(a) Permanent Exemptions. If not specifically exempted by the provisions of this Section, or if not exempted within another Section of this chapter, the requirements of this Chapter shall apply. Lights, fixtures, luminaires, or other light-emitting devices meeting one or more of the following requirements shall be exempt from the requirements of Sections 554.02 through 554.05 of this chapter:
(1) Any commercial wall mounted or pole mounted luminaire with a bulb(s), lamp(s), or LED(s) rated at a total of one thousand eight hundred (1800) lumens or LESS, and all flood or spot luminaires with a bulb(s), lamp(s), or LED(s) rated at nine hundred (900) lumens or LESS, may be used without restriction to light distribution or mounting height, provided the fixture is otherwise compliant with this chapter. No spotlight or flood luminaire rated nine hundred (900) lumens or LESS shall be aimed, directed, or focused as to direct light from the luminaire onto adjacent residential buildings or adjacent property, nor shall any fixture be installed in a manner that creases glare perceptible to persons operating motor vehicles on public ways. All fixtures exempted by this Section shall be redirected, or its light output controlled, shielded, or otherwise modified to the extent required to eliminate such conditions.
(2) Luminaires used for public-roadway, alleyway, sidewalk, pedestrian way, multi-modal path, bikeway, or any other public right-of-way illumination may be installed at a maximum height of twenty-five (25’) feet and may be positioned at that height up to the edge of any bordering property or the limits or any public street or right-of-way, as applicable.
(3) Existing Municipal Street Lighting or other lighting designed, installed, and maintained by the City of Loveland, Ohio shall be exempted from the provisions of this chapter.
(4) Any light or fixture installed and approved by the City of Loveland, Ohio, to include patio lights, lamps, decorative lights, bollard style lighting, flagpole lighting, or other similar lights or fixtures, where the light or fixture is installed on any municipal building, ground, park property, or any other municipally owned, leased, or operated facilities.
(5) Any light installed or approved by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources along the Little Miami Scenic Bike Trail shall be exempted from the provisions of this chapter, provided the fixture is located entirely within the right-of-way limits of the trail.
(6) All temporary emergency lighting required by the City of Loveland Police Department, City of Loveland Public Works Department, or the Loveland-Symmes Fire Department, or any other state, federal, or local regulatory agency acting on behalf of and at the request of the City of Loveland, Ohio, shall be exempt from the requirements of this chapter, provided the lighting is required for the provision of municipal services, or is associated with the provision of emergency services. This shall include building and security lighting, emergency scene lighting, as well as all vehicular luminaires, fixtures, beacons, or indicators.
(7) All hazard warning luminaires required by Federal regulatory agencies are exempt from the requirements of this article, except that all luminaires used must be red and must be shown to be as close as possible to the Federally required minimum lumen output requirement for the specific task.
(8) Decorator lamps of less than five hundred (<500) lumens each, are exempt from the requirements of this Chapter.
(Ord. 2023-60. Passed 5-23-23.)