[Adopted 2-11-1974 by L.L. No. 2-1974]
The Town Board recognizes the need for safely
illuminating street intersections within the town, and, by creating
the following provisions, the Board will require, unless waived, that
any newly created street intersection of the Town of Monroe shall
be illuminated, and the cost of installing such illumination shall
be borne by the person creating such intersections.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, association or
legal representative, acting individually or jointly.
A plan or plat other than a subdivision plat showing the
location of structures and/or buildings and other related facilities,
submitted to the Planning Board for such review and approval, as may
be required by the Town of Monroe Zoning Law in conjunction with a
special exception use or otherwise.
Any highway, road or lane designed for vehicular use by the
public in general.
A tract of land which is hereafter divided into two or more
lots or parcels along an existing or proposed street, highway, easement
or right-of-way for sale or for rent as residential lots or residential
building plots, regardless of whether the lots or plots to be sold
or offered for sale, or leased for any period of time, are described
by metes and bounds or by reference to a map or survey of the property
or by any other method of description.
In any subdivision or area of a site plan hereafter
finally approved by the Planning Board of the Town of Monroe which
shall contain an intersection of two or more streets, there shall
be installed at each such intersection a streetlight which, in the
opinion of the Town Superintendent of Highways, shall be of a capacity
which shall safely illuminate such intersection.
No such subdivision or site plan shall receive final approval by the Town of Monroe Planning Board unless the final plat shall indicate the streetlights required by this Article. The requirements of this Article shall not be deemed one of the required public improvements referred to in § A65-25 of the Code of the Town of Monroe that may be waived by the Planning Board.
The cost of installing any streetlights required
by this Article shall be a part of any performance bond posted to
secure installation of public improvements within such subdivision
or area of site plan as a condition of such approval.
If any such subdivision is served by an underground
electric system, any streetlight required hereby shall be connected
to such system.
The cost of installing such streetlights shall
be borne by the subdivider or developer of the area of a site plan.
The cost of subsequently maintaining said lights shall be charged
to the Town of Monroe town-wide light district.
Upon written application, the Town Board of
the Town of Monroe may waive the requirements of this Article upon
a showing that such requirements are unnecessary or are unduly burdensome.
No such waiver shall be granted unless the Town Board is satisfied
that the health and safety of the affected community and the town
as a whole will not be jeopardized or imperiled by such a waiver.
This Article shall take effect immediately,
and shall apply to any subdivision or site plan which has not received
final approval from the Town of Monroe Planning Board.
