Chapter 96-6 — STREET LIGHTING

To promote public health, safety and welfare, especially traffic safety and crime deterrence, the subdivider shall provide street lighting facilities for proposed subdivisions to be located as set forth in Sections 96- 6.204 through 96-6.218. The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable only in public streets, or streets intended and designed to become public streets, and to public street lighting facilities.

(Ords. 79-18 § 1, 78-5, 67-19: prior code § 8476).

Street lighting facilities shall be provided along all streets within one mile of an existing school or school site approved by the local school board. The one-mile distance shall be measured along the shortest pedestrian route available or planned, measured from the closest boundary of the school and the subdivision.

(Ord. 78-5).

Street lighting facilities shall be provided along all streets wherein the area is zoned R-12 or in land use districts having a higher density.

(Ord. 78-5).

Street lighting facilities shall be provided along all streets within any portion of a subdivision zoned for multiple family, business or commercial land uses.

(Ord. 78-5).

The requirements set forth in Sections 96-6.202 through 96-6.208 apply to the portions of any existing public street abutting the subdivision.

(Ord. 78-5).

Following approval of the tentative map, the subdivider shall prepare and submit for approval, as part of the improvement plans for the subdivision, construction plans for the street lighting improvements required by this title.

(Ord. 78-5).

The improvement plans shall show the size, type and location of each public street light, and shall bear the written approval by the public utility which proposes to serve the lighting system.

(Ords. 79-18 § 2, 78-5, 67-19: prior code § 8476(e)).

The public works department may require upgrading of existing or proposed lights at intersections where deemed necessary to prevent a hazard to traffic or pedestrians.

(Ord. 78-5).

The public works department's review of the street lighting part of the improvement plans, when street lighting facilities are required, shall be a condition precedent to the approval of the final map or parcel map for the subdivision by the board of supervisors.

(Ord. 78-5).

The public works director shall select the appropriate lighting rate from the current street lighting rates established by the California Public Utilities Commission, and determine the appropriate fee.

(Ords. 79-18 § 3, 78-5, 71-40 § 1, 67-19: prior code § 8476(j)).

All street lighting systems shall be jointly owned and operated by the county and the serving public utility company, under the jurisdiction of and as provided for by the California Public Utilities Commission, unless other adequate arrangements are approved by the planning commission. Neither the county nor any county service area (street lighting) shall be bound or obligated for the cost of procurement or erection of ornamental street lighting standards, or for the cost of equipment or installation of any underground wiring system.

(Ords. 79-18 § 4, 78-5, 67-19: prior code § 8478(c)).

Article 96-6.4. Standards

Whenever possible, street light poles and other street lighting facilities shall be placed on lot lines and at intersections in accordance with the minimum requirements regarding spacing and lamp size for all new street lighting to be established by the board of supervisors on the recommendation of the public works department. Street lighting shall be installed only within the right-of-way dedicated to the public and designed to be accepted for maintenance by the county.

(Ord. 78-5).

Wiring for street lighting purposes shall be installed underground and shall conform to the standards of the county and the public utility which proposes to serve the street lighting systems.

(Ords. 79-18 § 5, 78-5, 67-19: prior code § 8477(b)).

When the subdivider requests installation of street lighting, electroliers must be furnished and installed in accordance with the requirements of the county and the serving utility company, before acceptance per Section 96-4.602.

(Ords. 79-18 § 6, 78-5, 67-19: prior code § 8477 (d)).

Residential and commercial street lighting poles may be of an ornamental type acceptable to the board of supervisors when they meet the current standards of the county and the serving public utility company.

(Ords. 79-18 § 7, 78-15, 67-19: prior code § 8477(d)).

All electrical equipment and installation shall conform to the applicable standards of the following, as they now exist or may hereafter be amended:

(1)

Electrical safety orders of the Division of Industrial Safety, Department of Industrial Relations, State of California;

(2)

Rules for Overhead Electric Line Construction, General Order No. 95 of the California Public Utility Commission;

(3)

Standard Specifications of the serving public utility company.

(Ord. 78-5).

Article 96-6.6. County Service Areas (Street Lighting)

Before approval of the final map or parcel map of any subdivision in which the installation of street lighting facilities is required, the subdivider shall file a request with the local agency formation commission, copy to public works department, for approval of annexation of the subdivision to a county service area for the purpose of financing the street lighting, maintenance and replacement costs, unless the subdivision is already contained within the boundaries of a county service area authorized to supply street lighting.

(Ord. 78-5).

The request shall be accompanied by a legal description of the exterior boundaries and map showing the boundaries of the area to be annexed with sufficient bearings and distances to correctly describe the boundary. The map shall give such supplementary information as is necessary to accurately locate the area in relation to local streets, city boundaries, or adjacent subdivision.

(Ord. 78-5).

Article 96-6.8. Energizing Costs

Prior to approval of the final map or parcel map, the subdivider shall deposit money with the public works department, sufficient in amount to energize, de-energize, re-energize, and/or maintain the lights shown on the public street lighting part of the improvement plans for one year.

(Ords. 79-18 § 8, 78-15, 67-19: prior code § 8478(b)).

The one-year lighting deposit shall be used to pay the cost of energizing, de-energizing, re-energizing and/or maintaining the lights from the acceptance of the road and from fifty percent occupancy of the subdivision until revenues are available to defray such costs.

(Ords. 79-18 § 9, 78-15, 67-19: prior code § 8478(b)).

Any unexpended deposit shall be deposited to the credit of the lighting service area to which the subdivision was annexed.

(Ord. 78-5).