Section 5.12 Utilities and Easements
   5.12.1   PUBLIC WATER AND SEWER CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS
   Water and sewer lines, connections, and equipment shall be constructed in accordance with the standard specifications for utility line construction as set forth by the utility provider for the proposed development.
   5.12.2   WATER AND SEWER CONNECTIONS
   Connection of each lot to public water and sewer utilities shall be required if the proposed development is within 500 feet of the nearest adequate line of a public system, provided that no geographic or topographic factors would make such connection infeasible. Where public water and/or sewer is not available, lots shall meet applicable Harnett County Health Department regulations. The final plat shall show the appropriate certificate(s) of approval from the Environmental Health Division if such approval is required.  
   5.12.3   UNDERGROUND UTILITIES
   Electrical, telecommunication, cable television and other utility lines installed within and along streets abutting major subdivisions shall be underground unless the approving body determines underground installation is inappropriate.
   5.12.4   EASEMENTS
   A.   Widths. To provide for electric, telecommunication, television/internet, gas service conduits, greenways and water and sewer lines within a subdivision, adequately sized utility easements shall be a minimum of 30 feet in width. The location of such easements shall be reviewed and approved by the approving body, with advice from utility providers, before final plat approval. The Administrator or utility provider may require wider easements and shall be determined on a case-by-case basis.
   B.   Restrictions on Improvements. Utility easements shall be kept free and clear of any buildings or other improvements that would interfere with the proper maintenance or replacement of utilities. The town shall not be liable for damages to any improvement located within the utility easement area caused by maintenance or replacement of utilities located therein.
   5.12.5   STREET LIGHTS
   Street lights shall be required to be installed along all public streets within the town’s corporate limits in accordance with the town’s current policy. The Board of Commissioners of the town hereby establishes the following:               
   A.   The owner, developer or subdivider of a site plan or subdivision shall be required to install street lighting via underground distribution along all proposed streets and along all adjoining existing streets and thoroughfares in accordance with this section. The developer shall be responsible for all installation cost and any utility pole fees.
   B.   Through the site plan and subdivision plan approval process, the Administrator may approve street lighting which exceeds the standard town requirements for residential streets so as to reduce the length of sag vertical curves provided the street lights are operational prior to the issuance of any certificates of occupancy on such street. In any case, the minimum allowable length of sag vertical curves shall be 15A for cul-de-sacs and loop roads and 20A for residential streets.
   C.   All underground electrical distribution systems for street lighting within the corporate limits of the town and its extraterritorial planning jurisdiction shall be installed according to the following standards.
      1.   Underground service for light fixtures shall be installed by the developer in conformance with town standards at the developer's expense.
      2.   The placement of street lighting fixtures in residential areas shall be at 400-foot intervals unless:
         a.   The roadway length is less than 400 feet but more than 200 feet in which case a street light will be provided at the end of the street;
         b.   Where the roadway length is less than 200 feet and a street light is placed at the intersection and no natural features create a problem, no street light will be placed at the end of the roadway; or
         c.   The vertical and horizontal street alignment or natural features necessitate shorter spacing intervals.
      3.   The placement of street lighting along thoroughfares, marginal access streets and collector streets and in nonresidential areas shall be in accordance with the latest revision of the Illuminating Engineering Society's American National Standards for Roadway Lighting.
      4.   A street light shall be provided at all street intersections.
   D.   Street light fixtures shall conform to the following:
      1.   All fixtures in residential areas shall be either 7,000 or 9,500 lumen enclosed high pressure sodium lamps on standard poles 25 feet in height. The 7,000 lumen fixture shall be placed only at the "neck" of cul-de-sacs.
      2.   All fixtures along thoroughfares shall be 28,500 lumen enclosed high pressure sodium lamps on standard fiberglass poles 30 feet in height or 50,000 lumen enclosed high pressure sodium lamps on standard fiberglass poles 35 feet in height. The 28,500 lumen fixtures shall be placed in residential areas when spillover from the 50,000 lumen fixtures would be excessive.
   E.   Authorization for street light installations shall occur at such time as:
      1.   A developer, through the town, requests the installation of streetlights prior to the issuance of any certificates of occupancy. The developer shall incur a monthly electrical expense billed equal to the monthly electrical expense incurred by the town, for each street light installed. The developer will be billed for the period beginning with installation of the street light and ending with notification to the town, by the developer, of issuance of a certificate of occupancy in the immediate area of each street light location;
      2.   A certificate of occupancy is issued in the immediate area of the proposed street light location; or
      3.   An arterial/major street, marginal access street or collector street is constructed or widened as a part of development. Arterial/major streets, marginal access streets and collector streets that are constructed or widened by the town shall be lighted immediately after construction, dependent on the availability of funds.
   F.   Street lighting facilities and street lights shall be installed by the developer on any roadway, portion of roadway or widening prior to the town's acceptance of that roadway for routine maintenance unless otherwise approved by the Administrator.
   G.   Residents along a street may request the relocation of a street light provided that the proposed street light location meets town standards and the relocation is approved by the Administrator. Residents living at the cul-de-sac end of a street may request the replacement of an existing 9,500 lumen semi-enclosed light fixture with a 7,000 lumen semi-enclosed light fixture. A petition, signed by all persons owning property fronting on the street within the boundaries of the next closest installed or proposed street lights, shall be required. Also, the relocation or replacement cost and all facilities abandonment costs must be paid in full in advance by the resident(s) requesting the relocation or replacement.
   H.   A developer may request to use decorative or "private" street lighting within a development provided:
      1.   Street light fixture types and locations must meet the minimum criteria set forth in this policy and must be approved by the Administrator;
      2.   The developer and/or property owner's association shall be responsible for all installation costs and monthly operating costs associated with the private streetlights;
      3.   The developer and/or property owner's association shall be responsible for any costs associated with deletion of the private street lights and any costs associated with installing the town's standard street lights prior to the expiration of the ten-year contract; and
      4.   The developer shall include all responsibilities of the homeowner's association pertaining to the street lighting in the development covenants. The developer shall inform all purchasers of property in the development of these same responsibilities.
   5.12.6   FIRE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT
   Fire protection equipment shall be installed at locations determined by the Lillington Fire Department or other fire service agency which will have primary response responsibility within the proposed development.
(Ord. passed 2-14-2017; Ord. passed 2-15-2022)