The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a) Many businesses that operate multifamily residential properties and commercial properties within predominantly multifamily neighborhoods of California’s communities are economically disadvantaged, are underutilized, and are unable to attract tenants because of inadequate facilities, services, and activities in those neighborhoods.

Terms Used In California Streets and Highways Code 36701

  • Activities: means , but is not limited to, all of the following:

    California Streets and Highways Code 36705

  • 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. See California Streets and Highways Code 36705
  • 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 . See California Streets and Highways Code 36705
  • maintenance: includes any of the following:

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  • Property: means real property situated within a multifamily improvement district. See California Streets and Highways Code 36705
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

(b) It is in the public interest to promote the economic revitalization and physical maintenance of the multifamily residential neighborhoods to create jobs, attract new businesses, and prevent the erosion of the multifamily residential neighborhoods.

(c) It is of particular local benefit to allow cities to fund business related improvements and activities through the levy of assessments upon the businesses or real property that benefit from those improvements.

(d) Assessments levied for the purpose of providing improvements and promoting activities that benefit real property or businesses are not taxes for the general benefit of a city, but are assessments for the improvements and activities that confer special benefits upon the real property or businesses for which the improvements and activities are provided.

(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 526, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)

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