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electric utility company servicing the development. The city and the electric utility company shall enter into a contractual agreement on the rate and maintenance of the street lighting system. (2) It shall be the responsibility of the developer to: (a) Reimburse the city for the operating cost of the street lighting system for a period which will extend to one year after the utilities and improvements of the development have been accepted by the city or until the time that 50 percent of the lots in the subdivision are occupied, whichever is greater. (b) Pay the electric utility company any costs incurred in the installation of the street lighting units; and (c) The above street lighting costs shall be guaranteed in the same manner as the other development improvements and the city shall be entitled to draw upon the letter of credit posted herein in the event of nonpayment. (1) Storm sewer. The developer shall dedicate and survey all stormwater holding ponds as required by the city. The developer shall be responsible for the storm sewer cleaning and holding pond dredging, as required, by the city prior to or until the time that all primary buildings within the subdivision are completed or two years after final acceptance of the streets by the city, whichever occurs first. (J) Site grading. The developer shall be responsible for securing all necessary approvals and permits from all appropriate federal, state, regional and local jurisdictions prior to the commencement of site grading. (K) Streetscape. The developer shall make provision that all gas, telephone and electric utilities shall be installed to serve the development as per the city streetscape plan. (L) Ground cover contra/. All unoccupied lots shall be maintained in a manner that ground cover will not be allowed to grow more than 12 inches in height at any time. Should the developer not respond within ten days to the city's request to cut the vegetation, the city shall take action to do so and shall bill the developer. If the bill is not paid in 30 days, the cost of the maintenance shall be a lien against the property and may be certified for collection with the real estate taxes, or at the option ofthe City Council may be deducted from the developer's escrow deposit or letter of credit. (M) Screening. (1) The developer shall install as a part of the site grading a protective screen planting berm in areas deemed appropriate and/or necessary by the City Council. (2) The plantings will provide a minimum of 60 percent opacity year round and shall reach a minimum of ten feet in height at the maturity. Deciduous shrubs shall be minimum of 24 inches in height, deciduous trees shall be a minimum of one inch caliper, and conifers shall be a minimum of four feet in height at the time of planting. The landscape plan for the berm shall be submitted to and 23