Street lighting improvements may be installed to serve all properties within the City in accordance with the regulations of this Section. The City Council shall review all requests for streetlights within the City and approve or reject said request. In the course of its review the City Council shall take into consideration: safety factors, maintenance cost, electricity cost, liability, and general benefit to the City. Upon the advice and recommendation of the City Engineer that exceptions to these regulations are in the best interest of the City, the City Council may approve said exceptions. Such improvements shall be of the individual service or of the multiple circuit type and shall consist of standards, luminaires, cable conduit under driveways and/or streets, controllers, handholes, and all other miscellaneous work and equipment necessary for an integrated system of streetlights. (Ord. 0-86-26, 9-2-1986)
A. Location: There shall be at least one standard luminaire at each intersection and interior of each cul-de-sac, and spacing of standards shall not exceed three hundred feet (300') in residential areas. In commercial and/or manufacturing areas, spacing and location of standards shall be as approved by the City Council.
B. Specifications: Lighting standards shall be either steel or spun aluminum, complete with concrete base, complete with bracket and handhole. Heights of standard and length of bracket shall be as follows:
1. Residential areas - standard twenty three feet (23'); bracket arm - eight feet (8').
2. Commercial, industrial and manufacturing areas - standard thirty feet (30') with the length of the bracket arm as approved by the City Council.
C. Luminaires shall be of the mercury vapor type with constant wattage type ballasts. Size and life shall be as follows:
1. Residential area - 175-watt with average life of three thousand (3,000) hours.
2. Commercial, industrial and manufacturing areas - 250-watt or 400-watt with average life of three thousand (3,000) hours as approved by the City Council. (Ord. 0-77-02, 2-7-1977)