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Depax-t�nent: Public Works <br />Po�icy Title: R�quests for Street Lights <br />Back aund 5ta�em.er�t: The installation of street lights provides a safer <br />env�on�nen� �or the eomrn�ni�y in regard to txaffic and peclestxian safety. <br />Due to th� lack of ftands and the varying viewpaints of individual,s, as �o <br />the desirability of such insta�lations, the City has limi.t�d zts s�xeet <br />lighting program. A cansistent, eqvi.table appr�ch relat�ng to the meth�d <br />of selecting the iocations for street l.ights, th�refore, is inipox�tant to <br />ensure faax and reasonabl.e treatrnent for the citizer�r. <br />PoZzcy S�ate�r�nt: In orrlex ta develop a rational approaclz to dealing wa.th <br />e s�tuation, e City Council in 1957, es'�ablished a maxim�.un of 10�J lights <br />pex- year that may be installed at no assessment cost to the pro�rty awners_ <br />A set of quali�ying conditions were est�lished. to �s►sure that the lights <br />would be ins�alled where most n�eded ancl wanted. Due to the ess�ntial canr <br />pl.etion of t-he system by the mid 1970's, the rn�nber of actual ansta3.iations <br />has declined to 20 or 30 pex year. <br />Procedure Sta�nt: Individuals desiring a street light abtain a pe�ition <br />frc� C.ity and ci.rcu�ate it in the neigi�borhood to detexmine i� the light <br />is desixecl (��;�ularly by thase propest�r awners d�.rectl�y adjacent ta the <br />proposer3. li.ght� .�'he petition is then returned ta fihe City where the signatures <br />are checked and the ioca-Cion reviewed. to see if it conforn�ed to the qual.ifya.ng <br />cond�tions. <br />l. Is it in an ov�xhead electrical wire axea and no mr�re than one new <br />� w�od.en post n�eds to be set, and <br />2. Is it at th� intersection o� twe� public Ci�y streets, or <br />3. Is t-here current3�y mr�re than 6i30 �eet Y�etween existing l�ghts or <br />4. Is it on a severe cutve, either veztically ar horizontally? <br />If the above conditions are met and the year's quo� has not been fziled, <br />th� Public Woxks D�:rec�or instnzcts Nox-rhexn Stat-es Pc�aer Con�pany to ins�all <br />the light. <br />Authority: �'here is no sta�utory or other auf=horzty for this progzam_ It <br />�s implerrented th�ough the provz.sion in each year's budc��. to pay for �he cast <br />of power and maintenance of the existing systetn and £�nds for a�litianaT new <br />lights. <br />Reviewed by Council on 3-21-7'1 <br />