(A) Street lights.
(1) The subdivider shall provide the subdivision with street lights to be installed at subdivision entrance to perimeter streets, street intersections throughout the subdivision and spaced at intervals no greater than 600 linear feet and not less than 300 linear feet along a street or where deemed necessary by the town for security, health and safety purposes.
(2) Street lighting plan shall be submitted for review and approval to the applicable electric utility prior to the review and approval by the Plan Commission as a part of the submittal of a primary plat.
(3) The subdivider shall be responsible for the up-front payment to the applicable utility of all capitol costs associated with the purchase and installation of street lights. Ongoing maintenance costs including, but not limited to, bulb replacement, ballast replacement and painting charged by the applicable utility associated with street lights shall be the responsibility of either the subdivider or said costs shall be assigned to a homeowners’ association by the subdivider when development is complete, as appropriate. Should painting/repainting not be included under a maintenance agreement with the applicable utility, the subdivider or homeowners’ association shall be responsible for said repairs with the approval of the applicable utility and the town. The town shall be responsible only for the energy/electric bills for the operation of the street lights.
(4) In the event that a street light is damaged beyond repair, or has reached the end of its useful life, the town shall replace the light with a standard pole-mounted gooseneck/cobra arm light assembly. Should the subdivider or homeowners’ association, as applicable authority, decide that a non-standard or other decorative replacement is preferred, the subdivider or homeowners’ association shall be responsible for reimbursing the town the additional costs, if any, for the purchase and installation of a non-standard replacement over and above the purchase and installation cost of a standard pole-mounted gooseneck/cobra arm light assembly subject to the procedure outlined in division (A)(3) above.
(5) Street lights shall be pole mounted, either standard gooseneck/cobra arm with luminaire on pole or decorative post and luminaire, and shall conform to the installation specifications of the applicable electric utility.
(B) Street signs.
(1) The subdivider shall be responsible for installing street signs at each street intersection throughout the subdivision. Street signs shall be installed in compliance with the town’s construction standards.
(2) The town shall be responsible for the placement of traffic-control signs or signals where deemed necessary in the development by the town’s Engineer and as approved by the Town Council.
(3) When the subdivision contains private streets, the subdivider shall be required to post a sign at the entrance of the subdivision proclaiming the name of the subdivision with the phrase “private streets” placed directly below in letters of two inches in height.
(C) Street landscaping. Landscaping, in the form of street trees, shall be required along all streets within a subdivision in accordance with the following:
(1) Landscaping along all streets within a subdivision shall consist of trees planted in accordance with one of the following alternatives.
(a) If deciduous shade (overstory) trees are used: there shall be one tree planted at a maximum of every 40 feet on center along all streets within the subdivision.
(b) If deciduous ornamental (understory) trees are used: there shall be one tree planted at a maximum of every 25 feet on center of linear distance along all streets within the subdivision.
(2) The minimum size of all required landscape plant materials, at the time of planting, shall comply with the plant sizes listed in § 194.109 of this code of ordinances.
(3) Trees shall be planted within the public rights-of-way of streets in conformance with §§ 100.01 through 100.10 and 100.25 through 100.34 of Volume 1 of this code of ordinances. In the event that the location of trees within the right-of-way would conflict with underground infrastructure or utilities, the trees shall be planted within the front yard of the subdivision lot abutting and paralleling the conflicting location.
(Ord. 2000-21, passed 11-6-2000)