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COMPILATION Or ` NI':;ul.R1'ION NU. 1069 All[) \ 11I'9ULUTIUN NU. 1154 1 CITY UI'-MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY F RAMSEY STATE OF NNE:;VI'A A STREETLIGHT INSTALLATION POLICY REPLACING RLSOLUTION NO. 946 WHEREAS, each year the City Council receives several requests lur the installation of utreatlights; and WI113.11CAS, the coot Of operating streetlights is a large budget i tell and WIII:IIIiAS, the City Council desires tU maintain and enhance the safety of its neighborhoods through the I'LUVI,lon of streetlights while at the same time keeping the tax burden of operating street- lights at a minimum; NOW, THIMIXOIo:, III: IT RPSOLVRn by the Council of the City of Muunds View that the lollnwiay policy shall govern the installation of streetlights at a muniniwm; NOW, THEREFORE lit; IT by the Council of the City of Muunds View that the fuiluwing policy ::hall govern the installation of streetlights in residential areas: (I) Property owners desiring installation of strcetliyhts shall submit a petition requesting such with the signatures of at least fifty percent of the affected property owners. All signatures of persons on the petition shall mean their consent to the location of the light, on or near their property. The petition shall include signatures of consent of the property owner directly affected by the final location unless it is determined by the City Council that the requested streetlight is in the interest of preserving the health and safety of residents of the area. A property owner shall br, docmed to be affected if his/her property is within 200 feet in any street direction from the pro- posed streetlight location on either side of the street. A property owner directly affected shA1l be one whose property the light is on, abutts, or is directly adjacent (opposite side of street). (2) The proposed location shall sleet at )east one of the following criteria; intersections, sharp curves, cul de sacs, uuad ends, long blocks, vandalized areas, or mid - block pedestrian crosswalks. A showing of need for a similar criteria may also qualify. The criteria must be related to a need for public safety. (i) All stroutlights shall be spaced at least A00 fee9 apart unless the above criteria apply. Ih no case—sh><11 lights be closer than,250.fuct to one another. (4) All new streetlight rels installations. shall beli00_watt high Lqru _odium at a LO foot mounting height. (5) Streetlights shall be included in all public improvement prujects according to the above criteria. (6) Qualifying requests for streetlights may be scheduled for installation in a subsequent year if the City Council determines sufficient funds are not available in the cur- rent City budget, Adopted thu llth day of February, 1980 (Resolution No. 1069) and the 141sh day of September, 1981 (Resolution No. 1)54).