A street lighting plan shall be prepared in accordance with the following specification and standards.
(a) The design and layout for the street lighting, the underground wiring, and other pertinent equipment shall be designed by a registered electrical engineer. All electrical engineering drawings, whether or not such drawings are included in a comprehensive set of street improvement plans, shall be signed and sealed by a registered professional electrical engineer, and approved by the Municipality Engineer.
(1) All energy lines leading to the light standard shall be underground in new developing subdivisions.
(2) All streets lighting designs shall be coordinated with the supplier of electrical energy. Two (2) drawings for each street lighting layout shall be submitted to the supplier of electric energy for their records. All street lighting plans shall specify shop-drawing submittals.
(3) Streetlights are to be designed and installed in accordance with the street lighting specifications of the Municipality, three (3) copies of which will be kept on file in the office of the Zoning Officer.
(4) The drawings and specification sheets for the street light standards, luminaries, and mercury vapor lamps and pedestal termination points are available from the Municipality Engineer.
(5) All connections to the supplier of electric energy secondary service locations shall be made by the supplier.
(b) The owner or developer desiring the final acceptance of a street(s), unless council otherwise approves an exception, shall have the streetlights installed and ready for use prior to its acceptance.
(c) It shall be the responsibility of the Municipality, for street lighting systems that are to be publically owned, to secure and pay the cost of energy for lighting and assume the maintenance cost of the installation following the expiration of the developer's one-year maintenance bond.
(d) Any contractor or agent for the developer, while in the process of installing street lights, who damages the distribution system of electric energy supplier shall be liable for such damages and for any other cost as a result of such damages, and may charge and receive payment for such damages from the party responsible.
(e) If conditions are such that the street lights cannot be installed prior to the acceptance of the street(s), as required in subsection (b) above, the owner or developer-requesting acceptance of such street(s) shall deposit with the Municipal Administrator a performance bond.
(1) The performance bond shall be in the amount equal to one and one-half (1 ½) times the estimated cost of the installation of these lights. The owner or developer shall have a period of six (6) months from the time the bond is in place to install the lights.
(2) Failure of the owner or developer to complete the installation within six (6) months shall be cause for the Municipal Administrator to complete the installation by a separate contractor, which will be paid by the funds of the performance bond.
(3) The Municipality shall return the portion of the bond that is not used by the installation of the lights to the depositor at the completion and acceptance of the street(s).
(f) The location and or spacing of the streetlights shall be coordinated with the Municipality Engineer and shown on the plan view of the street, storm and water plan. The developer shall provide easements for the streetlights and related components if located outside of the right-of-way.
(Ord. 19-011. Passed 4-22-19.)