(a) Permit Required. Prior to the construction of any new commercial or residential multifamily project, or prior the construction of any commercial or multi-family addition, modification, alteration, the establishment of any outdoor street lighting district intended for the illumination of roadway and public common areas, the installation of any outdoor illuminated signage, or any other installation regulated by this chapter, a permit shall be obtained from the City of Loveland, Ohio.
(b) Submission Contents. The applicant for any permit required by any provision of the laws of this jurisdiction in connection with proposed work involving outdoor lighting fixtures
shall submit (as part of the application for permit) evidence that the proposed work will comply with this the provisions enumerated within this chapter. The submission shall contain but shall not necessarily be limited to the following, all, or part of which may be part or in addition to the information required elsewhere in the laws of this jurisdiction upon application for the required permit:
(1) Plans indicating the location on the premises, and the type of illuminating devices, fixtures, lamps, supports, reflectors, and other devices;
(2) Descriptions of the proposed illuminating devices, fixtures, lamps, supports, reflectors, and other devices, which shall include, but not be not limited to the following:
A. Catalog cut-sheets or design specifications and drawings provided by the lighting manufacturer (including sections where required);
B. Photometric data, such as that furnished by manufacturers, or similar showing the IES BUG rating, Vertical Plane (1) and Horizontal Cone (2) Polar Candela Distributions through maximum candela, and Isofootcandle Lines of Horizontal Illuminance grid distance of twenty-five (25’) feet.
C. A photometric plan utilizing a topographic map demonstrating the on-site lighting levels and off-site impact on adjacent land parcels of the proposed lighting in relation to the property lines of the parcel being developed.
(c) Additional Submissions Required. The above required plans, descriptions and data shall be sufficiently complete to enable the plans examiner to readily determine whether compliance with the requirements of this chapter will be secured. If such plans, descriptions, and data cannot enable this ready determination, by reason of the nature or configuration of the devices, fixtures, or lamps proposed, the applicant shall additionally submit as evidence of compliance to enable such determination such certified reports of tests as will do so provided that these tests shall have been performed and certified by a recognized testing laboratory.
(d) Residential Street Lighting Approval. If any subdivision proposes to have installed street or other common or public area outdoor lighting, the final plat shall contain a statement certifying that the applicable provisions of the City of Loveland Outdoor Lighting Ordinance will be adhered to.
(e) Lamp or Fixture Substitution. Should any outdoor light fixture, or the type of light source therein, be changed after the permit has been issued, a change request must be submitted to the building official for his approval, together with adequate information to assure compliance with this chapter. No fixture shall be substituted prior to the issuance of the approval by the City of Loveland. (Ord. 2023-60. Passed 5-23-23.)