether a municipal hospital shall
• § 37602 — If a majority of the votes cast at the election is for the proposition, the municipal hospital is established.
• § 37603 — With the consent of the legislative body, the mayor shall appoint a board of seven hospital trustees to manage the hospital.
• § 37604 — The trustees shall hold office for three years.
• § 37604.1 — The board of trustees shall serve without compensation except that the city council, by resolution adopted by a majority vote of the members of the city council, may authorize the payment of not to ex
• § 37604.2 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term of any member of the board of trustees shall expire if he or she is absent from three consecutive regular meetings, or from three of any five conse
• § 37605 — The board of hospital trustees shall meet at least once a month at the time and place it fixes by resolution.
• § 37606 — (a) Except as provided in this section or Section 37624.
• § 37606.1 — (a) When a municipal hospital established pursuant to this article is managed by a board of trustees that is appointed by the mayor, the city council may meet in a closed session held solely for the p
• § 37607 — The board shall appoint one of its members president.
• § 37608 — The board shall cause a proper record of its proceedings to be kept.
• § 37609 — The board may make and enforce all regulations necessary for the administration, protection, and maintenance of the hospital and hospital property.
• § 37609.1 — (a) The rules of the hospital, established by the board of trustees pursuant to this article, shall include all of the following: (1) Provision for the organization of physicians and surgeons, podiatr
• § 37610 — The board may establish a nurses’ training school in connection with the hospital, prescribe a course of study, and provide for the issuance of diplomas to graduate nurses.
• § 37611 — The board may purchase any property necessary for equipping a hospital and nurses’ home.
• § 37612 — If the board determines that the city legislative body has not provided suitable buildings for the hospital, it may purchase real property and erect, or rent, and equip such buildings as it deems nece
• § 37612.1 — Except as provided in this section, by resolution, the board of trustees of a municipal hospital may authorize the disposition of any surplus property of the municipal hospital at fair market value by
• § 37612.2 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a municipal hospital, or any affiliated nonprofit corporation upon a finding by the board of trustees of the municipal hospital that it will be in the b
• § 37612.3 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon a recommendation by the board of trustees and upon a finding by the city council that it will be in the best interests of the municipal hospital to pro
• § 37613 — The board may administer any trust created for the hospital.
• § 37614 — The board may prescribe the duties and powers of the hospital administrator, secretary, and other officers and employees of the hospital.
• § 37614.1 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a municipal hospital may enter into a contract of employment with a hospital administrator, the duration of which shall not exceed four years, but
• § 37615 — The board may perform any other act necessary to carry out the provisions of this article, including any thing which an individual might do which is necessary for, and to the advantage of, a municipal
• § 37615.1 — Each local municipal hospital shall have and may exercise the following powers: (a) To purchase, receive, have, take, hold, lease, use, and enjoy property of every kind and description within and with
• § 37615.2 — The board of trustees may purchase real property, and erect or rent and equip those buildings or building, room or rooms as may be necessary for the hospital.
• § 37615.3 — The board of trustees shall be responsible for the operation of all hospitals owned or leased by the city, according to the best interests of the public health and shall make and enforce all rules, re
• § 37615.4 — The board of trustees, with the consent of the city council, may provide for the operation and maintenance through tenants of the whole or any part of any municipal hospital acquired or constructed by
• § 37615.5 — (a) The board of trustees may do any of the following when it determines that the action is necessary for the provision of adequate health services to the communities served by the municipal hospital:
• § 37615.6 — Notwithstanding the provisions of the Medical Practice Act, the board of trustees may contract with physicians and surgeons, health care provider groups, and nonprofit corporations for the rendering o
• § 37615.7 — The municipal hospital may maintain membership in any local, state, or national group or association organized and operated for the promotion of the public health and welfare or the advancement of the
• § 37615.8 — The board of trustees may, by resolution, change the name of the municipal hospital.
• § 37616 — On or before July 31st in each year, the board shall report to the legislative body the condition of the hospital on June 30th preceding, with a statement of its proceedings for the year.
• § 37617 — If other provision has not been made for maintenance of the hospital, the legislative body may levy a special tax, pursuant to Article 3.
• § 37618 — Instead of the tax levy, the city legislative body may raise the necessary funds by a bond issue pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 43600) of Chapter 4 of Division 4.
• § 37618.1 — Exclusively for the purpose of securing state insurance of financing for the construction of new health facilities, the expansion, modernization, renovation, remodeling and alteration of existing heal
• § 37618.2 — A municipal hospital may borrow money and incur indebtedness in an amount not to exceed 85 percent of all estimated income and revenue for the current fiscal year, including, but not limited to, tax r
• § 37618.3 — All certificates of indebtedness or other evidence of indebtedness shall be issued after the recommendation by a three-fifths vote of the board of trustees of the hospital and the adoption by a three-
• § 37618.4 — (a) A municipal hospital may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the board of trustees, issue negotiable promissory notes to acquire funds for any municipal hospital purposes subject to the restri
• § 37619 — The revenue derived from the tax and money otherwise acquired for hospital purposes shall be placed in the hospital fund and expended for the purposes of this article.
• § 37620 — If payment into the fund is inconsistent with the conditions of any gift, devise, or bequest, the board shall provide for the preservation of the money, and its application to the use of the hospital,
• § 37621 — The board may issue warrants for payments from the fund after due audit.
• § 37622 — The city treasurer shall pay the warrants without further order.
• § 37623 — Unless inconsistent with the terms of its acquisition, the title to property acquired for hospital purposes vests in the city.
• § 37624 — The board of trustees shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations, or bylaws, providing for appellate review of any action, decision, or recommendation of the medical staff affecting the professional
• § 37624.2 — The governing body or the hearing officer, if one is appointed, shall have the same power with respect to the issuance of subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum as that granted to any agency or hearing o
• § 37624.3 — The governing body of the hospital may order that the hearing pursuant to this article, and hearing on the reports on the hospital medical audit or quality assurance committees, be held in private or
• § 37625 — (a) A member of a municipal hospital’s medical or allied health professional staff who is an officer of the municipal hospital shall not be deemed to be “financially interested,” for purposes of Secti
• § 37650 — This article applies only to cities where a municipal hospital has not been established.
• § 37650.1 — Except as provided in this article, any hospital managed by a city legislative body and organized under this article shall have and may exercise any of the powers granted to hospitals managed by a boa
• § 37650.2 — (a) A city legislative body which operates a municipal hospital pursuant to this article shall meet as the hospital governing body at least once a month at the time and place it fixes by resolution.
• § 37651 — Upon receiving a petition signed by 15 percent of the city electors, the legislative body may submit to the electors at a general or special election the question whether a municipal hospital shall be
• § 37652 — If a majority of the votes cast at the election is for the proposition, the municipal hospital is established.
• § 37653 — The legislative body may acquire real or personal property and construct and equip such buildings as it deems necessary and suitable for the conduct of the hospital.
• § 37654 — The legislative body may maintain the hospital or provide for its operation and maintenance by tenants.
• § 37655 — The legislative body may prescribe rules for the administration of the hospital and the terms upon which patients may be admitted to it.
• § 37656 — (a) The legislative body may appoint and fix the compensation of physicians, surgeons, and necessary officers and employees of the hospital.
• § 37657 — In receiving a money donation, the city may agree to pay the donors interest not exceeding 7 percent a year upon the principal during the lifetime of the donors or the survivor.
• § 37658 — The indebtedness shall be incurred and interest paid pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 43600) of Chapter 4 of Division 4.
• § 37659 — The city may incur a bonded indebtedness pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 43600) of Chapter 4 of Division 4, for the acquisition of real or personal property for the hospital and its con
• § 37660 — Annually the legislative body shall levy and collect a property tax for: (a) The maintenance of the hospital.
• § 37681 — The city legislative body may acquire and maintain cemeteries, situated outside or inside of the city.
• § 37682 — The legislative body may accept contributions of at least fifty dollars ($50) to be held in trust and the income used for the perpetual care of designated plots in the local city or community cemetery
• § 37683 — The legislative body shall appoint the city clerk or a competent resident of the city to administer the fund.
• § 37684 — Money remaining in the fund after expenditures for care of the plots and payment to the person administering the fund shall be used for care of the roads, walks, or other portions of the cemetery.
• § 37685 — If the city disincorporates, the trust fund shall be turned over to the board of supervisors of the county in which the cemetery is located.
• § 38000 — This chapter may be cited as the Park and Playground Act of 1909.
• § 38001 — This chapter shall be liberally construed to promote its objects.
• § 38002 — As used in this chapter, “improvement” includes a public park, urban open-space lands, playground, or library.
• § 38010 — When the public interest or convenience requires, the legislative body may acquire by condemnation land situated in the city for improvements.
• § 38011 — The Improvement Act of 1911, the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913, and the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 may be used by a city for any improvement.
• § 38300 — City officers have the same jurisdiction over city-owned parks, boulevards, golf courses, and playgrounds situated outside the city limits, over streets leading from the city to such places, and over
• § 38302 — The city legislative body may grant franchises for the building and operation of railroads from any point in, or at the exterior boundary of, the city to, in, or through city-owned parks situated outs
• § 38303 — Except as otherwise provided in Section 38302, such franchises shall be granted pursuant to Part 4, Title 4, Division 1, of the Civil Code and Chapter 578 of the Statutes of 1905.
• § 38304 — The legislative body of any city may lay out, open, construct, maintain, and control all roads, streets, and boulevards necessary or requisite for the purpose of connecting the city with any city-owne
• § 38400 — As used in this article, “original dedicator” includes any person, or that person’s successors and assigns, who has dedicated any land in the city for use as a public park.
• § 38401 — “Abutting property” includes any property adjoining, or fronting on the park.
• § 38402 — As used in this article, “interested person” means any person owning an interest in the park or the land embraced within it as reversioner, remainderman, abutting property owner, or otherwise.
• § 38403 — The legislative body may abandon a park and sell the land comprising it pursuant to this article when: (a) A plat or map of a town site has been recorded in the county recorder’s office purporting to
• § 38404 — Proceedings are initiated when the legislative body adopts a resolution of intention, describing the park and the property to be acquired from the sale proceeds, and fixing a time at least thirty days
• § 38405 — The resolution shall be published once a week for at least the three weeks before the day fixed for final action, in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city, or if there is none, in a
• § 38406 — At the time fixed, the legislative body shall meet and hear and pass on protests to abandonment of the park.
• § 38407 — If the original dedicator or the owners of a majority of the lots abutting on the park protest in writing, or the legislative body sustains the protests made at the meeting, the proceedings shall term
• § 38408 — If the original dedicator does not protest, the majority of such owners do not protest in writing, and the other protests are overruled, the legislative body has jurisdiction to order the park abandon
• § 38409 — Upon ordering the park abandoned, the legislative body shall appoint and fix the compensation of three appraisers to assess the damages to abutting property owners.
• § 38410 — The appraisers shall proceed with diligence to determine the damages which will result to each parcel of abutting property, and file a written report of their findings with the legislative body.
• § 38411 — Without delay the clerk shall give notice of the filing, stating the time and place the report will be considered by the legislative body, and require any person interested to show cause why the repor
• § 38412 — The notice shall be published for at least two weeks before the meeting in a newspaper published in the city, or if there is none, it shall be posted in three public places in the city for two weeks b
• § 38413 — At the time fixed, the legislative body shall pass on the report and any objections that are made to it.
• § 38414 — Upon adoption of the report, warrants shall be drawn in favor of the owners to whom damages are allowed in the amount specified in the report.
• § 38415 — The legislative body may employ and fix the compensation of such legal or other assistants as it deems necessary to sell the land for the best advantage to the city.
• § 38416 — The legislative body may determine when and at what price or terms the land or any part of it will be sold.
• § 38417 — When authorized by a majority vote of the legislative body, the mayor and clerk shall sign, acknowledge, and deliver a deed to the land in the name and under the seal of the city.
• § 38418 — The sale proceeds shall be deposited in the city treasury in a special fund and used exclusively for the payment of damages and the purchase and improvement of other public grounds.
• § 38440 — A city may discontinue and abandon the use as a public park of any land owned in fee by it and dedicated or placed in such use by such city, and thereafter dispose of the land, pursuant to this articl
• § 38441 — Without a special election, the legislative body may convey a minor portion of such a park in exchange for an equal or greater area or value of privately owned land contiguous to the park after: (a) N
• § 38442 — Except as provided in Section 38441, this article shall not be construed to authorize: (a) A discontinuance and abandonment, or change in the use, of such lands which will cause the reversion of the l
• § 38443 — Proceedings are initiated when the legislative body adopts a resolution declaring that public interest or convenience requires the discontinuance of the use of such land as a public park, and that the
• § 38444 — The resolution shall: (a) Contain an accurate description of the lands.
• § 38445 — The city clerk shall cause the resolution to be published twice in a daily newspaper published and circulated in the city, or if there is none, twice in a weekly or semiweekly newspaper so published a
• § 38446 — The park superintendent or another person designated by the legislative body shall cause at least three notices of the adoption of the resolution to be posted conspicuously not more than three hundred
• § 38447 — The posted notices shall be headed: “Notice of proposed discontinuance of public park land” in legible characters, state the date of adoption of the resolution, and recite the facts contained in the r
• § 38448 — At any time before the hour set for the hearing, any person or persons interested may protest in writing against the proposed abandonment and discontinuance, or to the extent thereof.
• § 38449 — At the time set for the hearing or to which it is postponed, the legislative body shall hear and pass upon all such protests.
• § 38450 — Protests are sustained unless overruled by two-thirds vote of the legislative body.
• § 38451 — If a majority of the electors voting on the proposition are in favor of it, the legislative body shall adopt an ordinance declaring that use of the land described in the ordinance calling the election
• § 38452 — If less than a majority of such electors vote for it, the legislative body shall not initiate proceedings for discontinuance of the use of such land for park purposes for one year after the election.
• § 38460 — When the ordinance becomes effective, the land described in it is deemed held by the city in fee.
• § 38461 — If the land was acquired by money derived from bonds authorized for park purposes, and the land sold, the reasonable market value of the land at the time of adoption of the ordinance shall be transfer
• § 38462 — Except as permitted by general laws allowing diversions of bond funds, money so transferred shall be devoted only to the purposes for which the bonds were authorized.
• § 38501 — The legislative body may abandon all or any portion of a park and sell the land comprising it pursuant to this article, if it finds that all or any portion of the purported park has not been used by t
• § 38502 — If the land comprising all or any part of such park has been purchased from funds realized from the sale of bonds of a bond issue authorized for the purpose of acquiring the land for park purposes, th
• § 38503 — Before abandoning all or a part of such park, the legislative body shall adopt a resolution of intention, describing the park or the portion of it proposed to be abandoned and fixing a time, at least
• § 38504 — The resolution shall be published pursuant to Section 6063 in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city or, if there is none, in any newspaper designated by the legislative body which i
• § 38505 — At the time stated in the resolution, the legislative body shall meet, and hear and pass on objections to the abandonment of all or a portion of the park.
• § 38506 — If all objections are overruled, the legislative body has jurisdiction to order all or any portion of the park abandoned and the land sold.
• § 38507 — The legislative body may employ any legal or other assistants that it deems necessary to sell the land for the best advantage of the city, and may fix and pay their compensation.
• § 38508 — The legislative body may order the land sold in one block or in lots or parcels, for cash or on credit, as it deems most advantageous to the city.
• § 38509 — When authorized by a majority vote of the legislative body, the mayor and the city clerk shall sign, acknowledge, and deliver a deed to the land or part sold in the name and under the seal of the city
• § 38510 — No abandonment or sale of a park pursuant to this article shall affect any private easement or other right in lands acquired or owned by any private person or corporation, nor shall such abandonment o
• § 38600 — The legislative body of a city may provide fire engines and all other necessary or proper apparatus for the prevention and extinguishment of fires.
• § 38601 — The legislative body of a city may: (a) Establish and maintain fire limits.
• § 38611 — The legislative body of a city organized under general law shall establish a fire department for the city.
• § 38630 — (a) The police department of a city is under the control of the chief of police.
• § 38631 — The legislative body of a city may delegate to either the chief of police of the city or the city manager the authority to: (a) Appoint one or more police officers.
• § 38634 — In every city having a regularly organized paid police force, the city legislative body or other body having the management and control of the police force shall grant every member of the force an ann
• § 38635 — Leaves of absence shall be so arranged as not to interfere with the police protection of the city.
• § 38636 — Leaves of absence granted for sickness or injuries received in the discharge of duty are not a part of the annual leave of absence.
• § 38637 — A deduction shall not be made from the pay of any police officer granted leave of absence pursuant to this article.
• § 38638 — The mayor or other officer in control of the police force in a city shall direct a sufficient number of peace officers to attend and keep order at any public meeting in the city at which, in his or he
• § 38660 — The legislative body of a city may: (a) Regulate the construction of and the materials used in all buildings, chimneys, stacks, and other structures and in foundations and foundation walls.
• § 38730 — A city may acquire by gift, purchase, or condemnation, water, water rights, reservoir sites, rights of way for pipes, aqueducts, flumes, or other conduits, and all other property and appliances suitab
• § 38731 — Two or more cities may jointly acquire and develop a source of water supply for municipal and domestic purposes and construct the works necessary for their joint and several purposes and needs.
• § 38732 — When a city legislative body deems it advisable to investigate the desirability of joint action with any other city for acquiring and maintaining a water supply, the legislative body shall pass a reso
• § 38733 — The commissioners from the several cities shall meet and consider the desirability of the joint acquisition and development of a water supply and the plans and terms they deem feasible and equitable.
• § 38734 — If the legislative bodies approve the plans and terms reported by the commissioners, they shall declare their approval by resolution and submit them to the qualified voters of their respective cities
• § 38735 — If the terms and plans are approved by a majority of the voters voting on the proposition at the election, the cities may begin developing or acquiring the water supply in accordance with the plans an
• § 38736 — Any city may issue bonds to complete the acquisition of a water supply jointly with other cities.
• § 38737 — Joint ownership and costs shall be restricted to those portions of the sources and works which are common to all the cities served.
• § 38738 — The apportionment of all costs of acquisition, construction, operation, and maintenance of the joint properties shall be made upon the basis of the amount of water proposed to be apportioned to the se
• § 38739 — The total costs of works which exclusively serve one city shall be borne by that city exclusively.
• § 38740 — The plans and terms or other agreement for acquiring the water supply may be modified by agreement between the cities, as declared by the legislative bodies.
• § 38741 — Before a resolution or ordinance relating to the joint acquisition of a water supply is binding upon a city, it shall be approved by the mayor or passed over the mayor’s veto pursuant to the charter p
• § 38742 — The legislative body of any city may: (a) Contract for supplying the city with water for municipal purposes.
• § 38743 — A city may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753, fix, on or before the first day of July in each calendar year, an annual water service standby or immediate availa
• § 38744 — If any water standby charge authorized to be collected pursuant to Section 38743 remains unpaid on the first day of the month before the month in which the board of supervisors of the county in which
• § 38745 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the city council of a city may, by resolution, establish zones or areas of benefit within the city for purposes of restricting the imposition of the water s
• § 38750 — Any city which owns and operates a waterworks system, or any part of such a system, may sell, lease, or otherwise transfer the control or management of the system, or the portion thereof, to any munic
• § 38751 — If the legislative body of the city determines that it is for the best interests of the city to sell, lease, or otherwise transfer the control or management of its waterworks system, or portion thereo
• § 38752 — The ordinance shall specify the price, the yearly or monthly rental, or if the transfer and control of the waterworks system is to be made upon terms, the ordinance shall briefly state the terms.
• § 38753 — The ordinance shall also state such conditions and stipulations as the legislative body determines necessary to a proper understanding of the transaction, and may refer to the proposed form of contrac
• § 38754 — The ordinance shall be published weekly for at least four weeks in a newspaper published in the city, or if there is no such newspaper it shall be posted in three public places in the city for three w
• § 38755 — The ordinance is subject to referendum in the same manner as other ordinances.
• § 38756 — The sale, lease, or transfer on terms shall be for a valuable consideration, which shall be agreed upon between the legislative body of the city and the board of directors of the municipal water distr
• § 38757 — The contract or deed shall be executed on behalf of the city by its mayor.
• § 38758 — If the transaction is a sale, either for cash or after the completion of installment payments, the deed conveys to the municipal water district the full title to the property described.
• § 38759 — If an action or proceeding is brought in any court by the city, or any taxpayer or other person on its behalf, or by any person having an interest in the transaction, for the purpose of setting the tr
• § 38771 — By ordinance the city legislative body may declare what constitutes a nuisance.
• § 38772 — (a) The legislative body of a city, county, or city and county may provide for the summary abatement of any nuisance resulting from the defacement of the property of another by graffiti or any other i
• § 38773 — The legislative body may provide for the summary abatement of any nuisance at the expense of the persons creating, causing, committing, or maintaining it and by ordinance may make the expense of abate
• § 38773.1 — (a) The legislative body may by ordinance establish a procedure to collect abatement and related administrative costs by a nuisance abatement lien.
• § 38773.2 — (a) The legislative body of a city, county, or city and county may, by ordinance, establish a procedure to collect abatement and related administrative costs incurred in the summary abatement of any n
• § 38773.5 — (a) As an alternative to the procedure authorized by Section 38773.
• § 38773.6 — (a) As an alternative to the procedure specified in Section 38773.
• § 38773.7 — The legislative body, by ordinance, may provide that upon entry of a second or subsequent civil or criminal judgment within a two-year period finding that an owner of property or a person described in
• § 38774 — The legislative body may: (a) Regulate the exhibition, posting, or carrying of banners, placards, posters, cards, pictures, signs, or advertisements in or on the street, or on or upon buildings, fence
• § 38775 — The legislative body may prohibit and prevent encroachments upon or obstruction in or to any sidewalks, street, alley, lane, court, park, or other public place and provide for the removal of such encr
• § 38780 — A city by ordinance may provide that prior to the sale or exchange of any residential building, the owner or the owner’s authorized agent shall obtain from the city a report of the residential buildin
• § 38781 — The report of residential building record shall be delivered by the owner, or the authorized agent of the owner, to the buyer or transferee of the residential building prior to the consummation of the
• § 38782 — The ordinance may require payment of a reasonable fee by the owner, or the owner’s authorized agent, for the issuance of the reports.
• § 38783 — The ordinance shall provide that it shall be unlawful for the owner of a residential building to sell or exchange same without first having obtained and delivered to the buyer a report of residential
• § 38784 — This article shall not apply to the first sale of a residential building located in a subdivision whose final map has been approved and recorded in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act not more tha
• § 38785 — No sale or exchange of residential property shall be invalidated solely because of the failure of any person to comply with any provision of an ordinance adopted pursuant to this article unless such f
• § 38790 — By gift, purchase, or condemnation any city may acquire land within the county where the city is located for garbage disposal sites and rights of way for roadways to the site.
• § 38790.1 — Any city collecting garbage fees or charges may collect delinquent fees or charges in the manner provided in Section 25831 for counties.
• § 38791 — By ordinance the legislative body of a city may provide for a chief executive who, during periods of great public calamity such as extraordinary fire, flood, storm, epidemic, earthquake, sabotage or e
• § 38792 — (a) The legislative body of a city may impose and collect a license fee for a period not to exceed two years and not exceeding the cost of services relating to dogs, including, but not limited to, ani
• § 38793 — As a means of implementing a municipal underground utility district formed to remove existing overhead utility lines and to require property owners of the district, served by such lines, to prepare th
• § 38794 — The legislative body of a city may contract for ambulance service to serve the residents of the city as convenience requires.
• § 38900 — A city legislative body may construct, establish, and maintain drains and sewers.
• § 38901 — A city may reclaim public and private lands therein by levees, bulkheads, breakwaters, fills, embankments, basins, drains, canals, excavations, sluices, pipes, watergates, pumping plants, and all work
• § 38902 — A city may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753, fix an annual sewer service standby or immediate availability charge to be applied on an area or frontage or parce
• § 39501 — The legislative body may compel the owner, lessee, or occupant of buildings, grounds, or lots to remove dirt, rubbish, weeds, and rank growths from buildings or grounds and adjacent sidewalks.
• § 39502 — By ordinance the legislative body may: (a) Require and provide for the removal of grass, weeds, or other obstructions from the sidewalks, parkings, or streets and make the cost of removal a lien upon