This part may be cited as the Pedestrian Mall Law of 1960.
Pedestrian Mall Law ofGeneral Provisions
Section § 11000
This section establishes the name of the law as the Pedestrian Mall Law of 1960.
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Section § 11001
This section states that the definitions provided in this chapter should be used to interpret the rest of this part unless there's a reason to interpret them differently.
Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this chapter shall govern the construction of this part.
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Section § 11002
This law clarifies what is meant by the term "city" in this context. It includes every type of local government area, like counties and cities, within the state. When they refer to "the city," it means a specific local government area that is acting according to the rules in this part of the law.
“City” includes every county, city, and city and county within this State. “The city” means the particular county, city, or city and county, acting pursuant to this part.
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Section § 11003
This law section defines the term "legislative body" specifically as the legislative body of a city.
“Legislative body” means the legislative body of “the city.”
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Section § 11004
This section defines the word "street" for use in other definitions like "city streets," "mall intersection," and "intersecting streets." Here, a "street" includes any publicly accessible road, alley, lane, court, or way.
“Street” as used in the definitions of the terms “city streets,” “mall intersection” and “intersecting streets” hereinafter defined means any public street, road, highway, alley, lane, court, way or place of any nature open to the use of the public.
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Section § 11005
This section defines what a "city street" is for the purpose of differentiating it from other types of roads. In a city or city and county setting, a "city street" is any road within those areas, but it excludes freeways, state highways, and county highways. For streets in a county, a "city street" excludes freeways and state highways.
“City street,” as used with regard to streets located within a city or city and county, means any “street” located within the city or city and county, except a “freeway,” “state highway,” or “county highway” as defined in Sections 23.5, 24, and 25. “City street,” as used with regard to streets located within a county, means any “street” located within the county, except a “freeway” or “state highway,” as defined in Sections 23.5 and 24.
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Section § 11006
A "pedestrian mall" refers to one or more city streets where vehicle traffic is limited or prohibited altogether, allowing the area to be used mainly for pedestrians to walk.
“Pedestrian mall” means one or more “city streets,” or portions thereof, on which vehicular traffic is or is to be restricted in whole or in part and which is or is to be used exclusively or primarily for pedestrian travel.
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Section § 11007
This section defines a 'mall intersection' as the point where a city street that is part of a pedestrian mall meets another street, and this intersection is also part of the pedestrian mall.
“Mall intersection” means any intersection of a “city street” constituting a part of a “pedestrian mall” with any “street,” which intersection is itself part of the “pedestrian mall.”
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Section § 11008
This law defines what an 'intersecting street' is in relation to a 'pedestrian mall.' It includes any street that meets or crosses a pedestrian mall at a mall intersection up to the first intersection with a street open to vehicle traffic. If a pedestrian mall ends at a street, the intersecting street includes the street portion up to its first intersection with a public street or highway open to vehicles. Additionally, a legislative body can officially declare other streets or portions as intersecting streets through a resolution.
“Intersecting street” means any “street” which meets or crosses a “pedestrian mall” at a “mall intersection” but includes only those portions thereof on either side of a “mall intersection” which lie between the “mall intersection” and the first intersection of the “intersecting street” with a public street or highway open to vehicular traffic. If any portion of a “pedestrian mall” terminates on a “street” at a place thereon other than a place of intersection with a public street or highway open to vehicular traffic, “intersecting street” also includes that portion of any “street” which lies between such place of termination and the first intersection of such “street” with a public street or highway open to vehicular traffic. “Intersecting street” shall also include any other “street” or portion thereof which the legislative body, in its resolution adopted pursuant to Section 11200, declares to be such.
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Section § 11009
The term “assessment roll” refers to the list or record that a city uses to determine property taxes based on the value of real estate within the city.
“Assessment roll” means the assessment roll or rolls used by the city for purposes of city ad valorem taxes on real property of the city.
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Section § 11010
This law states that if a city operates under a city charter, any local laws about special assessments (fees or charges for public improvements) in that city are included in the term "similar special assessment law." This helps ensure that similar rules apply, whether state or local laws create them.
If “the city” is a charter city, “similar special assessment law” shall include a procedural assessment ordinance of such city.
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Section § 11011
This section defines the term "Vehicle Parking District Law of 1943." It refers to a specific part of the Streets and Highways Code that began with Section 31500, outlining regulations as they were on December 31, 1973.
“Vehicle Parking District Law of 1943” means the Vehicle Parking District Law of 1943, Part 1 (commencing with Section 31500) of Division 18 of the Streets and Highways Code, as that statute existed on December 31, 1973.
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