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)