HomeMy WebLinkAboutExecutive Order JB-2022-01 - Citizen Requests for StreetlightsCITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA
EXECUTIVE ORDER
JB-2022-01
WHEREAS, the City of Carmel (the "City") has installed streetlights in key public areas
in order to enhance the safety and security of its citizens; and
WHEREAS, the City requires developers to install streetlights as part of all new
residential developments, along with other public developments that include road improvements;
and
WHEREAS, the City currently maintains numerous streetlights along major
thoroughfares, roundabouts, and other key public areas throughout the City where they are able
to enhance safety without creating an excess of light pollution within residential neighborhoods;
and
WHEREAS, some citizens desire streetlights in their existing neighborhoods for
improved safety and security, while other citizens oppose them because of concerns about the
light pollution emitted by streetlights; and
WHEREAS, the cost to install, maintain, and power streetlights on every street
throughout the City would be cost prohibitive; and
WHEREAS, the Indiana legislature established the Barrett Law, codified at IC 36-9-38-1
et seq., along with IC 36-9-9-1 et seq., as processes by which citizens can petition for and fund
local subdivision streetlights; and
NOW, THEREFORE, if any Carmel citizen or group of citizens wish to install new
streetlights in a subdivision or other specified area they can utilize the procedures set forth in
either IC 36-9-38-1 et seq. or IC 36-9-9-1 et seq.
SO ORDERED THIS DAY OF, 2022.
ames Brainard, Mayor