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 Houston
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 40. STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
 Article I. IN GENERAL

  § 40-3. Installation of street lights at expense of property owners.  

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  • (a)

    Where lighting is requested other than that which is scheduled for installation by the city, the mayor is hereby authorized to approve, upon the recommendation of Houston Public Works, the installation of ornamental standard type street lights in residential areas when a contribution is made to the city by the property owners of an amount of money sufficient to pay the operation cost of the lights for a period of one year. This section shall also be applicable for ornamental standard type lighting on nonresidential streets where lighting is requested prior to the time it is scheduled by the city. The mayor may delegate such authority to persons named in a written delegation notice signed by the mayor and filed with the city secretary, subject to revocation at any time.

    (b)

    The contributions made to the city whenever ornamental street lights are to be installed shall be in an amount calculated by Houston Public Works to represent the operating cost of the street lights for one year. The contribution collected shall be deposited in a special revenue account which is hereby established. The monies collected in the special account shall be designated for street lighting use only. All notices of the amount of contribution due shall clearly state that any contribution not received within six months from the date of issuance by Houston Public Works shall be subject to increase.

    (c)

    The foregoing requirement for a contribution by property owners shall not apply in the case of standard type ornamental street lights for which the installation charges, if any, plus the estimated operation cost for one year or more are to be paid for out of funds obtained through the Department of Housing and Urban Development of the United States of America as part of the Community Development Block Grant Program. The installation of such street lights may be approved by the mayor (or the mayor's designee) upon the determination by the Director of Houston Public Works that such funds are available and have been duly authorized to be expended for such purpose.

(Code 1968, § 41-4.1; Ord. No. 70-636, § 1, 5-5-70; Ord. No. 79-962, § 1, 6-14-79; Ord. No. 80-571, § 1, 3-18-80; Ord. No. 82-368, § 1, 3-8-82; Ord. No. 82-906, § 1, 6-1-82; Ord. No. 86-528, § 30, 4-22-86; Ord. No. 90-635, § 97, 5-23-90; Ord. No. 92-1009, § 1, 7-22-92; Ord. No. 93-514, § 67, 5-5-93; Ord. No. 2018-11 , §§ 49, 50, 1-10-2018)