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Municipal of the District of St. Mary's
STREET LIGHT POLICY
Purpose:
The purpose of this policy is to provide a consistent approach to installing new street lighting in
the municipality and to ensure a fair and regulated payment system is in place whereby
streetlights are paid for by the property owners in the area served by the streetlights.
Definitions:
"Streetlight
Area"
occurs
where
a
series
of
streetlights
service
a
continuous
residential/commercial properties within a community.
Modification of "Streetlight Area":
In the case of gaps of 5 or more poles between streetlights, owner of property frontage within
the Streetlight Area may appeal to Municipality to have a light installed.
Addition of "Streetlight Area":
1. The Municipality will consider requests in the form of petitions from the property owners
within the areas in question, for a new Streetlight Area, modifications to an existing
Streetlight Area including lengthening or shortening of an existing Streetlight Area at the
ends, or removal of an existing Streetlight Area.
a. Petitions will require the absolute majority (more than fifty percent of the property
owners in the area) to be considered by Council.
b. Petitions will be reviewed by staff to determine if the requests meet municipal
policy and a report and recommendation will be prepared for Council's
consideration.
2. In approved areas, streetlights will be placed based on the following spacing between
dwelling units:
Number of poles between Dwellings
Spacing of Streetlights
Less than 5 poles
Every second pole
6 to 8 poles
Every fourth pole
Greater than 8 poles
No lights
3. Where there is spacing between dwelling units of greater than eight (8) poles in an area to
be lit, the streetlights will stop at the last occupied property and will begin at the next
occupied property in the area to be lit.
4. Requests for additional individual lights will be considered if the property to be lit is within
eight (8) poles of an existing streetlight system.
"Streetlight Area" Rate:
1. The Municipality will set one flat area rate, on an annual basis, for all Streetlight Areas
served within the municipality. The flat rate will be based on the overall cost for streetlights
as determined and charged by Nova Scotia Power Inc. to the municipality and divided by
number of properties served by the Streetlight Area
2. The area rate determine will be applied to all residential and commercial assessed
properties fronting a "Streetlight Area" including those within 200 feet before and after the
said Streetlight Area.
3. Where a single residential or commercial lot possesses frontage on more than one Street,
the tax account will be billed only one Streetlight Area Rate
Approved by the Saint Mary's Municipal Council on
This 14th day of March 2016.
Amended by Council on
This __13th__ day of ___March___ 2017.