SECTIONS 8000-8009 - California Statutes

STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE

SECTION 8000-8009

8000. This part may be cited as the Change of Grade Act of 1909.

8001. This part shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate
its purposes.

8002. "City" includes all corporations organized and existing for
municipal purposes.

8003. "City council" and "council" include any body which by law is
the legislative department of the government of the city.

8004. "Clerk" and "city clerk" include any person or officer who is
clerk of the city council.

8005. "Street superintendent" includes any person, officer or board
whose duty it is under the law to have the care or charge of
streets, or the improvement thereof, in any city. In any city in
which there is no street superintendent, or no such board, the
legislative body may designate some other officer or board to perform
the duties imposed by this part on the street superintendent, and
all the provisions hereof applicable to the street superintendent
shall apply to the officer or board so designated.

8006. "Street" includes public street, lane, alley, court, or other
place.

8007. "Ordinance" includes resolution.

8008. Proof of publication of any notice required by this part
shall be made by affidavit, as provided in the Code of Civil
Procedure, and proof of the posting of any such notice shall be made
by the affidavit of the person posting the notice, setting forth the
facts regarding such posting.
Any officer who is required by this part to have any notice
published or posted shall obtain and file in his office the
affidavits in proof thereof but his failure so to do shall not affect
the validity of any proceedings under this part. Any such affidavit
so filed shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated
regarding such publication or posting.

8009. This part provides an alternative system of proceedings for
changing or modifying the grades of streets in cities; and the
provisions of this part shall not apply to or affect any other
provisions of this code.
When any proceedings are commenced under this part, the provisions
of this part, and no other, shall apply to such proceedings.