A Lighting Level Review may find that you must bring lighting up to our standards. If so, your developer will need to enter into a Construction Permit with us. This permit will authorize the work needed for your project to meet our standards.
The Lighting Level Review form is also your application for the Construction Permit.
Design Phase
Your developer will work with our staff to alter an existing street lighting system or design a new one. This system will meet the standards outlined in the District Administrative Rules section 5. It will use:
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DocumentMid-County Lighting District Design Standards (116.05 KB)
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Document
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DocumentPre-Approved Material List (779.59 KB)
The developer will then submit the following design documents through our Permit Portal:
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Street Lighting Plans, as described in District Administrative Rules 7.100(A)
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Voltage Drop calculations
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Site Sketch from PGE, showing power source and point of demarcation
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Insurance Certificate, with district listed as additional insured
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Pre Approved Materials List (Streetlight Sheets) and Material Cut Sheets
If the design documents are not complete or do not comply with our rules and the documents listed above, we will provide comments to the developer. They will be able to revise the design documents for up to one year from the date of the Lighting Level Review application.
Once our staff approve the design documents, we will provide the Construction Permit. The developer will sign and return the permit. We will send an invoice for the permit fee to the primary contact email for the project.
Construction Phase
First Notification
We will issue First Notification when the design documents have been approved, the signed permit has been returned, and the permit fee has been paid. The developer may choose to have an optional pre-construction meeting with us as well. First Notification allows the developer to begin construction.
The developer must notify us at least 24 hours before beginning construction activities or other work authorized by the permit. During construction, we will reply to Requests for Information (RFIs) within 2 business days and review submittals within 7 days. We will notify the submitter if more time is needed.
Second Notification
The developer must notify us to inspect the work before the trench containing electrical conduit is backfilled and the new facilities are energized. After the inspection, we will issue Second Notification with a punch list of items to be completed before we accept ownership of the facilities.
The developer will notify us when they complete the punch list and energize the facilities. We will then conduct an inspection. If we confirm that the punch list items have been resolved, we will provide the developer with a bill of sale.
Third Notification
When the developer signs and returns the bill of sale, we will issue Third Notification to the developer and to the agency that required the lighting. This states that the facilities are complete.
You may have been required by your city or county to post a Performance Guarantee. If so, we will notify them at this point that this Guarantee can be released. When the Performance Guarantee is released, your two-year Maintenance Guarantee period with the city or county will begin.
If there is no requirement for the developer to have a Performance or Maintenance Guarantee, the district will close the permit at this point.
Fourth Notification
If you provided a Maintenance Guarantee to the city or county, we will conduct a final inspection in the last 90 days of the two-year maintenance period. If our inspection confirms that there are no defects in materials or workmanship, or outstanding maintenance issues, we will issue the Fourth Notification to the developer and the city or county stating that the Maintenance Guarantee may be released.
If our final inspection finds the facilities require maintenance or corrective work, we will provide the developer with a punch list of items to correct. The developer will have 45 days from the date we send the punch list to make the corrections. If the developer fails to address punch list items within the 45-day period, we will use the Maintenance Guarantee to correct them ourselves.