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C7 ORDINANCE NO. 705- AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 705 (AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PLATTING OR RE-PLATTING OF LAND IPJ THE SUBDIVISIONS IN THE CITY OF LA PORTS AND WITHIN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTS); AND PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEPIED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN ANY SUM NOT LESS THAN TEN DOLLARS ($10.00) NOR MORE THAN TWU HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00); PROVIDING SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTS: Section 1. Section 11.05 of Ordinance 705 is hereby amended to read as follows: "11.05 STREET LIGHTING. Street lighting at all street inter- sections an cul-de-sacs shall conform to the latest edition of the Illuminating Engineering Society Handbook. Round tapered standards with bracket arms shall be used. Lighting levels are recommended for very light traffic, medium traffic on feeder streets, and heavy traffic on thoroughfares. Street lighting shall be provided upon all other streets of the subdivision, but need not conform to the light intensity requirements of the said Illuminating Engineering Society Handbook, at points within the subdivision other than street intersections and cul-de-sacs. "It is the present policy of the Houston Lighting and Power Company to accept orders only from the City for electric street lights to be installed within the city limits. Accordingly, the developer or owner of the land to be subdivided, or land which has been subdivided, within the city limits, shall make applica- tion for electric street lights to the City. Such application shall be accompanied by a copy of the plat of the subdivision, showing thereon the requested location(s) of the electric street lights. The application shall also be accompanied by the develo- per's or owner's payment to the City of the sum of Two Hundred Eighty-eight Dollars ($258.00) for each requested electric street light, to reimburse the City for the operational cost of the street light for the first five (5) years. Upon approval of the location of the street light locations by the City Engineer, the • City will place an order for the installation of the electric street lights with Houston Lighting & Power Company. "Owners or developers of land situated outside of the city limits may continue to deal directly with Houston Lighting & Power Company for street light installation." Section 2. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or any part of any section, sentence, phrase, or clause, of this ordi- • nance shall, for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and it is hereby declared to be the intention of this City Commission to have passed each section, sentence, phrase or clause, or part