§ 22-4. Installation of street lights on public streets and in residential subdivisions.

(a)

There is hereby delegated to the city administrator, or his designated agents, the authority to authorize the installation of street lights on the public streets controlled by the city according to the following guidelines:

(1)

Unless determined to be unfeasible or unnecessary, street lights shall be authorized for installation at the intersections of all arterial and collector streets.

(2)

Unless determined to be unfeasible or unnecessary, street lights shall be authorized for installation at the end of all dead-end or cul-de-sac streets having a length of at least five hundred (500) feet.

(3)

Installation is authorized at any other location on the public streets determined, by the city administrator or his designated agents, to constitute a traffic hazard or impediment to public safety by reason of lack of lighting.

(b)

Installation of street lights in residential subdivisions shall be subject to the following:

(1)

The administrator, or his designated agents, shall not, except as otherwise provided herein, authorize the installation of street lights in residential subdivisions until the subdivision in question (or a phase thereof platted separately under the subdivision regulations of the city) is complete with reference to the installation of subdivision regulation required improvements and there is at least a ten (10) percent occupancy of all platted lots or, in the case of multifamily dwellings, a ten (10) percent occupancy of all dwelling units on platted lots. Installations shall be of standard lighting equipment.

(2)

Pursuant to a written request of the developer of any subdivision, the city administrator, or his designated agents, is hereby delegated the authority to authorize installations of other than city standard street light equipment or installations at a time preceding the completion and occupancy requirements of subsection (b)(1) above. Such written request of the developer shall be in a form and backed with such financial security as is deemed necessary by the city administrator and the qualified and licensed attorneys at law contracted to provide legal services pursuant to sections 2-111—2-113 of this Code. In the instance of a request for installation of other than standard installation types, the written request must guarantee payment by the developer of all costs above ordinary installation and maintenance costs and shall contain a written acknowledgment that the city makes no commitment and is not required to continue the installation of other than the standard installation longer than a specifically designated period of time. In the instance of a request for early installations, the written request must guarantee to the city the initial payment by the developer of all installation costs and all utility costs until the above established completion and occupancy provisions have been met, at which time the city will reimburse installation costs (but in no amount in excess of the installation cost the city would have incurred at that time) and the city will assume the obligation for utility expense on such lights.

(Code 1976, § 27-4; Ord. No. 35-92, § 1, 5-19-92; Ord. No. 3-02, § 5, 1-22-02)