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- K1\uy c-) \, Ccck',: ..J~c ;'J < CHAPTER 72 street Light utility System 72.01 System Established. A city street lighting system is hereby established. The system includes all existing and future street lights located on public streets and pathways, but not to include sight lighting for residential, commercial or other property. This system will commence operation on January 1, 1992 and will continue indefinitely or until Council takes action to terminate the program. 72.02 Council Action. The Council shall determine by resolution from time to time, the streets, alleys or other pUblic areas on which the city shall install and operate street lighting systems. Before any such service is furnished pursuant to such resolutions, the Clerk shall, under the Councils direction, publish notice that the Council will meet to consider such projects. Such notice shall be published in the official newspaper at least once no less than ten (10) days prior to such meeting of the Council and shall state the date, time and place of such meeting, the streets, alleys or other public and private areas affected by and the particular projects proposed and the estimated cost of each project, either in total, on the basis of the proposed assessment per front foot, or otherwise. 72.03 Waiver of Public Hearing. Whenever 100% of the property owners of one or more sUbdivisions, platted or in the process of platting, shall desire to have a street lighting system within all or a portion of the said subdivision or subdivisions, all of the said property owners may execute a waiver of the hearing requirement set forth in this ordinance. Upon the city's receipt of the said executed waiver by all property owners having an interest in the subdivision or subdivisions, the Council may at its discretion order the installation of a street lighting system within said subdivision or subdivisions. Payment of all charges for said street lighting system within said subdivision or subdivisions shall be paid for out of the street light utility fund. 72.04 Costs of the System. The costs of the street lighting system are the actual costs as billed to the city by the pUblic utility, plus a certain percentage for incidental costs which include administrative, maintenance, inflation and growth. 72.05 Billincr. The service charge will be included as a separate line item on the existing water and sewer bill. 72.06 DeJincruent Accounts. All charges for street lighting shall be due on the date specified by the Finance Department for the respective amount, and shall be delinquent thereafter. A penalty of 1% will be added to all delinquent accounts.