Administrative Policy #7.12 - Street Lighting Devices
Purpose
To establish a consistent and efficient process that enhances public safety through the proper placement of street lights in the public right-of-way (ROW), and procedures for the installation and removal of a street lighting device.
Scope
Applies to requests for installation of a small number of new street lights or a small number of street light removals. Approval of the City Council shall be secured for major additions or revisions to the street lighting system (2% of the system or greater). Minor additions or revisions to the system are approved by the City Manager or their designee.
Guidelines
The City of Corvallis desires well placed, shielded, energy-efficient street lighting sources that direct the light source downward where it is needed, not up or sideways where it is wasted and causes glare, light trespass, and bright skies.
- The cost for expansion of the City's street lighting system will be paid for by the requesting party.
- Requests for New Street Lights - Requests for additional street lights will be submitted to the Public Works Director for consideration who will consider:
- The willingness of the requesting party or parties to pay for the new street light(s); and
- A survey of property owners located on the same street and within 300 feet of the proposed light, demonstrating more than 50% support for the installation.
- Street Light Removal Requests - A neighborhood may petition the Public Works Director to remove street lights. 75% of the owners of properties located on the same street and within 300 feet of the street light must agree to the removal, along with the City's emergency services departments, before an existing light is removed.
Procedure
- Standard placement of street lights shall be at intersections, in the middle of long blocks, and at the end of dead end streets and long cul-de-sacs.
- The City Manager or designee shall designate the type, size, location, and spacing of all street lights within the city, considering type of street usage (arterial, collector, or residential), and the economics of the street light installation.
- All new street lights and any street light luminaire replacements within the existing street light system shall be flat-lens, fully shielded luminaries.
- Street lighting benefits the entire community and, therefore, should not be limited to improved sections of roadway only.
- The City Manager or designee shall maintain street light mapping in the City's Geographic Information System showing the location and type of street light facilities, as well as an up-to-date file system indicating additions or deletions to the system.
- The City Manager or designee shall designate the timing of energizing street light installations within new subdivisions, considering the extent of development and the occupancy of structures
Review/Update
The Public Works Director will prepare this Administrative Procedure for review as needed for City Manager approval.
Last reviewed: 08-2021
