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20455.  (a) After construction has begun, the legislative body, or
the superintendent of streets if authorized by the legislative body,
may order changes in the work without the necessity of a hearing. The
order shall be in writing, and the amount of any change ordered
shall not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) when the total amount
of the original contract does not exceed fifty thousand dollars
($50,000), nor 10 percent of the amount of any original contract that
exceeds fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), but does not exceed two
hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000).
   (b) For contracts whose original cost exceeds two hundred fifty
thousand dollars ($250,000), the extra cost for any change or
addition to the work so ordered shall not exceed twenty-five thousand
dollars ($25,000), plus 5 percent of the amount of the original
contract costs in excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars
($250,000). In no event shall any such change or alteration exceed
one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000).
   (c) The limitations on the cost of changes permitted by this
section shall not apply where (1) the change is requested in writing
by the owner of property subject to assessment for the improvement
under construction and the nature of the change requested is such
that the cost thereof will be assessed exclusively against the
property of the person requesting the change, or (2) the change in
the work will not adversely affect the benefiting property and any
increase in the cost resulting from the changes will be paid by the
city and will not be assessed against the property within the
assessment district.

Last modified: February 22, 2013