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. Highway 96 - Roadway Treatments / Guidelines . -, October 2, 1995 Page 8 - 4. Lighting Maintenance I Just as with landscaping, lighting maintenance requirements may vary, . depending on the type of light fixture installed. The options for providing light fixture maintenance include the following: having city crews do the maintenance; requesting the local utility company to do it; or hiring a lighting I maintenance company. The maintenance of light fixtures will require the following: stocking of extra light poles, fixtures, and parts; replacement or repair of damaged fixtures; and replacement of light bulbs and ballasts. . Recommendation #7: GENERAL CORRIDOR LIGHTING , SPECIFICATIONS The roadway light fixtures should have the following design , characteristics: round, tapered poles; round, "hatbox" fixtures; cutoff provisions to minimize light spillover; a high-pressure-sodium -. light sources; and they should have either a dark green or dark blue finish (the final color will be selected, prior to the start of any construction). . D. ORNAMENTAL OR THEME LIGHTING . Besides the roadway lighting, cities along the corridor may elect to install I ornamental or theme lighting in or adjacent to the corridor. Although ornamental or theme lighting should be coordinated with the corridor lighting, it is not feasible to specify specialty-type lighting, since the designs of these light fixtures . may be based on each city's desired overall design theme, or other factors. The features or characteristics, which should be considered for ornamental or I theme lighting, include: size relationship of the ornamental fixtures to the roadway fixtures; location of the fixtures; and light quality. 1. Size Relationship . Ideally, ornamental or theme fixtures should be (and most likely will be) I shorter than the street light fixtures, in order to establish a hierarchy of sizes and relationships. Ornamental fixtures, which usually are designed more to a -. pedestrian scale, should be, in most cases, no taller than 25 feet, unless they .