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o No street lights should be installed in existing rural developments, but they should be installed in urban areas. However, the cost of installing the lights should not be borne by the benefitting property o~-ners (it should be borne by the City); and Nobody wants to pay for operating costs (inversely, the City should pay for the utility bills); and o In rural areas, it is a toss-up if lights should be at intersections and they should not be at regular intervals; and In urban areas, lights should be at regular intervals but not necessarily at intersections. On March 7, 1989, the Ramsey Planning and Zoning Commission tabled the Review of Street Lights as a subdivision requirement. On March 13, 1989, the consensus of the Planning and Zoning Commission was to direct staff to prepare a draft ordinance amendment for consideration that wou]d establish the following policies: a) The addition of street lights to existing rural and urban neighborhoods would be handled in accordance with the City Charter as it relates to public improvements -- City consideration of the improvement will require a petition from the residents. The construction and maintenance costs would be assessed to the benefitting property owners. b) Street lighting would be required in newly developing urban neighborhoods at intersections and regular intervals. Construction costs would be the responsibility of the developer; maintenance costs would be the responsiblity of the benefitting property owners. The Planning Commission also requested that the Police Department prepare a report regarding major and hazardous intersections throughout the City where street lights should be installed. On May 2, 1989, the Ramsey Planning and Zoning Commission tabled the Review of Street Lights as a subdivision requirement. On May 16, 1989, the Ramsey Planning and Zoning Commission tabled the Review of Street Lights as a subdivision requirement. On June 12, 1989, the Ramsey Planning and Zoning Commission tabled the Review of Street Lights as a subdivision requirement. On July 10, 1989, the Ramsey Planning and Zoning Commission tabled the Review of Street Lights as a subdivision requirement.