(a) Outdoor lighting fixtures installed in the Multifamily, Garden-Type and Elderly Apartment District, Condominium District, Garden Condominium District, Business District, Office Building District, Industrial District or Yacht Club District per Chapters 1254, et seq. after the effective date of this code shall comply with the following:
(1) Where used for safety or security purposes, only fully shielded luminaires shall be utilized.
(2) The cut-off angle or placement of all luminaires will be such that the level of lighting shall not exceed eleven lux at any property line measured by meter line of sight to any luminaire. Other than light incidental to fully shielded lighting, no direct light will be allowed to trespass onto other properties.
(3) Island canopy ceiling fixtures shall be recessed so that direct light cannot radiate onto adjacent properties or roadways.
(4) With the exception of flag lighting, ground level signs and any decorative lighting mounted as shielded sconces (emitting a maximum of three thousand lumens each) on building side walls, no lighting may be pointed in an upward direction.
(5) All commercial lighting will be designed to provide average lux levels at ground level in keeping with the recommended averages published in RP-33 Lighting for Exterior Environments and RP-20 Light for Parking Facilities by the IESNA (Illuminating Engineering Society of North America), industrial and commercial lighting will be designed to achieve no more than a maximum mean average equal to two hundred percent of recommended averages or maximums. Average lux levels in excess of three hundred percent of recommended averages or maximum at ground level will be in non-conformance with this code. Parking lot lighting shall not exceed more than a maximum mean average of fifty lux at ground level.
(6) All outdoor light pole fixtures shall not be taller than the building or thirty-six feet, whichever is shorter.
(b) All outdoor lighting luminaires or fixtures that are installed or that are in use in the Multifamily, Garden-Type and Elderly Apartment District, Condominium District, Garden Condominium District, Business District, Office Building District, Industrial District or Yacht Club District as defined in Chapters 1254, et seq. shall comply with the following provisions:
(1) All HID lighting (including mercury vapor) shall have full cut-off fixtures or be shielded to prevent the trespass of glare from direct light onto adjacent properties.
(2) All spot or flood lighting shall be shielded or aimed in such a way so as to not allow direct light to trespass onto adjacent properties.
(3) Floodlights and all other forms of exterior lighting shall be shielded or aimed in such a way that the light bulb and/or the light emitting source of the luminaire cannot be seen and/or is not visible from an adjacent property.
(c) All outdoor lighting luminaires or fixtures that are installed or that are in use in the Residential Districts of the City as defined in Chapter 1252 after the effective date of this code shall comply with the following:
(1) All HID lighting (including mercury vapor) shall have full cut-off fixtures or be shielded to prevent the trespass of glare from direct light onto adjacent properties.
(2) All spot or flood lighting shall be shielded or aimed in such a way so as to not allow direct light to trespass onto other residential properties.
(3) Floodlights and all other forms of exterior lighting shall be shielded or aimed in such a way that the light bulb and/or the light emitting source of the luminaire cannot be seen and/or is not visible from an adjacent property.
(Ord. 2008-O-18. Passed 10-28-08.)