1982-08-04 Regular Meeting La Porte City Council

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• • ORDINANCE NO. 705- AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUBSECTION 11.05, "STREET LIGHTING," SECTION 11, "ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS FOR SUB- DIVISIONS," OF ORDINANCE NO. 705 (AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PLATTING OR REPLATTING OF LAND INTO SUBDIVISIONS IN THE CITY OF LA PORTE AND WITHIN THE EXTRA- TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE); PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN ANY SUM NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00); CONTAINING SEVERABILITY AND REPEALING CLAUSES; FINDING COM- PLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. Subsection 11.05, "Street Lighting," of Section 11, "Engineering and Construction Standards for Subdivisions," of Ordinance~No. 705 of the City of La Porte, is hereby amended to read as follows, to-wit: "11.05 STREET LIGHTING. Street lighting on all streets and at all street intersections and 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 thorough- fares. "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. Accord- ingly, the developer or owner of the land to be subdivided, or land which has been subdivided, within the city limits, shall make application 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 developer's or owner's payment to the City of La Porte of the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00), or such fee as may be established from time to time by Houston Lighting and Power Company, for each requested electric street light standard, to reimburse the City for the installation fee charged by Houston Lighting and Power Company for the installa- tion of each electric street light standard. A further payment by the developer or owner shall accompany the application to the City of La Porte, in the amount of One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00), or such fee as may be established from time to time by Houston Lighting and Power Company, for each requested electric street light standard, to reimburse the City for the operational cost of the street light for the first five (5) years of said street light's existence. 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 and Power Company. y1 1 ~~ z" ~