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City of Pleasanton <br />LighƟng & Landscape Maintenance District No. 1994-1, <br />Oak Tree Farm <br />Engineer’s Report <br /> <br />Page 21 <br /> <br /> Proximity <br /> Expanded or improved access <br /> Views <br />The SVTA decision also clarifies that a special benefit is a service or improvement <br />that provides a direct advantage to a parcel, and that indirect or derivaƟve <br />advantages resulƟng from the overall public benefits from a service or <br />improvement are general benefits. <br />Proximity, improved access and views, in addiƟon to the other special benefits <br />listed herein further strengthen the basis of these assessments. <br />The following benefit categories summarize the types of special benefit to <br />residenƟal and other lots and parcels resulƟng from installaƟon, maintenance and <br />servicing of landscaping, irrigaƟon, sidewalks, signs, lights and other <br />improvements to be provided with the assessment proceeds. These categories of <br />special benefits are derived from the statutes passed by the California Legislature <br />and studies which describe the types of special benefit received by property from <br />maintenance and improvements such as those provided by the City of Pleasanton, <br />LighƟng and Landscaping Maintenance District No. 1994-1, Oak Tree Ranch. These <br />types of special benefit are summarized as follows: <br />A. Improved access to landscaped areas and other permanent public <br />improvements <br />B. Proximity to improved landscaped areas and other permanent public <br />improvements <br />C. Improved views <br />D. Extension of a property’s outdoor areas and landscaped areas for <br />properƟes within close proximity to the Improvements. <br />E. CreaƟon of individual lots for residenƟal use that, in absence of the <br />assessments, would not have been created <br />Page 224 of 617