Section 11101 Of Chapter 2. Purpose And Powers From California Streets And Highways Code >> Division 13. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 2.
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. The legislative body of a city shall have the power:
(a) To establish pedestrian malls.
(b) To prohibit, in whole or in part, vehicular traffic on a
pedestrian mall.
(c) To pay, from general funds of the city or other available
moneys or from the proceeds of assessments levied on lands benefited
by the establishment of a pedestrian mall, the damages, if any,
allowed or awarded to any property owner by reason of the
establishment of a pedestrian mall. No money available for
expenditure within the city from the proceeds of any tax, license or
fee imposed by any public agency upon the ownership or operation of
vehicles or the fuel used therein shall be used to pay such damages,
except as may be permitted by Section 11005 of the Revenue and
Taxation Code.
(d) To construct on city streets which have been or will be
established as a pedestrian mall improvements of any kind or nature
necessary or convenient to the operation of such city streets as a
pedestrian mall, including but not limited to, paving, sidewalks,
curbs, gutters, sewers, drainage works, street lighting facilities,
fire protection facilities, flood protection facilities, water
distribution facilities, vehicular parking areas, retaining walls,
landscaping, tree planting, statuary, fountains, decorative
structures, benches, restrooms, child care facilities, display
facilities, information booths, public assembly facilities, any
improvements necessary or convenient for a covered air-conditioned
mall, and other structures, works or improvements necessary or
convenient to serve members of the public using such pedestrian mall,
including the reconstruction or relocation of existing city-owned
works, improvements or facilities on such city streets. The
foregoing, or any portions thereof, are sometimes in this part
referred to as "improvements."
(e) To pay, from general funds of the city or other available
moneys or from the proceeds of assessments levied on property
benefited by any such improvements, the whole or any portion of the
cost of such improvements. No money available for expenditure within
the city from the proceeds of any tax, license or fee imposed by any
public agency upon the ownership or operation of vehicles or the fuel
used therein shall be used to pay such cost or expense, except as
may be permitted by Section 11005 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(f) To do any and all other acts or things necessary or convenient
for the accomplishment of the purposes of this part.