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Mount Holly council approves text amendment requiring street lights every 200 feet in new subdivisions
Summary
The council approved a text amendment to the subdivision and land development ordinance to require street lights approximately every 200 feet in new developments and to formalize the transfer process of street-light accounts to city ownership.
The Mount Holly City Council approved a text amendment to the subdivision and land development ordinance to require street lights approximately every 200 feet in new developments and to formalize the process for transferring street-light accounts to city ownership.
Planner Ethan McGee presented the amendment in the council chamber, saying the change would update sections 153059 and 153082(c) of the land development and subdivision ordinance to specify a required 200-foot interval between street lights, measured from development entrances. McGee said the rule would require developers to submit a lighting plan during the construction-plan phase and would mirror similar standards in nearby towns that set spacing between 153 and 200 feet.
McGee also said the amendment would formalize an existing practice by documenting how street lights and Duke Energy utility accounts transfer from homeowner associations to city ownership after utilities inspections.
Planning staff and the planning board recommended approval. The council approved the amendment on a motion by Mr. Meadows, seconded by Councilman Kenneth Reeves; after a required public hearing with no speakers, the motion passed unanimously.
