31-16 STREET LIGHTING.

a. General Requirements . 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 paragraphs b. through i. The provisions of this section shall be applicable only in public streets, or streets intended and designed to become public streets, and to public street lighting facilities.

b. Near School Sites . Street lighting facilities shall be provided along all streets within one (1) mile of an existing school or school site approved by the local School Board. The one (1) mile distance shall be measured along the shortest pedestrian route available or planned, measured from the closest boundary of the school and the subdivision.

c. R-12 or Higher Density Districts . 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.

d. Areas Zoned for Multiple Family, Business or Commercial Uses . Street lighting facilities shall be provided along all streets within any portion of a subdivision zoned for multiple family, business or commercial land uses.

e. Existing Public Streets . The requirements set forth in paragraphs b. through i. apply to the portions of any existing public street abutting the subdivision.

f. Construction Plans . 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 chapter.

g. Size, Type and Location Designation . 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.

h. Intersections . The Engineering Department may require upgrading of existing or proposed lights at intersections where deemed necessary to prevent a hazard to traffic or pedestrians.

i. Review of Plans . The Engineering 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 Town Council.

j. Service Rates . The Engineering 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.

k. Street Light Ownership . 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 or 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.

a. Placement . 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 Town Council on the recommendation of the Engineering 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 Town.

b. Underground Wiring . Wiring for street lighting purposes shall be installed underground and shall conform to the

standards of the Town and the public utility which proposes to serve the street lighting systems.

c. Electrolier Installation . When the subdivider requests installation of street lighting, electroliers must be furnished and installed in accordance with the requirements of the Town and the serving utility company, before acceptance per subsection 31-15.3a.

d. Ornamental Poles . Residential and commercial street lighting poles may be of an ornamental type acceptable to the Town Council when they meet the current standards of the Town and the serving public utility company.

e. Conformance to Standards . 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.

a. Request for Street Lighting Service . 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 Engineering Department, for approval of annexation of the subdivision to a Town 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 Town service area authorized to supply street lighting.

b. Legal Description . 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 subdivisions.

a. Deposit Required . Prior to approval of the final map or parcel map, the subdivider shall deposit money with the Engineering 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 (1) year.

b. Disposition of Deposit . The one (1) year lighting deposit shall be used to pay the cost of energizing, de-energizing, reenergizing and/or maintaining the lights from the acceptance of the road and from fifty (50%) percent occupancy of the subdivision until revenues are available to defray such costs.

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