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Page 21 <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 derivative <br /> advantages resulting from the overall public benefits from a service or <br /> improvement are general benefits. <br /> Proximity, improved access and views, in addition 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 /> residential and other lots and parcels resulting from installation, maintenance and <br /> servicing of landscaping, irrigation, 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 /> Lighting 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 /> properties within close proximity to the Improvements. <br /> E. Creation of individual lots for residential use that, in absence of the <br /> assessments, would not have been created <br /> City of Pleasanton <br /> Lighting & Landscape Maintenance District No. 1994-1, SCIConsultingGroup <br /> Oak Tree Farm <br /> Engineer's Report <br />