A lighting plan demonstrating compliance with the following exterior lighting standards shall be approved by the Village for all uses that are required to file a development plan.
(A) All plans submitted shall include the following minimum lighting standards:
(1) 0.5 foot-candles minimum maintained light level at grade in all vehicular use areas and connecting pedestrian paths;
(2) Location of all fixtures, controllers and transformers;
(3) Property boundaries, building location(s), parking lot layout, vehicular traffic roadways and driveways, pedestrian paths, adjacent right-of-ways, north arrow, scale;
(4) Specifications of the proposed light fixtures including the manufacturer’s information regarding fixture style, pole and mounting details, lamp type, wattage, light distribution information, pole height and pole foundation; and
(5) Photometric plan of light levels.
(B) Lighting restrictions:
(1) Any lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking shall be so arranged as to deflect the light away from adjoining premises in any residential district.
(2) All exterior fixtures to be “total cut-off” type fixtures as defined by the Illuminating Engineer’s Society Standards except: architectural/accent lighting, street lighting, landscape lighting, area lighting for recreational uses and exterior residential lighting may be semi-cutoff or non-cutoff luminaries, but shall be located or provided such that no lamp or reflector image is directly visible from any site boundary at or above grade when the initial lumen output exceeds 2,850 lumens (equivalent to a 150 watt incandescent A lamp). Luminaries required by the Building Code which operate only in an emergency model are exempt from these standards.
(3) No portion of the lamp, reflector, lens, or refracting system may extend beyond the housing or shield so as to be visible from off site or cause disabling glare. Exterior residential lights are exempt from this requirement when the initial lumen output does not exceed 2,850 lumens (equivalent to a 150 watt incandescent A lamp). Street lights are exempt.
(4) Height limitations for exterior lighting which shall be measured from surrounding natural grade:
(a) Residential including multi-family: 25 feet;
(b) Office/commercial: 28 feet;
(c) Industrial: 30 feet;
(d) Outdoor recreational facility: All recreational/sports facility lighting will be reviewed for compliance with the intent to minimize the impact on all surrounding properties and public right-of-ways.
(5) All outdoor light poles shall be metal, fiberglass or finished wood, approved by the Village Planning Commission and Engineer. Light poles on private, commercial or industrial property shall be located a minimum distance of the pole’s height from any adjoining residential district.
(6) Where used for signs or for decorative effects or recreational facilities, such as for building landscaping or sports field illumination, the outdoor light fixtures shall be equipped with automatic timing devices and shielded and focused to minimize light pollution.
(7) Except for security lighting, all commercial, industrial, recreational, and institutional use exterior lighting shall be extinguished within one hour of closing.
(8) No color or flashing lights shall be used to light the exterior of building or other site facilities.
(C) Light pollution standards. Light pollution shall be defined as any measurable exterior artificial illumination that strays beyond the site boundary both horizontally at grade and vertically to the building height limitation. Artificially produced light straying beyond the property boundaries shall be considered a public nuisance when intensity levels exceed the following maximum illumination levels at or beyond five feet into the adjoining property and shall be adjusted, modified, or removed accordingly. Lighting required exclusively to illuminate entrance drive and pedestrian ways from the public right-of-way shall be permitted to illuminate to the far limit of the right-of-way.
(Ord. 2023-03, passed 2-27-2023)