A. Lighting Requirements.
Street lighting shall be required for all commercial and industrial land developments, for all multifamily residential areas and, at the discretion of the Township Council, for all or portions of single-family residential subdivisions, as a minimum in single-family subdivisions, appropriate conduit and wiring shall be installed underground even though standards and lighting fixtures may not be constructed immediately. Proposed intersection with any major collector street or major arterial shall have street-lights.
B. Lighting Standards.
Where required above, the owner shall install or cause to be installed, at the owners' expense, metal pole street lights serviced by underground conduit in accordance with a plan to be prepared by the owner's engineer and approved by the utility company and by the Township Council. The requirement of metal poles may be waived in such instances as approved by the Council due to the existence of wooden poles already in place. The owner shall be responsible for all costs involved in lighting the streets from the date of first dwelling unit occupancy until such time that the streets are accepted by the township.
C. Footcandle Requirements.
Horizontal Footcandle Requirements for Various Development Areas:
Type of Development | Minimum Average Footcandle Level | Average to Minimum Uniformity Ratios |
Type of Development | Minimum Average Footcandle Level | Average to Minimum Uniformity Ratios |
Shopping Centers and Other Commercial Areas | 2.0 | 3.1 |
Industrial/Office Campuses | 1.0 | 3.1 |
Recreational Areas | 1.0 | 3.1 |
Multi-Family and Planned Residential Developments | 0.6 - 0.8 | 3.1 |
Residential Streets | 0.4 | 3.1* |
Sidewalks | 0.2 | 3.1 |
Pedestrian Walkways | 0.4 | 3.1 |
*Streets with ADT's of less than 200 may have a ration of 6:1.