As used in this chapter, unless a different meaning is apparent from the context or is specified elsewhere in the code.
CLASS I LIGHTING. All outdoor lighting used for, but not limited to, outdoor sales or eating areas, assembly or repair areas, outdoor advertising displays and other signs, recreational facilities and other similar applications when color rendition is important.
CLASS II LIGHTING. All outdoor lighting used for, but not limited to, illumination for walkways, private roadways and streets, equipment yards, parking lot and outdoor security.
CLASS III LIGHTING. Lighting not needed for Class I or Class II purposes and used for decorative effects. Examples of CLASS III lighting include, but are not limited to, the illumination of flag poles, trees, fountains, statuary and building walls.
FULLY SHIELDED. Outdoor light fixtures shielded or constructed so that light rays emitted by the fixtures are projected below the horizontal plane passing through the lowest point on the fixture from which light is emitted.
INDIVIDUAL. Any private individual, tenant, lessee, owner or any commercial entity, including, but not limited to, companies, partnerships, joint ventures or corporations.
INSTALLED. Any installation of outdoor light fixtures after the effective date of this chapter. Projects with construction plans approved by the city prior to the effective date of this chapter are excluded from installation in compliance with this chapter.
LUMINARE. A complete lighting unit consisting of a lamp or lamps together with the parts designed to distribute the light, to position and protect the lamps and to connect the lamps to the power supply.
OUTDOOR ADVERTISING DISPLAY. Advertising structures and signs used for outdoor advertising purposes, not including on-site advertising signs, as further defined and permitted in County Land Use Ord. 348, adopted by reference by the city, or the successor thereto.
OUTDOOR LIGHT FIXTURES. Outdoor artificial illuminating devices, installed or portable, used for flood lighting, general illumination or advertisement. The devices shall include, but are not limited to, search, spot and flood lights for:
(1) Buildings and structures;
(2) Recreational facilities;
(3) Parking lots;
(4) Landscape lighting;
(5) Outdoor advertising displays and other signs;
(6) Street lighting on private streets; and
(7) Walkway lighting.
OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. Public or private facilities designed and equipped for the conduct of sports, leisure time activities and other customary and usual recreational activities. OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES include, but are not limited to, fields for softball, baseball, football, soccer and other field sports, courts for tennis, basketball, volleyball, handball and other court sports, stadiums and lighted golf facilities such as driving ranges.
PARTIALLY SHIELDED. Outdoor light fixtures designed or constructed so that 90% of the light rays emitted by the fixture are projected below the horizontal plane passing through the lowest point of the shield.
PLANNING DIRECTOR. The Planning Director for the city or his or her designee.
(Ord. 2009-24, passed 3-3-2009)