§ 1634. Street lighting.

(a)

Required. Street lighting shall be required on all new public and private streets as follows:

1.

At any new street intersection, regardless of use;

2.

New residential subdivision streets serving lots less than one acre in area and less than a minimum lot width of 150 feet; for streets serving lots with a minimum lot area of one acre and a minimum lot width of 150 feet, street lighting is not required except at new street intersections; and

3.

New commercial subdivision streets. Streets serving exclusively industrial uses shall not require street lighting except at street intersections.

(b)

Standard. Street lighting when required shall be installed according to design standards of the power company servicing the subdivision or development and section 34-132 of the Jackson County Code of Ordinances, as applicable and provided further, the minimum height of a street light shall be 25 feet above the road surface.

(c)

Plan approval. The subdivider or developer shall submit a street light layout prepared by the utility company which will provide the lighting service showing the exact location of street lights within the subdivision. The lighting layout must be approved by the county road superintendent and the public development director.

(d)

Operation cost responsibility. The Jackson County Board of Commissioners will not assume responsibility for the operational costs of streetlights required by this section even though said street lights may be within a dedicated public right-of-way. It shall be the responsibility of the subdivider to propose for county approval a mechanism for payment of the operational costs of street lighting which may include a special tax district as specified in section 34-132 of the Jackson County Code of Ordinances.

(Ord. No. 17-003 , § 1, 10-2-2017)