HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 77-09ORDINANCE NO. -
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 42 OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT
BY ESTABLISHING STREET LIGHTING STANDARDS IN
SUBDIVISIONS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND
PROVIDING FOR REPEAL.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
That Chapter 42 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont,
Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding new Sections 42-48
and 42-49 to read as follows:
Section 42-48 - Street lights are required in all subdivisions
developed after the effective date of this
ordinance under the following guidelines:
1. The minimum capacity of residential
luminaires shall be 175 watt mercury
vapor (7,000 lumens) or 100 watt high
pressure sodium (8, 500:. lumens) .
2. Street lights shall be installed at in-
tersections and at additional locations
not less than 175 nore more than 250
feet apart. Locations will be designated
so as to provide average street light
separation with lesser or greater sep-
aration occurring only where lot widths
so necessitate varying frau the 200 foot
standard.
3. Gulf States Utilities Carpany shall
designate street light locations on the
preliminary plat.
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Section 42-49 -
4. The City of Beaumont.Traffic and
Transportation Department shall..approve
street light locations and may. require
relocation of designated street lights
and/or addition or deletion of street
lights.
5. Street light intensity in subdivisions
developed after the effective date of
the ordinance shall be a minimum. of .2
lumens per square foot.
All costs associated with the construction and in-
stallation of street lights in subdivisions
developed after the effective date of this
ordinance shall be borne by the developers. Payment
of said costs shall be a prerequisite to approval
of the final plat of .the subdivision. Upon in-
stallation of street lights at locations estab-
lished in accordance with this ordinance and after
approval by the City of Beaumont Traffic and Trans-
portation Department, the City of Beaumont will
assume the monthly power and maintenance cost
charges set in the current rate schedule.
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of
this ordinance, or the application of same.to a particular set of persons
or circumstances, should for any reason be held to be invalid, such in-
validity shall in no wise affect the remaining portions of this ordinance,
and to such end the various portions and provisions of this ordinance are
declared to be severable.
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