All outdoor lighting shall conform to the standards and provisions found in the Community Appearance Manual, as well as the standards listed below:
(A) Maximum Lighting Height
Outdoor lighting shall be designed, located and mounted at heights no greater than:
(1) Eighteen (18) feet above grade for non-cut-off lights;
(2) Thirty-five (35) feet above grade for cut-off lights, unless a raised foundation is required to protect the poles, in which case the maximum height shall not exceed thirty-seven (37) feet above grade.
(B) Maximum Light Levels at the Property Line
All outdoor lighting and/or indoor lighting visible from outside shall be designed and located such that the maximum illumination measured in foot-candles at a property line shall not exceed the standards in the following table. Cut-off lighting shall be designed to direct light downward (e.g., shoe box style).
TABLE 7.8-6: MAXIMUM ILLUMINATION VALUES* (REGARDLESS OF LIGHT TYPE) | |
Property Line | Maximum Illumination (in Foot-Candles) |
Residential
|
0.5 |
Commercial | 2.5 |
Industrial/Edge of right-of-way
|
2.5 |
*These standards may be modified only by the Zoning Board of Adjustment. | |
(C) Parking Lot Lighting Standards
For parking lots the minimum light level shall be no less than two-tenths (0.2) foot-candles. The average foot-candle maintained to the minimum foot-candles ratio shall be no greater than four to one (4:1) (upper to lower limits). All foot-candles are to be measured at ground level.
(D) Location and Separation Requirements
All outdoor lighting fixtures shall be located a minimum of ten (10) feet from a property or five (5) feet from a right-of-way line and should not be located within a required perimeter buffer or streetscape unless it is located at the interior edge. Where located within a streetscape or buffer, light poles shall be placed a minimum of twenty (20) feet from existing or proposed canopy trees.
(E) Lighting for Canopies
(1) Lighting for canopies shall be restricted to lighting fixtures (including lenses) that do not project below the bottom of the canopy. Lighting for canopies for service stations and other similar uses shall not exceed an average of twelve (12) foot-candles as measured at ground level at the inside of the outside edge of the canopy.
(2) Canopies used for building accents over doors, windows, etc. shall not be internally lit (i.e., from underneath or behind the canopy).
(F) Floodlights and Spotlights
Lighting fixtures shall be selected, located, aimed, and shielded so that direct illumination is focused exclusively on a portion of the building facade or other intended site feature and away from adjoining properties or the right-of-way. On-site lighting may be used to accent architectural elements but shall not be used to illuminate entire portions of building(s). Such lighting shall be installed in a fixture that is shielded such that no portion of the light bulb extends below the bottom edge of the shield, and that the main beam from the light source is not visible from adjacent properties of the adjacent right-of-way. Floodlights or other type of lighting attached to light poles that illuminate the site and/or building(s) are prohibited.
(G) Wall Pack Lights
Wall packs on buildings may be used at entrances to a building to light unsafe areas. They are not intended to draw attention to the building or provide general building or site lighting. "Wall Packs" on the exterior of the building shall be fully shielded (true cut-off type bulb or light source not visible from off-site) to direct the light vertically downward and be of low wattage (preferably one hundred (100) watts or lower).
(H) Illumination of Outdoor Sports Fields and Performance Areas
Lighting of outdoor sports fields and performance areas shall be installed in accordance with the Town's Community Appearance Manual and the following requirements:
(1) All such lighting fixtures shall be equipped with a glare control package (e.g., louvers, shields, or similar devices), and the fixtures shall be aimed so that their beams are directed and fall within the primary playing or performance area; and
(2) The hours of operation for the lighting system for any game or event shall not exceed one (1) hour after the end of the game or event.
(I) Sign Lighting
Lighting fixtures illuminating signs shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 9 of this Ordinance, and such fixtures shall be aimed and shielded so that direct illumination is focused exclusively on the sign face.
(J) Lights in Landscaping and Around Open Sales Area
Within the Town Center and Mixed Use Overlay Zoning Districts, strings or strands of non-blinking single-point white lights may be installed in landscaping. Perimeter down-lighting that is shielded to illuminate open sales areas, but no land outside those areas is also permitted.
(Ord. No. 2010-LDO-03, 2-25-10; Ord. No. 2013-LDO-02, 6-13-13; Ord. No. 2013-LDO-03, 6-13-13; Ord. No. 2015-LDO-006, 12-10-15; Ord. No. 2021-LDO-01, 6-24-21; Ord. No. 2022-LDO-02, 4-28-22; Ord. No. 2023-LDO-03, 6-22-23; Ord. No. 2023-LDO-04, 11-16-23)