ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [5600. - 5602.]

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC 1.
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Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 5600. Section 5600.

As used in this chapter “sidewalk” includes a park or parking strip maintained in the area between the property line and the street line and also includes curbing, bulkheads, retaining walls or other works for the protection of any sidewalk or of any such park or parking strip.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 5601. Section 5601.

This chapter shall only apply to maintenance and repair proceedings, whether upon work originally done under this division or otherwise, and shall not be used for the construction of new improvements. The “Special Assessment Investigation, Limitation and Majority Protest Act of 1931” shall not apply to proceedings taken under this chapter.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 5602. Section 5602.

This chapter constitutes a separate and alternate procedure for performing the work specified herein and, except for the provisions of Part 5 of this division, no other provisions of this division shall apply to proceedings instituted hereunder.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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