Ordinance No. 1,008ORDINANCE NO. 1008
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, BY THE AMENDMENT OF
CHAPTER 27, SUBDIVISIONS, BY THE AMENDMENT OF
APPENDIX B THERETO, DESIGNATED AS ENGINEERING
AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS FOR SUBDIVISION, SO
AS TO ESTABLISH STANDARDS FOR STREET LIGHTING
IN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION, BY
THE ADDITION OF A NEW HEADING DESIGNATED "STREET
LIGHTS "; REPEALING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HERE-
WITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR
THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended by amending Chapter 27,
Subdivisions, by the amendment of Appendix B thereof, by
adding thereto a new heading entitled "Street Lights ", which
shall read as follows, to -wit:
STREET LIGHTS
Developers will be required to install ornamen-
tal metal street light standards on public streets
in subdivisions within the city limits as follows:
(a) The location and number of street lights shall
be determined by the Planning and Zoning Commission
and shall be marked on the final approved copy of
( the subdivision plat.
(b) The spacing and location of street lights shall
be in accordance with recommended standards of the
Illuminating Engineering Society.
(c) Street lights shall be located so as to be of
general benefit to the surrounding neighborhood.
(d) A cash payment of One Hundred Fifty ($150.00)
Dollars per ornamental street light standard shall
be required before building permits will be issued
in a new subdivision within the city limits. This
payment shall constitute a final and one time pay-
ment by the developer to the City and represents
the cost of a standard 3300 Lumen metal pole street
light at $30.00 per year for five (5) years.
(e) Where it is determined by the Planning and Zon-
ing Commission that illumination greater than the
standard 3300 Lumen street light is needed, the
additional cost above $150.00 will be borne by the
City.
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Section 2: Repealing Clause: All ordinances or
parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this or-
dinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such
repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency and
in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of
other ordinances regulating and governing the subject matter
covered by this ordinance.
Section 3: Savings Clause: If any provision, sec-
tion, exception, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any
person or set of circumstances, shall for any reason be held
unconstitutional, void or invalid, such invalidity shall not
affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this or-
dinance or their application to other persons or sets of cir-
cumstances and to this end all provisions of this ordinance
are declared to be severable. ,
Section 4: Effective Date: This ordinance shall
take effect from and after its passage by the City Council
of the City of Baytown,
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative
vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown, this the
8th day of January, 1970.
ATTEST:
EDNK —OLIVER, City Clerk
-I'L' R. LAUGHLIN, "'C'ity Attorney
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