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STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
CITY OF ARDEN HILLS
RESOLUTION NO. 86-29
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING STREET LIGHTING POLICY
WHEREAS, the LEAA Street Lighting Projects Report states: nWell lit
streets may reduce the fear of crime, but there is no statistically significant
evidence that street lighting reduces crime itself,n and
.
WHEREAS, the majority of vehicular accidents occur during the daylight
hours, and
WHEREAS, accident rates show only a modest decrease with intersection
lighting.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARDEN
HILLS, that following policy be adopted, recognizing that unusual conditions or
circumstances may require exceptions:
1. Street lighting will not be provided at City expense for crime
prevention in residential areas since it is of no proven usefulness.
2. Street lighting at intersections may be provided if the following
criteria are generally met:
a) An Arden Hills street or private road with a daily usage of over
500 cars per day intersects a county or state road.
b) An intersection of two Arden Hills streets or a private road
where one carries over 500 cars per day and the other over 2,000
per day.
c) Intersections and crosswalks of distinctly unusual visual
vehicular problems.
d) Where the visibility along one of the intersecting roads is less
than 150 feet.
3. Street lighting may also be used where there are distinctly unusual
safety problems, such as sharp curves, difficult to anticipate
topographical considerations or other particularly dangerous physical
problems which would be clearly mitigated by lighting.
4, Vehicular activity may be estimated by judging the number of houses
which would use a collector street and multiplying by seven, or by an
actual vehicle count.
5, Applications are to be reviewed by the Public Safety/Works Committee.
79-52.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED. that this policy supersedes Resolution No,
.
Passed by the Arden Hills City Council this 9th day of June of 1986.
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Mayor
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