(a) This section is adopted to establish a procedure for the creation of special assessment districts for street lighting purposes pursuant to M.C.L.A. 41.411 or M.C.L.A. 41.289.
(b) Upon request to the Township Clerk's office, an assessment petition to install street lights for a certain area shall be processed for the Township Board's approval as follows:
(1) For single-family homes.
A. The Township Clerk shall obtain a preliminary district and a preliminary estimate of the cost from the Department of Public Works. From this preliminary district, the Clerk's office will prepare the petition in proper form for the individual to circulate for signatures. Signatures representing not less than fifty-one percent of the land area in the district must be obtained. Husband and wife must both sign where ownership is joint. The Township may, on its own motion, create a district.
B. The circulator shall return the signed petition, properly notarized by the circulator, to the Clerk's office.
C. The Clerk's office shall obtain a certification from a title company that the petition contains valid signatures representing not less than fifty-one percent of the area in the district and shall present the petition to the Township Board.
D. Upon certification that the petition represents not less than fifty-one percent of the area in the district, the Township Clerk shall submit the petition to the Township Board for its consideration in accordance with Act 80 of the Public Acts of 1989, as amended, or any other Act then permitted for the creation of a street lighting assessment district, at which time the Township Board shall determine whether to adopt the first resolution, and if the Township Board decides to adopt Resolution No. 1 and defray the expenses by a special assessment district, then the Board shall set a date for a public hearing as provided with the by law with the proper requirements of publication and the like.
E. If the Township Board determines to create the special assessment district and to defray part or all of the cost thereof, the Township Board shall order the assessment to be spread upon the assessment roll on a front footage basis and become due and collected as other taxes are assessed, levied and collected, and the same shall be returned in the same manner for non-payment, and the Township shall thereupon direct the Township Clerk to forward the order to the Detroit Edison Company for proper construction of the improvements.
F. Before the Township Clerk shall commence any of the work concerning the procedure for a street lighting district, he or she shall receive the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00) to defray the estimated cost of certifying the petitions and the publication proposed.
(2) For Residential Districts other than single-family.
A. In the event a street lighting district petition is delivered or a street lighting district is requested for a residential development other than single family, then, prior to the inauguration of the steps set forth in paragraphs (b)(1)D., E. and F. hereof, the petitioner shall present to the Township Clerk the necessary legal instruments indicating that the petitioner has the authority to make this request and legally accept the responsibility for the assessments in the future, or that the petitioner has the right to collect the assessments from the occupiers of the property, and the petitioner shall present to the Township Clerk a letter from its own attorney indicating the documents and section numbers or appropriate reference to facilitate the Township's verification of this information, and the petitioner shall certify, under oath, that the documents presented to the Clerk's office are the latest effective documents pertaining to this matter and that the petitioner is the proper entity to make this request. There shall be an additional charge of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) for the Township's verification of the petitioner's information over and above the fee provided in paragraph (b)(1)F. for single-family homes.
B. The rates mentioned in this section may be adjusted from time to time, as needed, by the Clinton Township Board by proper resolution of said Board.