Two Yarmouth citizens worked throughout the Town inventorying street lights and comparing where street lights are located to the street light location policy, which has been in effect since 1990. Street lights are currently authorized at the intersection of streets, at a location where inclines or declines in the road would cause a safety problem and finally at specific locations identified by public safety departments as a hazard area. The process for the lights to be turned off will be to remove the photocell and the light fixture will remain but be inoperable. Those lights which do not comply with the current standards or are unsuccessfully appealed will be turned off beginning on Monday November 2, 2009. Citizens may donate $80/pole/year to keep a light turned on which is scheduled to be turned off. Please contact the DPW department at Town Hall, 508-398-2231 ext. 1290 for more information on how to make a donation.
STREETLIGHT POLICY
POLICY TITLE: Street Light Policy
POLICY CODE AND NUMBER: 03-04
DATE: July 29, 2003
TOWN OF YARMOUTH
HIGH PRESSURE SODIUM STREETLIGHT INSTALLATION
Upon request, the Board of Selectmen may authorize installation of streetlights insofar as the placement of the streetlight conforms with at least one of the following conditions:
A. Intersection of Streets
B. Along curves in the road
C. At locations where there are inclines or declines in roads which would cause safety problems
D. At locations where the safety of the public would be improved by the installation of a light.
Streetlights shall not be installed on straight roads where the only purpose to installing a light would be to light a particular house or location
The Board of Selectmen assumes no responsibility whatsoever for determining which locations within the Town should have streetlights. This Policy Statement is meant only as a guide to inform the general public of circumstances in which the Board of Selectmen will authorize the placement of streetlights, and should in no way be considered as any type of directive requiring streetlight to be placed at particular locations in the Town of Yarmouth.