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• • <br /> <br />ORDINANCE N0. 705- <br />AN ORDINANCE AP~IENDING SUBSECTION 11.05, "STREET LIGHTING," <br />SECTION 11, "ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS FOR SUB- <br />DIVISIONS," OF ORDINANCE N0. 705 (ArI ORDINANCE PROVIDING RULES <br />AND REGULATIONS GOVERNI^IG THE PLATTING OR REPLATTING OF LAND <br />INTO SUBDIVISIONS IN THE CITY OF LA PORTS AND WITHIN THE EXTRA- <br />TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTS); PROVIDING <br />THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TER~SS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE <br />DEEiviED GUILTY OF A ~iISDEi•SEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE <br />FINED IN ANY SUM NOT iSORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00); <br />CONTAINING SEVERABILITY AND REPEALING CLAUSES; FINDING COM- <br />PLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECT PJE <br />DATE HEREOF. <br />BE IT OP.DAINED BY THE CITY COU.~ICIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTS: <br />Section 1. Subsection 11.05, "Street Lighting," of Section <br />11, "Engineering and Construction Standards for Subdivisions," <br />of Ordinance No. 705 of the Citv of La Porte, is hereby amended <br />to read as follows, to-wit: <br />"11.05 Street Lighting. Street lighting on all streets <br />and at all street intersections and cul-de-sacs shall conform <br />to the latest edition of the Illumination Engineering Society <br />Handbook. Round tapered standards with bracket arms shall be <br />used. Lighting levels are recommended for very light traffic, <br />medium traffic on feeder streets, and heavy traffic on thorough- <br />fares. <br />"It is the present policy of the Houston Lighting and <br />Power Company to accept orders only from the City for electric <br />street lights to be installed within the city limits. Accord- <br />. ingly, the developer or owner of the land to be subdivided, <br />or land which has been subdivided, within the city limits, <br />shall make application for electric street lights to the City. <br />Such application shall be accompanied by a copy of the plat <br />of the subdivision, showing thereon the requested location(s) <br />of the electric street lights. The application shall also be <br />accompanied by the developer's or owner's payment to the City <br />of La Porte such fee as may be established from time to time by <br />• i htin and Power Com an for each requested electric <br />Houston L g g P Y~ <br />