§ 15-6-603 — Creation; contents of resolution; notice; hearing; installation and maintenance of posts

(a) If the governing body desires to create a special
lighting district, it shall propose a resolution designating the
number of the district and describing its boundaries. The
resolution shall state the:
(i) Character and number of posts to be erected;
(ii) Character of the lights to be maintained;
(iii) Estimate of the cost of posts and erection;
(iv) Proportion of the cost to be assessed against
abutting property, including a street or other railway; and
(v) Time the governing body will hear objections to
the final adoption of the resolution.
(b) The proposed resolution shall be published at least
five (5) times in a daily newspaper of general circulation
within the city or town, or in a weekly newspaper in four (4)
issues, and written notice thereof shall be served upon the
owner or owners, or agents of the abutting property. The first
publication of the resolution shall be made and the written
notices served not less than thirty (30) days before the date
set for hearing objections.
(c) Any owner or agent of any lot or parcel of land or
property to be assessed within the district may appear in person
or by counsel at the hearing and show cause, if any, why the
district should not be created and lights installed and
maintained as provided in this article. If objections are made
to the creation of the district by owners or agents representing
more than one-half (1/2) of the total number of lineal feet
frontage of all the property which would be assessed to defray
the cost of the installation, the district shall not be created.
Not less than six (6) months thereafter a resolution for the
same or similar purpose covering the same territory may again be
considered after notice and proceedings as provided for
consideration of the original resolution. If sufficient
objections are not made, a majority of members of the governing
body voting in its favor shall adopt the resolution.
(d) The governing body, by contract, may procure and erect
the posts required for the maintenance of the lights or require
the street commissioner or other official of the city or town to
do so in the manner in which the governing body provides. When
the posts have been installed the governing body shall provide
for the maintenance of the lights and pay the expense of the
maintenance. All posts shall be of uniform size and character
and be distributed uniformly upon the street or avenue or
section thereof to be lighted.