SECTIONS 105085-105087 - California Statutes

PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE

SECTION 105085-105087

105085. The district may take by grant, purchase, devise, or lease,
or condemn in proceedings under eminent domain, or otherwise
acquire, and hold and enjoy, real property of every kind within or
without the district necessary to the full or convenient exercise of
its powers. The board may lease, mortgage, sell, or otherwise dispose
of any real or personal property when in its judgment it is in the
best interests of the district to do so.

105086. The district may exercise the right of eminent domain to
take any property necessary or convenient to the exercise of the
powers granted in this act. The district, in exercising that right,
shall, in addition to the damage for the taking, injury, or
destruction of property, also pay the cost, exclusive of betterment
and with credit for salvage value, of removal, reconstruction, or
relocation of any substitute facilities, including structures,
railways, mains, pipes, conduits, wires, cables or poles of any
public utility which is required to be moved to a new location.

105087. (a) The district may take by gift, or take or convey by
grant, purchase, devise, or lease, and hold and enjoy, real and
personal property of every kind within or without the district
necessary for, incidental to, or convenient for, transit-oriented
joint development projects that meet the definition and requirement
set forth in subdivision (b).
(b) (1) For purposes of this section, a "transit-oriented joint
development project" is a commercial, residential, or mixed-use
development that is undertaken in connection with existing, planned,
or proposed intermodal transit facilities and is located one-fourth
mile or less from the external boundaries of that facility.
(2) Any transit-oriented joint development project created under
this section shall comply with the land use and zoning regulations of
the city, county, or city and county in which the project is
located.
(c) The authority granted under this section extends to any joint
powers agency of which the district is a member and for which the
district serves as the managing agency.
(d) The district may not exercise its power of eminent domain in
order to make an acquisition under this section.