All land developments shall submit a plan showing the proposed location and type of any exterior lighting.
(A) All lighting shall be aimed, located, designed, fitted and maintained so as not to present a hazard to drivers or pedestrians by impairing their ability to safely traverse and so as not to create a nuisance by projecting or reflecting objectionable light onto a neighboring use or property. The Commission may require additional information regarded the luminosity and fixture type of any proposed outdoor lighting to ensure this standard is met.
(B) For the lighting of predominantly horizontal surfaces such as, but not limited to, parking areas, roadways, vehicular and pedestrian passage areas, merchandising and storage areas, automotive fuel dispensing facilities, automotive sales areas, loading docks, cul-de-sacs, active and passive recreational areas, building entrances, sidewalks, bicycle and pedestrian paths, and site entrances, fixtures shall be aimed straight down and shall meet Illuminating Engineer Society of North America (IESNA) full-cutoff criteria.
(C) For the lighting of predominantly non-horizontal surfaces such as, but not limited to, stairways, facades, landscaping, signs, billboards, fountains, displays and statuary, fixtures shall be fully shielded and shall be installed and aimed so as to not project their output into the windows of neighboring residences, adjacent uses, past the object being illuminated, skyward or onto a public roadway.
(D) Directional fixtures such as floodlights and spotlights shall be so shielded, installed and aimed that they do not project their output into the windows of neighboring residences, adjacent uses, past the object being illuminated, skyward or onto a public roadway or pedestrian way. Floodlights, whether building mounted, placed upon a pole, or otherwise installed above grade on residential properties, except when motion-sensor actuated, shall not be aimed out more than 45 degrees from straight down. When a floodlight creates glare as viewed from an adjacent residential property, the floodlight shall be required to be re-aimed and/or fitted with a shielding device to block the view of the glare source from that property.
(E) Electrical feeds for lighting standards shall be run underground, not overhead and shall be in accordance with the National Electrical Code (NEC) Handbook.
(F) Poles supporting lighting fixtures for the illumination of parking areas and located directly behind parking spaces, or where they could be hit by snow plows or wide-swinging vehicles, shall be placed a minimum of five feet outside paved area or tire stops, or placed on concrete pedestals at least 30 inches high above the pavement, or suitably protected by other approved means.
(Ord. 1432, passed 5-18-2015, Art. 5, § 511) Penalty, see § 155.999