Sec. 9. (a) The municipality shall pay from its general fund or from a fund set aside for street lighting purposes:

(1) the entire annual cost of lighting at street intersections under section 8 of this chapter; and

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-9-9-9

  • city block: means both sides of the part of a public street that lies between two (2) intersecting public streets. See Indiana Code 36-9-9-2
(2) not less than thirty-five percent (35%) of the annual cost of lighting of the entire other part of the lighting system, with the exact percentage paid to be fixed by the municipal works board.

The municipal legislative body may, by ordinance, divide the municipality for lighting purposes into business zones, residence zones, or other classes of zones. The percentage of annual cost of the lighting system to be paid by the municipality must be uniform throughout each class of the zones.

     (b) The remaining annual cost of the lighting system shall be assessed against each lot or parcel of real property in the city block or blocks in front of which the lighting system is located, in the manner prescribed by section 10 of this chapter.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-24-8 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.82.

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