CHAPTER 51: STREET LIGHT UTILITY
Section
   51.01   Authority and purpose
   51.02   Street Light Utility; areas served
   51.03   Definitions
   51.04   Rates and collections of fees
§ 51.01 AUTHORITY AND PURPOSE.
   M.S. § 429.021, as it may be amended from time to time, authorizes cities to install, replace, extend and maintain street lights and street lighting systems and special lighting systems. The City Council has determined that in order to promote the general health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the city, it is in the best interest of the citizens that the city operate and maintain a city street lighting system utility and has further determined that the operation and maintenance of the utility benefits each and every property within the city. The City Council has, therefore, determined that it is fair, appropriate and reasonable that the costs of the operation and maintenance be paid on a fair and reasonable basis by all of the property in the city so benefitted and the cost should be charged and collected from all benefitted property, except for those exempted in § 51.04 of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 650.01) (Ord. passed 9-7-2010; Ord. passed 6-5-2012)
§ 51.02 STREET LIGHT UTILITY; AREAS SERVED.
   (A)   Establishment. The city hereby establishes a Street Light Utility. The system consists of all street lighting facilities owned by the city and all street lighting facilities for which the city purchases and supplies electrical energy. The operation of the utility shall be under the supervision of the Public Works Superintendent.
   (B)   Areas served by standard street lighting systems. This includes portions of the city where street lights are installed.
(Prior Code, § 650.05) (Ord. passed 9-7-2010; Ord. passed 6-5-2012)
§ 51.03 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   SNOWBIRD. Residents that leave for an extended (more than 30 days) period of time.
   STREET LIGHT UTILITY FEE. The fee charged monthly for the operation, repair and maintenance of the street lights.
(Prior Code, § 650.10) (Ord. passed 9-7-2010; Ord. passed 6-5-2012)
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