Published: November 13, 2008 01:37 pm      

JEFFERSONVILLE: Lighting for Rolling Ridge in question

Is the city or the developer responsible for providing street lights?

The Jeffersonville Board of Public works is still trying to determine who is responsible for installing street lights in the first phase of the Rolling Ridge subdivision project.

During a Wednesday morning meeting, the board agreed the developer — Klein Homes — was responsible for installing the lights in the second phase of the project. But because an ordinance requiring the lights was passed a few years ago — around the same time the project was started — it’s unclear which entity is responsible for lighting in the first phase.

A motion to investigate how many lights were needed and who was responsible for them was approved during the meeting. The board then passed a motion agreeing to send a letter to Klein Homes stating its responsibility for lights in the second phase.

The discussion was kicked off by Michael Henderson, a resident there, who came before the board to get clarification on the issue.

A message left for the president of Klein Homes was not immediately returned on Wednesday.

In other business:

• The board allowed Eastside Christian church a waiver on a zoning rule that requires sidewalks to be built on the property.

The church is expanding, explained Jim Urban, the city’s planning director. Because of the size of the expansion, the city’s zoning ordinance requires sidewalks to be constructed.

However, road construction is planned in the area within the next few years and it’s unclear where the sidewalks would need to be put in.

• The board heard from Karen Haag, who lives on Sundancer, about the need for a stop sign on her street. Motorists speed through the area, often using it as a cut through between New Chapel and Utica-Sellersburg roads. The board agreed to have police, fire and street department officials look into the matter and determine whether a stop sign is needed. The sign would likely be erected at Sundancer’s intersection with Idledice, creating a three-way stop.

• Jorge Lanz, an engineer with the firm Jacobi, Toombs, and Lanz, has suffered a heart attack, according to city engineer Bob Miller. He asked board members and city employees to keep Lanz in their thoughts and prayers.

Miller said Lanz was in good spirits and would be coming home from the hospital soon. Lanz and his firm work with Jeffersonville, Clarksville and other municipalities on a number of city projects.