ARTICLE 4. Construction Outside of Jurisdiction [5895.50. - 5895.54.]

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC 4.

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Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 5895.50. Section 5895.50.

Whenever the property, which fronts on an area where improvements are required to be constructed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, lies entirely or partially within a city or unincorporated territory of a county and the improvement area or portions thereof lie within one or more other cities or unincorporated territory of one or more other counties, the superintendent of streets of any city or county having jurisdiction over all or a portion of the area to be improved shall have full authority to serve notices, to construct, and to do all work contemplated by Article 2 (commencing with Section 5875) and Article 3 (commencing with Section 5890) of this chapter, notwithstanding the fact that the property fronting on the improvement area lies entirely or partially within another city or unincorporated territory of another county.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 5895.51. Section 5895.51.

Whenever a block, on which improvements are required to be constructed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, lies within a city or unincorporated territory of a county and within one or more other cities or unincorporated territory of one or more other counties, the superintendent of streets of any city or county having jurisdiction over a part of the block shall have full authority to serve notices, to construct, and to do all work contemplated by Article 2 (commencing with Section 5875) and Article 3 (commencing with Section 5890) of this chapter in that portion of the block lying in the territory of another jurisdiction after the superintendent obtains consent from the legislative body of that jurisdiction. The consent of the legislative body shall be given by resolution adopted by a majority vote of the body’s membership. Thereafter, except as provided in Section 5895.54, the city or county whose superintendent of streets obtained the consent shall have jurisdiction over such areas for the purpose of sidewalk or curb construction.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 5895.52. Section 5895.52.

The city or county proceeding under the provisions of this article may pay for such work out of the road fund or any other fund available for such purposes.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 5895.53. Section 5895.53.

The legislative body of the city or county which undertakes the construction of improvements pursuant to the provisions of this article shall have the authority to levy an assessment to pay the cost of any such construction of improvements, notwithstanding the fact that the improvements or the property fronting on the improvements lies outside the territory of the city or county. Such assessment shall be levied, shall be a lien, and shall be collected in accordance with the provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 5890) of this chapter. The assessments so collected shall be paid to the treasurer of the city or county under whose authority the improvements were constructed.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 5895.54. Section 5895.54.

Nothing contained in this article shall limit in any manner the police power of any city or county with reference to any sidewalk or curb contructed under the provisions of this article.

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026