36705
. As used in this part:
(a) "Activities" means, but is not limited to, all of the
following:
(1) Providing security services supplemental to those normally
provided by the city.
(2) Maintaining, including irrigating, landscaping.
(3) Providing sanitation, graffiti removal, street and sidewalk
cleaning, and other public services supplemental to those normally
provided by the city.
(4) Marketing, advertising, and promoting economic development,
including the retention and recruitment of businesses and tenants.
(5) Providing managerial services for multifamily residential
businesses.
(6) Providing building inspection and code enforcement services
for multifamily residential businesses supplemental to those normally
provided by the city.
(b) "Assessment" means a levy for the purpose of acquiring,
constructing, installing, or maintaining improvements and promoting
activities which will benefit the properties or businesses located
within a multifamily improvement district.
(c) "Business" means all types of businesses, including, but not
limited to, the operation of multifamily residential properties,
retail stores, commercial properties, financial institutions, and
professional offices.
(d) "City" means a city, county, city and county, or an agency or
entity created pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, Article
1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title
1 of the Government Code, the public member agencies of which
includes only cities, counties, or a city and county.
(e) "City council" means the city council of a city or the board
of supervisors of a county, or the agency, commission, or board
created pursuant to a joint powers agreement and which is a city
within the meaning of this part.
(f) "Clerk" means clerk of the legislative body.
(g) "Improvement" means the acquisition, construction,
installation, or maintenance of any tangible property with an
estimated useful life of five years or more, including, but not
limited to:
(1) Parking facilities.
(2) Benches, booths, kiosks, display cases, pedestrian shelters,
signs, and entry monuments.
(3) Trash receptacles.
(4) Street lighting.
(5) Street decorations.
(6) Parks.
(7) Fountains.
(8) Planting areas.
(9) Closing, opening, widening, or narrowing of existing streets.
(10) Facilities or equipment, or both, to enhance the security of
persons and property within the district.
(11) Ramps, sidewalks, plazas, and pedestrian malls.
(12) Rehabilitation or removal of existing structures.
(h) "Management district plan" or "plan" means a proposal as
described in Section 36713.
(i) "Multifamily improvement district," or "district," means a
multifamily improvement district established pursuant to this part.
(j) "Owners' association" means a private nonprofit entity that is
under contract with a city to administer or implement activities and
improvements specified in the management district plan. An owners'
association may be an existing nonprofit entity or a newly formed
nonprofit entity. An owners' association is a private entity and may
not be considered a public entity for any purpose, nor may its board
members or staff be considered to be public officials for any
purpose.
(k) "Property" means real property situated within a multifamily
improvement district.
(l) "Property owner" or "owner" means any person shown as the
owner of land on the last equalized assessment roll or otherwise
known to be the owner of land by the city council. The city council
has no obligation to obtain other information as to the ownership of
land, and its determination of ownership shall be final and
conclusive for the purposes of this part. Wherever this subdivision
requires the signature of the property owner, the signature of the
authorized agent of the property owner shall be sufficient.
(m) "Tenant" means an occupant pursuant to a lease or a rental
agreement of commercial space or a dwelling unit, other than an
owner.