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ORDINANCE NO. 6189
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE AUGUSTA-RICHMOND
COUNTY CODE SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION
OF SPECIAL SERVICES STREET LIGHTING DISTRICTS;
TO PROVIDE FOR THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
ADMINISTERING SUCH DISTRICTS; TO ESTABLISH THE
METHOD OF COMPUTATION FOR INSTALLING AND
MAINTAINING THE STREET LIGHTING; TO PROVIDE A
METHOD OF COLLECTION; TO PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE
DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY
COMMISSION AND IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE AUTHORITY OF SAME that
the Augusta-Richmond County Code Chapter 3, Article 1, Street Lighting, Section 7-3-1 through
7-3-7, are hereby deleted in their entirety, and in lieu thereof, the following Sections are hereby
adopted, to wit:
~ 7-3-1. - PROGRAM--CREATION.
(a) There is hereby created and established within Augusta-
Richmond County a Streetlighting Program,
(b) Pursuant to Constitutional authorization in 1970 Ga. Laws, p.
1097, the Augusta-Richmond County Commission is authorized and empowered to
establish districts for the purpose of erecting, establishing, maintaining and operating
within Richmond County streetlights and lamps for illumination of the public streets,
roads, sidewalks and ways situated in said county, If at least fifty (50) percent of the
property owners within the proposed district shall assent thereto, the Augusta-
Richmond County Commission shall be further authorized to levy, assess and collect
a tax or special assessment against the property located in said districts for the
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aforesaid purposes or make service charges against all businesses and residents
served by said facilities as the Commission shall deem necessary for the services
rendered, all without regard to uniformity, Such tax assessments shall be collected
by the tax commissioner and may be enforced by the' issuance of fi fa's or executions
for said charges in the sanle manner and with the same lien dignity and priority as fi
fa's or executions are issued for state and county taxes, Said Commission is further
authorized to compel compliance with reasonable rules and regulations necessary for
said services,
(c) Pursuant to 1995 Ga, Laws, p. 3648, the Augusta-
Richmond County Commission is authorized to create special services tax districts .
and to assess, levy, and collect ad valorem taxes and collect service charges and fees
for the provision of district services within a special services district only in
accordance with the kind, character, type, and degree of district services provided by
the Commission within such special services tax district. The provisions of this
section shall control ad valorem taxation and the collection of service charges and
fees for the provision of district services within special tax districts by the
Commission. District services as used herein specifically includes streetlights as
provided in Article 9, Section 2, Paragraph 3, of the Constitution of the State of
Georgia.
S 7-3-2.
RESPONSIBILITY.
STREETLIGHT
PROGRAM
The administrative responsibility for the program is hereby assigned
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to the traffic engineering ,division of the public works department of Augusta-
Richmond County,
S 7-3-3.
STREETLIGHT COORDINATOR -- SECURING
SERVICES.
The public works department is hereby authorized to secure the
services of a competent and qualified person to assume the duties of streetlight
coordinator,
S 7-3-4. STREETLIGHT COORDINATOR -- DUTY TO
RECOMMEND STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES.
(a) The coordinator shall recommend to the Augusta-Richmond County
Commission such resolutions, standards and procedures that he deems desirable to
implement the streetlighting program,
(b) The coordinator, after completion of any construction or maintenance
authorized hereunder in any designated area, shall prepare and make up an
assessment roll properly describing said improvements and how the owners of the
abutting property are to be assessed with the total cost or any portion thereof, of any
given project, and forward the same to the Augusta-Richmond County Commission
for approval. Upon approval by the Augusta-Richmond County Commission, the
assessment roll shall inunediately be forwarded to the tax commissioner. In making
assessments against the abutting property, the same shall be equitable and in portion
to the street frontage to be served by said streetlights,
(c) The Augusta-Richmond County Commission, by resolution, shall
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designate a special service tax district, identifying the district boundaries and
approving the assessment roll described in subparagraph (b) hereof.
S 7-3-5.
ASSESSMENT OF COST.
The annual cost and charges for the maintenance and operation of the
streetlights shall be assessed on a street side footage basis per year to each property
owner and shall be a lien upon the abutting property annually from January I next
and continuing each year until all annual charges have been paid.
S 7-3-6.
STANDARDS FOR INSTALLATION AND
OPERA TION OF SYSTEM -- ADOPTION.
The American Standard Practice for Roadway Lighting as sponsored
by the Illuminating Engineering Society and approved by the American Standards
Association will be used as standards for installation and operation of street and
roadway lighting in Augusta-Richmond County,
S 7-3-7.
STANDARDS
FOR
STREETLIGHTS--
MANDATORY.
No lighting fixtures will be installed, operated or maintained within
the rights-of-way of any public street, road, highway, alley or sidewalk within
Augusta-Richmond County or affixed to any pole, standard or other supporting
device which is located within rights-of-way, unless such fixture conforms as to
location, installation, equipment, operation and maintenance to the roadway and
streetlighting standard and procedures established in S 7-3-4, Fixtures located
outside of the rights-of-way will be installed, operated and maintained in such a
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manner as to prevent light beams, patterns or glare from projecting on rights-of-way
in such manner as to be a hazard to, or interfere with, the normal use of the public
street, road or highway.
Section 2. This ordinance shall become effective upon adoption,
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Duly adopted this liJ:.lL day of
, 1999, and on this
day of
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~er lerk
f Young, Mayor
,1999.
Wavie 2nd Reading
Published in the Augusta Chronicle August 24, 1999