§ 150.086 PERMANENT EXEMPTIONS; NONCONFORMING FIXTURES.
   All outdoor light fixtures existing and fully installed prior to July 19, 2006, may remain nonconforming indefinitely; provided, however, that no change in use, replacement, structural alteration or restoration after abandonment of outdoor light fixtures shall be made unless it thereafter conforms to the provisions of this Development Code.
   (A)   Fossil fuel light. All outdoor light fixtures producing light directly or indirectly by the combustion of natural gas or other utility type fossil fuels are exempt from this Development Code.
   (B)   Federal and state facilities. Those facilities and lands owned, operated or protected by the federal government or the state are exempted by law from all requirements of this Development Code. Voluntary compliance with the intent of this Development Code at those facilities is encouraged.
   (C)   Special exemption. The Planning Director or designee thereof may grant a special exemption to the requirements of § 150.094 only upon a written finding that there are extreme geographic or geometric conditions warranting the exemption and that there are no conforming fixtures that would suffice.
(Prior Code, Ch. 4, Art. IV, § 4-114) (Ord. 432-06, passed 6-19-2006)