California

Streets and Highways Code - SHC

4,632 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 36737 — (a) The city council may, by resolution, determine and declare that bonds shall be issued to finance the estimated cost of some or all of the proposed improvements described in the resolution of forma
• § 36740 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, an owners’ association shall comply with the Ralph M.
• § 36741 — (a) The owners’ association shall cause to be prepared a report for each fiscal year, except the first year, for which assessments are to be levied and collected to pay the costs of the improvements a
• § 36742 — The management district plan may, but is not required to, state that an owners’ association will provide the improvements or activities described in the management district plan.
• § 36743 — (a) Any district previously established whose term has expired, may be renewed by following the procedures for establishment as provided in this chapter.
• § 36744 — (a) Any district established or extended pursuant to the provisions of this part, where there is no indebtedness, outstanding and unpaid, incurred to accomplish any of the purposes of the district, ma
• § 36745 — (a) Upon the disestablishment of a district, any remaining revenues, after all outstanding debts are paid, derived from the levy of assessments, or derived from the sale of assets acquired with the re
• § 368 — (a) Route 68 is from: (1) Asilomar State Beach to Route 1.
• § 370 — Route 70 is from: (a) Route 99 near Catlett Road to Route 20 in Marysville.
• § 371 — Route 71 is from Route 57 to Route 91 via Pomona and Chino Hills.
• § 372 — Route 72 is from Route 39 to Route 605 in Whittier, except as follows: (a) Route 72 shall cease to be a state highway when Route 90 freeway is completed from Route 5 to Route 39.
• § 373 — Route 73 is from Route 5 near San Juan Capistrano to Route 405 via the San Joaquin Hills.
• § 374 — (a) Route 74 is from: (1) Route 5 near San Juan Capistrano to Route 15 near Lake Elsinore.
• § 375 — (a) Route 75 is from Route 5 to Route 5 via the Silver Strand and the San Diego-Coronado Toll Bridge.
• § 376 — (a) Route 76 is from Route 5 near Oceanside to Route 79 near Lake Henshaw.
• § 377 — Route 77 is from: (a) Route 880 near 42nd Avenue to a connection with Route 580 near High Street in Oakland.
• § 378 — Route 78 is from: (a) Route 5 near Oceanside to Route 15 near Escondido.
• § 379 — (a) Route 79 is from: (1) Route 8 near Descanso to Route 78 near Julian.
• § 380 — Route 80 is from: (a) Route 101 near Division Street in San Francisco to Route 280 near First Street in San Francisco.
• § 380.1 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) It is in the interest of the well-being of the traveling public in the state to bring the ramps connecting Yerba Buena Island to the San Franc
• § 380.3 — There will be increased motor vehicle traffic on San Pablo Avenue in the County of Contra Costa and the Cities of El Cerrito, Richmond, San Pablo, Pinole, and Hercules because traffic will be detoured
• § 380.4 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there will be increased traffic on San Pablo Avenue in the Cities of Richmond, San Pablo, Pinole, Hercules, and El Cerrito, and other portions of San Pablo
• § 381 — Route 81 is from Route 215 east of Riverside to Route 15 south of Devore.
• § 382 — (a) Route 82 is from Route 880 in San Jose to Route 280 in San Francisco.
• § 383 — (a) Route 83 is from Route 71 to Route 10 near the City of Upland.
• § 384 — (a) Route 84 is from: (1) Route 1 near San Gregorio to Route 101 at Woodside Road in Redwood City.
• § 384.1 — The inclusion of Route 84 from Route 238 to Route 680 near Sunol in the state scenic highway system pursuant to Section 263.
• § 385 — Route 85 is from Route 101 near Bernal Road in San Jose to Route 101 near Moffett Boulevard in Mountain View.
• § 386 — (a) Route 86 is from: (1) Route 111 to Route 8 near El Centro.
• § 387 — Route 87 is from: (a) Route 85 in the vicinity of Santa Teresa Boulevard to Route 101 in the vicinity of Guadalupe River.
• § 388 — Route 88 is from: (a) Route 99 near Stockton to Route 49 passing south of Ione.
• § 389 — Route 89 is from: (a) Route 395 near Coleville to Route 88 via the vicinity of Markleeville.
• § 390 — (a) Route 90 is from Route 1 northwest of the Los Angeles International Airport to Route 91 in Santa Ana Canyon passing near La Habra, except for the portion within the city limits of Yorba Linda.
• § 391 — Route 91 is from: (a) Vermont Avenue at the eastern city limits of Gardena to Route 215 in Riverside via Santa Ana Canyon.
• § 392 — (a) Route 92 is from: (1) Route 1 near Half Moon Bay to Route 280.
• § 393 — Route 93 is from: (a) Route 77 near Moraga to Route 24 near Orinda.
• § 394 — Route 94 is from Route 5 near San Diego to Route 8 west of Jacumba via Campo.
• § 395 — Route 95 is from: (a) Route 10 near Blythe to Route 40 near Needles.
• § 396 — Route 96 is from Route 299 near Willow Creek via the vicinity of Weitchpec to Route 5 near the confluence of the Shasta and Klamath Rivers.
• § 397 — Route 97 is from Route 5 in Weed to the Oregon state line near Dorris.
• § 398 — Route 98 is from Route 8 near Coyote Wells to Route 8 via Calexico.
• § 399 — Route 99 is from: (a) Route 5 south of Bakersfield to Route 50 in Sacramento.
• § 400 — Route 100 is from the junction of Routes 1 and 17 to Route 1 west of the San Lorenzo River via the beach area in Santa Cruz.
• § 401 — Route 101 is from: (a) Route 5 near Seventh Street in Los Angeles to Route 1, Funston approach, and, subject to Section 72.
• § 402 — Route 102 is from Route 5 near Elkhorn to Route 80 near Auburn.
• § 403 — Route 103 is from Route 47 in Los Angeles to Route 1.
• § 404 — Route 104 is from: (a) Route 99 near Arno to Route 88 near Ione.
• § 405 — Route 105 is from Pershing Drive near El Segundo to Route 605.
• § 405.1 — The department may let, in an economically depressed area, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 135.
• § 407 — (a) Route 107 is from Route 1 in Torrance to the southern city limits of Lawndale.
• § 407.5 — (a) The commission may relinquish to the City of Torrance the portion of Route 107 that is located within the city limits of the city, upon terms and conditions the commission finds to be in the best
• § 407.6 — (a) The commission may relinquish to the City of Redondo Beach the portion of Route 107 that is located within the city limits of the city, upon terms and conditions the commission finds to be in the
• § 408 — Route 108 is from: (a) Route 5 near Crows Landing to Route 99 near Modesto.
• § 409 — (a) Route 109 is from Route 84 to Route 101.
• § 410 — (a) Route 110 is from Route 47 in San Pedro to Glenarm Street in Pasadena.
• § 411 — (a) Route 111 is from: (1) The international border south of Calexico to Route 78 near Brawley, passing east of Heber.
• § 412 — Route 112 is from Route 61 to Route 185 in San Leandro.
• § 413 — Route 113 is from: (a) Route 12 to Route 80 near Dixon.
• § 414 — Route 114 is from Route 101 in East Palo Alto to Route 84.
• § 415 — Route 115 is from: (a) Route 8 southeasterly of Holtville to Route 78.
• § 416 — Route 116 is from: (a) Route 1 near Jenner to Route 101 near Cotati.
• § 418 — Route 118 is from: (a) Route 126 near Saticoy to Route 210 near San Fernando.
• § 418.3 — The commission is requested to grant high priority for construction on uncompleted portions of Route 118 for which no construction contract has been awarded, in order to enable the department to award
• § 418.4 — In recognition of the fact that increased motor vehicle traffic uses Madera Road and Olsen Road in the City of Simi Valley to traverse between Routes 118 and 23, the department may pay up to ten thous
• § 419 — Route 119 is from Route 33 at Taft to Route 99 near Greenfield.
• § 420 — Route 120 is from: (a) Route 5 near Mossdale to the west boundary of Yosemite National Park via the vicinity of Manteca and Oakdale, and via Big Oak Flat and Buck Meadows.
• § 421 — Route 121 is from: (a) Route 37 near Sears Point to Route 29 near Napa.
• § 422 — Route 122 is from: (a) Route 14 south of Palmdale to Route 138.
• § 423 — Route 123 is from Route 580 at San Pablo Avenue in Oakland to Route 80 in Richmond at Cutting Boulevard.
• § 424 — Route 124 is from: (a) Route 88 south of Ione to Route 104.
• § 425 — Route 125 is from: (a) Route 905 near Brown Field to Route 54.
• § 426 — (a) Route 126 is from Route 101 near Ventura to Route 5.
• § 427 — Route 127 is from Route 15 near Baker to the Nevada state line via the vicinity of Death Valley Junction.
• § 428 — Route 128 is from: (a) Route 1 near the mouth of the Navarro River to Route 101 near Cloverdale.
• § 429 — Route 129 is from Route 1 near Watsonville to Route 101 in San Benito County.
• § 430 — (a) Route 130 is from the eastern city limit of the City of San Jose near Manning Avenue to Route 33 near Patterson via the vicinity of Mount Hamilton.
• § 431 — (a) Route 131 is from Route 101 to Tiburon.
• § 432 — Route 132 is from: (a) Route 580 west of Vernalis to Route 99 at Modesto.
• § 433 — Route 133 is from Route 1 near Laguna Beach to Route 241.
• § 433.1 — (a) Upon the commission determining that it is in the best interests of the state to do so, the commission may, upon terms and conditions it approves, relinquish to the City of Laguna Beach the portio
• § 434 — Route 134 is from Route 101 near Riverside Drive easterly to Route 210 via the vicinity of Glendale.
• § 435 — Route 135 is from: (a) Route 101 near Los Alamos to Route 1 south of Orcutt.
• § 436 — Route 136 is from Route 395 near Lone Pine to Route 190 via Keeler.
• § 437 — Route 137 is from Route 43 near Corcoran to Route 65 near Lindsay via Tulare.
• § 438 — (a) Route 138 is from: (1) Route 5 near Gorman to Route 14 near the City of Lancaster.
• § 439 — Route 139 is from: (a) Route 36 in Susanville to Route 299 near Adin.
• § 440 — Route 140 is from: (a) Route 5 near Gustine to Route 99 near Merced.
• § 442 — Route 142 is from: (a) Route 90 near Brea to Route 71 near Chino.
• § 443 — Route 143 is from Route 99 near Elk Grove to Route 244 near Carmichael.
• § 444 — (a) Route 144 is from Alameda Padre Serra in Santa Barbara to Route 192 via Sycamore Canyon Road.
• § 445 — (a) Route 145 is from: (1) Route 5 near Oilfields to Route 99 near Madera, passing near Five Points and Kerman.
• § 446 — (a) Route 146 is from: (1) Route 101 near Soledad to Pinnacles National Monument.
• § 447 — Route 147 is from Route 89 near Canyon Dam to Route 36 near Westwood.
• § 448 — Route 148 is from: (a) Route 5 near Sacramento to Route 143 south of Route 16.
• § 449 — Route 149 is from Route 70 near Wicks Corner to Route 99 south of Chico.
• § 450 — Route 150 is from Route 101 near the Ventura-Santa Barbara county line to Route 126 near Santa Paula.
• § 451 — Route 151 is from Shasta Dam to Route 5 near the City of Shasta Lake.
• § 452 — Route 152 is from: (a) Route 1 near Watsonville via Hecker Pass to Route 101 in Gilroy.
• § 453 — Route 153 is from Route 49 near Coloma to Marshall’s Monument.
• § 454 — Route 154 is from Route 101 near Zaca to Route 101 near Santa Barbara via San Marcos Pass.
• § 455 — Route 155 is from Route 99 near Delano to Route 178 near Isabella via Glennville.
• § 456 — Route 156 is from: (a) Route 1 near Castroville to Route 101 near Prunedale.
• § 458 — Route 158 is from Route 395 near June Lake to Route 395 near Rush Creek, via the vicinity of June Lake, Silver Lake and Grant Lake.
• § 460 — (a) Route 160 is from: (1) Route 4 near Antioch to the southern city limits of Sacramento.
• § 461 — Route 161 is from Route 97 near Dorris to Route 139 near Hatfield.
• § 462 — Route 162 is from: (a) Route 101 near Longvale to Route 5 near Willows via the vicinity of Covelo and Mendocino Pass.
• § 463 — Route 163 is from Route 5 near Balboa Park in San Diego to Route 15 near Miramar Naval Air Station.
• § 464 — (a) Route 164 is Rosemead Boulevard from: (1) Gallatin Road near Pico Rivera to the southern city limit of South El Monte in the vicinity of Rush Street.
• § 465 — Route 165 is from Route 5 south of Los Banos to Route 99 near Turlock.
• § 466 — Route 166 is from: (a) Route 1 near Guadalupe to Route 101 in Santa Maria.
• § 467 — Route 167 is from Route 395 north of Mono Lake to the Nevada state line in the vicinity of the Pole Line Road.
• § 468 — Route 168 is from: (a) Fresno to Huntington Lake.
• § 469 — Route 169 is from Route 101 near Klamath to Route 96 near Weitchpec.
• § 470 — (a) Route 170 is from Route 101 near Riverside Drive to Route 5 near Tujunga Wash.
• § 472 — Route 172 is from Route 36 at Mineral to Route 36 near Morgan Summit.
• § 473 — Route 173 is from Route 138 to Route 18 via Lake Arrowhead.
• § 474 — (a) Route 174 is from Route 80 near the City of Colfax to Route 20 near the City of Grass Valley.
• § 475 — Route 175 is from: (a) Route 101 at Hopland to Route 29 near Lakeport.
• § 477 — Route 177 is from Route 10 near Desert Center to Route 62 near Granite Pass.
• § 478 — (a) Route 178 is from: (1) Bakersfield to Route 14 near Freeman via Walker Pass.
• § 479 — Route 179 is from Route 80 near Vacaville to Route 128 near Berryessa Reservoir.
• § 480 — Route 180 is from: (a) Route 25 near Paicines to Route 5.
• § 481 — Route 181 is from Route 116 near Forestville to Route 101.
• § 482 — Route 182 is from Route 395 near Bridgeport to the Nevada state line via Walker River.
• § 483 — (a) Route 183 is from Route 101 in the City of Salinas to Route 1 near Castroville.
• § 484 — (a) Route 184 is from Route 223 near Weedpatch to Route 178.
• § 484.1 — The portion of State Highway Route 184 at the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and adjacent to the Sunset Middle School in the County of Kern is hereby designated as a school zone.
• § 485 — (a) Route 185 is from Route 92 in Hayward to Route 77 in Oakland.
• § 486 — Route 186 is from the international boundary near Algodones to Route 8.
• § 487 — (a) Route 187 is from Lincoln Boulevard to Route 10 via Venice Boulevard.
• § 487.1 — The title to that portion of the right-of-way acquired by the City of Los Angeles, and furnished to the State of California, for Route 187, but not needed for that route upon its construction, is here
• § 488 — Route 188 is from the international boundary near Tecate to Route 94.
• § 489 — Route 189 is from Route 18 near Strawberry Peak to Route 173 near Lake Arrowhead via Strawberry Flat.
• § 490 — Route 190 is from Route 99 near Tipton to Route 127 near Death Valley Junction via the vicinity of Porterville, Camp Nelson, Olancha, and Death Valley.
• § 491 — Route 191 is from Route 70 near Wicks Corner to Paradise.
• § 492 — Route 192 is from Route 154 near Santa Barbara to Route 150 near the Ventura-Santa Barbara county line via Foothill Boulevard.
• § 493 — (a) Route 193 is from: (1) The City of Lincoln to Route 80 near the City of Newcastle.
• § 495 — Route 195 is from Route 86 near Oasis to Route 111 near Mecca via Pierce Street and Avenue 66.
• § 497 — Route 197 is from Route 199 to Route 101 staying north of the Smith River.
• § 498 — Route 198 is from: (a) Route 101 near San Lucas to Route 33 at Coalinga.
• § 499 — Route 199 is from Route 101 near Crescent City to the Oregon state line via the Smith River.
• § 5 — Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, the definitions, rules of construction, and general provisions hereinafter set forth shall govern the construction of this code.
• § 50 — Any reference in any law or regulation to the State Highway Engineer shall be deemed to refer to the director.
• § 500 — Route 200 is from Route 101 to Route 299 staying north of the Mad River.
• § 5000 — This division may be cited as the Improvement Act of 1911.
• § 5001 — Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions contained in this part shall govern the construction of this division.
• § 5002 — This division provides an alternative system for doing the work authorized by this division and the provisions of this division shall not apply to or affect any other provisions of this code.
• § 5003 — This division shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate its purposes.
• § 5004 — Whenever in any proceedings under this division, a time and place for any hearing by the legislative body is fixed and, from any cause, the hearing is not then and there held or regularly adjourned to
• § 5005 — “City” includes counties, cities, cities and counties and all corporations organized and existing for municipal purposes, together with resort districts organized and existing under the Resort Improve
• § 5006 — “Legislative body” when used with reference to a county means the board of supervisors, and when used with reference to a city means the body which by law constitutes the legislative department of the
• § 5007 — “Clerk” when used with reference to a county means the person or officer who is the clerk of the legislative body of the county, and when used with reference to a city means the person or officer who
• § 5008 — “Treasurer” when used with reference to a county means the county treasurer, and when used with reference to a city means the city treasurer.
• § 5009 — “Mayor” when used with reference to a county means the chairman of the board of supervisors, and when used with reference to a city means the mayor, or if the city has no mayor, the chairman or the pr
• § 501 — (a) Route 201 is from: (1) Route 99 near Kingsburg easterly to Route 63.
• § 5010 — “Council chambers” refers to the place where the regular meetings of the legislative body of the county or city are held.
• § 5011 — “Street superintendent” or “superintendent of streets” when used with reference to a county means the county surveyor, and when used with reference to a city means the person or officer whose duty it
• § 5012 — If there is no street superintendent or superintendent of streets in any city, the legislative body thereof may appoint a person to perform the duties imposed upon the street superintendent by this di
• § 5012.5 — In a city in which there is a superintendent of streets or street superintendent, the legislative body of the city may nevertheless appoint another person to perform the duties imposed upon the street
• § 5013 — “Engineer” when applied to a county means the county surveyor, and when applied to a city means the city engineer.
• § 5014 — “Street” includes avenues, highways, lanes, alleys, crossings, or intersections and courts which have been dedicated and accepted according to law or which have been in common and undisputed use by th
• § 5018 — “Place” includes any public park or pleasure ground and common which has been dedicated and accepted according to law.
• § 5019 — “Paved” or “repaved” includes pavement of stone, paving blocks or macadamizing, or of bituminous rock or asphalt, or of iron, wood or other material, whether patented or not, which is adopted by ordin
• § 502 — Route 202 is from California Correctional Institution at Tehachapi to Route 58 near Tehachapi.
• § 5020 — “Contractor” means the person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, organization or business trust, and includes contracting owners or their agents, to whom a contract for the performance of a
• § 5021 — “Owner” means the person owning the fee, or the person in whose name the legal title to the property appears, by deed duly recorded in the county recorder’s office of the county in which the property
• § 5022 — “Lot,” “land,” “piece,” or “parcel of land” whether used singly or in combination include property owned or controlled by any person as a railroad right of way or as a street or interurban railroad ri
• § 5022.5 — “Lot,” “portion of lot,” “land,” “piece,” or “parcel of land,” whether used singly or in combination, may, in the discretion of the superintendent of streets, for purposes of spreading assessments and
• § 5023 — “Work” or “improvement” whether used singly or in combination mean and include any work which is authorized to be done or any improvement which is authorized to be made under this division, as well as
• § 5023.1 — “Acquisition,” or any of its variants, means one or more of the following: (a) Any works, improvements, appliances, or facilities which are authorized to be made, constructed, or acquired under this d
• § 5024 — “Incidental expense” includes all of the following: (a) Compensation for work done by the engineer, and attorney’s fees or services in proceedings pursuant to this division.
• § 5025 — In all resolutions, notices, orders and determinations, subsequent to the resolution of intention it shall not be necessary to describe the work, and any description of the work in any of the same, su
• § 5026 — The legislative body of a county, city or city and county, may by resolution adopt a name for any street, boulevard, park or place which is to be improved under this division, for which a name has not
• § 503 — (a) Route 203 is from the Mono county line near Minaret Summit to Route 395.
• § 504 — (a) Route 204 is from Route 58 to Route 99 near Bakersfield via Union Avenue and Golden State Avenue.
• § 505 — Route 205 is from Route 580 west of Tracy to Route 5 east of Tracy.
• § 5050 — Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, whenever a notice, resolution, order or other matter is required to be published or posted by this division it shall be published or
• § 5051 — Whenever any notice, resolution, order, or other matter is required to be published or posted, and the duty of posting or publishing, or procuring the same is not specifically enjoined upon any office
• § 5052 — No notice, nor any publication of any notice, order, resolution or other matter, other than that expressly provided for in this part or elsewhere in this division shall be necessary to give validity t
• § 5060 — The provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 6000) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code shall not have any application to any publication provided for in this division.
• § 5061 — Whenever in this division a notice, resolution, order or other matter is required to be published and the manner of such publication is not specified, it shall be published in a daily, semiweekly or w
• § 5062 — Whenever in this division a notice, resolution, order or other matter is required to be published, and the time for such publication is not specified, it shall be published in two entire issues of the
• § 5063 — Proof of the publication or posting of any notice, resolution, order or other matter in accordance with any of the provisions of this division may be made by affidavit of: (a) The owner, publisher, pr
• § 5065 — Whenever in this division notice is required to be given by posting and the time or method for such posting is not specified, the clerk shall conspicuously post the notice on or near the door of the c
• § 507 — Route 207 is from Route 4 near Lake Alpine to the Mt.
• § 5070 — Whenever in this division notice is required to be given by mail, notice shall be given in accordance with the provisions of Section 53753 of the Government Code.
• § 5071 — The clerk shall upon the completion of the mailing of the notice file with the legislative body an affidavit setting forth the time and manner of the compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
• § 5072 — The failure of the clerk to mail any notice or the failure of any person to receive the same shall not affect in any way whatsoever the validity of any proceedings taken under this division, nor preve
• § 510 — (a) Route 210 is from: (1) Route 5 near Tunnel Station to Route 57 near the City of San Dimas via the vicinity of the City of San Fernando.
• § 5100 — (a) All streets, places, public ways, or property, or rights-of-way, or tidelands, or submerged lands owned by any city, open or dedicated to public use, and any property for which an order for posses
• § 5101 — Whenever, in the opinion of the legislative body, the public interest or convenience may require, it may order the whole or any portion, either in length or in width, of any one or more of the streets
• § 5101.4 — In the case of a proposal for a water supply system or sanitary sewers and facilities, the preliminary steps, including, but not limited to, environmental impact reports, feasibility studies, engineer
• § 5101.5 — Whenever in the opinion of the legislative body the public interest or convenience may require, it may install, acquire, construct, develop, jointly develop, maintain, dispose of, or operate, in or al
• § 5101.6 — Following the levy of an assessment pursuant to this division to pay, in whole or in part, the costs and expenses of works, system or facilities authorized by subdivision (a) of Section 5101.
• § 5101.7 — The legislative body of a city may order the construction and installation of improvements authorized by Section 5101 in the right-of-way of a state highway or county road, or in a railroad right-of-w
• § 5101.8 — (a) The legislative body of a city may order the construction and improvement of a segment of a state highway located, in whole or in part, within the city’s jurisdiction, if the following conditions
• § 5102 — In any proceeding for the making of any work or improvement authorized under Section 5101 of this code, the legislative body may order any acquisition as defined in Section 5023.
• § 5103 — Whenever the work or improvement includes the installation of works or appliances for supplying electric, telephone, or cable television service, sanitary sewers or instrumentalities of sanitation, do
• § 5104 — If the written consent of the owner of the property is first obtained, work may be done on private property to eliminate any disparity in level or size between the improvement and private property, pr
• § 5105 — (a) Whenever, in the opinion of the legislative body, the public interest or convenience may require, the legislative body may undertake any work necessary or incidental to the prevention, mitigation,