The following restrictions shall apply to any outdoor lighting located in any district on parcels where there are parking spaces for five (5) or more vehicles.
A. Height
All outdoor lighting shall be designed, located, and mounted at heights no greater than sixteen feet (16') above grade for non-cutoff lights and thirty-two feet (32') above grade for cutoff lights. A greater height may be authorized in any district by a variance approved in accordance with Section 1179.02.
Cutoff and non-cutoff lights are illustrated on the next page.
 NON CUT-OFF LIGHT CUT-OFF LIGHTS |
B. Illumination
All nonresidental outdoor lighting that is adjacent to residential (R-Districts) shall be designed and located with a maximum illumination of 0.5 footcandles at the property line. All other outdoor lighting shall be designed using the following standards.
Activity Level | Average illuminance | Maximum illumination |
High | 3.0 foot candles | 15.0 foot candles |
Medium | 2.0 foot candles | 10.0 foot candles |
Low | .5 - 1.0 foot candles | 5.0 foot candles |
Examples of Activity Levels for Open Parking Facilities:
High: Regional shopping centers (retail facilities on sites of 30 acres or more); motorist services at expressway interchanges, major league athletic activities, major cultural or civic facilities, airports.
Medium: Community shopping centers (retail facilities of two or more businesses containing more than 40,000 square feet gross floor area); multi-family dwellings, office parks, hospitals, commuter lots, community facilities, (cultural, civic, recreational).
Low: Neighborhood shopping centers (facilities between 15,000 to 100,000 square feet in size that provide convenience shopping for the day-to-day needs of consumers in the immediate neighborhood); educational facilities, churches, local commercial and industrial uses.
C. Shielding
All outdoor perimeter lighting for nonresidential uses shall be located, screened, or shielded using shoe box type or cut-off lights) so that adjacent lots located in residential districts are not directly illuminated.
D. Color and Glare
No outdoor lighting shall be of such an intensity or color distortion as to cause glare or to impair the vision of drivers or pedestrians.
E. Luminaire Type
Metal Halide or Quartz Incandescent Luminaries should be used where color quality may affect the public interest.
1. High pressure sodium luminaries should only be used where cost and energy efficiency are essential and color quality will not adversely affect the public interest.
2. Mercury Vapor and Low Pressure Sodium Luminaries are unacceptable if within public view.
F. Factors for Evaluation
The following factors shall be considered in the evaluation of lighting plans:
1. Pole Height
2. Type of Luminaire
3. Site Coverage - average maintained
4. Uniformity:
a) Maximum: Minimum
b) Average: Minimum
5. Intensity at Property Line
G. Location
Outdoor lighting need not comply with the yard requirements of this Ordinance, except that no such light shall obstruct site angles.