Roadway Standards Section 615 - Process For Obtaining Approval For Street Illumination

The following process is required in order to obtain Service District approval for street illumination for all development as required above:

615.1 Approval Process

1. The applicant shall contact the Service District and have the property owner sign a "Request for Street Lighting."
2. The applicant shall also contact PGE and provide PGE with a street illumination design.
3. The Service District, in turn, places an annual assessment determined by the district rate schedule on the property tax statement of the affected properties for the operation of the street illumination.
4. The tax lots in the development will be required to form an assessment area within Clackamas County Service District No. 5 for the purpose of paying for the operation and maintenance of street illumination.
5. After a formal hearing process, a special assessment is placed on the tax roll at the District rate determined by the classification of the property and the type of illumination installed.
6. Contact Engineering at 503-742-4400 with any questions or to initiate the street illumination process for a development.

615.2 Construction & Installation

1. In areas where new underground or overhead electricity supply circuitry is required, PGE will coordinate the street illumination circuitry design with the primary power supply.  However, the applicant cannot assume that this will happen automatically, a separate request for street illumination shall still be made.
2. Depending on the circumstances of the installation, the applicant may be required to provide and install at their expense and according to the design approved by the District and PGE:
   1. Pad-vaults for transformers or overhead transformers for street illumination,
   2. Splice boxes, and/or
   3. Circuitry conduit with pull line.
3. PGE will provide the transformers and circuitry for street illumination but will bill the applicant directly for any costs that may be incurred to install these; these charges may be offset to some extent by PGE line extension allowances.
4. PGE will provide and install the street illumination poles and luminaries at no charge to the applicant.

615.3 Rates

Rates are subject to change annually.  The first assessment is usually in November following the date of installation and the assessment is pro-rated to the date of installation.

 

A part of the Roadway Standards.