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Council adopts amendment clarifying developer responsibility for decorative street-light costs
Summary
Council approved an update to the subdivision and land development ordinance (case TA258) clarifying that developers must fund decorative street-light construction and associated abnormal construction costs; the city will pay only energy costs after acceptance for maintenance.
Mount Holly City Council on Aug. 11 adopted an amendment to sections of the subdivision and land development ordinance (case TA258) to clarify street-lighting requirements and who pays installation costs.
Planning staff described the change as a housekeeping update to reflect long-standing practice: developers must bury utility lines in new subdivisions, install decorative street lights where…
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