Installation of street lights.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 40-3
in effectSec. 40-3. - Installation of street lights.
(a) Where lighting is requested for installation by the city, the mayor is hereby authorized to approve, upon the recommendation of Houston Public Works, the installation of ornamental standard type street lights in residential areas. For lighting requested for installation by a developer of a housing, commercial, or industrial development or the developer's agent, ('developer'), and upon approval of the request by Houston Public Works, a fee shall be paid to the city by the developer in an amount of money sufficient to pay the operating cost of the lights for a period of one year. This section shall also be applicable for ornamental standard type lighting on nonresidential streets where lighting is requested prior to the time it is scheduled by the city. The mayor may delegate such authority to persons named in a written delegation notice signed by the mayor and filed with the city secretary, subject to revocation at any time.
(b) The fee paid to the city whenever ornamental street lights are to be installed shall be in an amount calculated by Houston Public Works to represent the operating cost of the street lights for one year. The fee collected shall be deposited in a special revenue account which is hereby established. The monies collected in the special account shall be designated for street lighting use only. All notices of the amount of fee due shall clearly state that any fee not received within six months from the date of issuance by Houston Public Works shall be subject to increase.
(c) The foregoing requirement for a fee paid by a developer shall not apply in the case of ornamental standard type street lights for which the installation charges, if any, plus the estimated operating cost for one year or more are to be paid for out of funds obtained through the Department of Housing and Urban Development of the United States of America as part of the Community Development Block Grant Program. The installation of such street lights may be approved by the mayor (or the mayor's designee) upon the determination by the Director of Houston Public Works that such funds are available and have been duly authorized to be expended for such purpose.
(Code 1968, § 41-4.1; Ord. No. 70-636, § 1, 5-5-70; Ord. No. 79-962, § 1, 6-14-79; Ord. No. 80-571, § 1, 3-18-80; Ord. No. 82-368, § 1, 3-8-82; Ord. No. 82-906, § 1, 6-1-82; Ord. No. 86-528, § 30, 4-22-86; Ord. No. 90-635, § 97, 5-23-90; Ord. No. 92-1009, § 1, 7-22-92; Ord. No. 93-514, § 67, 5-5-93; Ord. No. 2018-11, §§ 49, 50, 1-10-2018; Ord. No. 2023-1081, § 2, 12-6-2023)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH40STSI_ARTIINGE_S40-3INSTLIFetched: 10/26/2026