The following restrictions shall apply to any outdoor lighting located in any district or parcels where there are nonresidential off-street parking spaces.
(a) Lighting plan required. A lighting plan is required for any off-street parking and loading area lighting. The following information shall be submitted, as a minimum, in order to effectively evaluate the proposed lighting:
(1) Pole height or mounting height of lighting fixture;
(2) Type of luminaries;
(2) Site coverage;
(4) Uniformity including the maximum, average and minimum footcandles;
(5) Intensity at property line in footcandles.
(b) Height. All outdoor lighting shall be designed, located, and mounted at heights no greater than 16 feet above grade for non-cutoff lights and 32 feet above grade for cutoff lights. A greater height may be authorized in any district by a Variance approved pursuant to, Chapter 1254. Cutoff and non- cutoff lights are illustrated below:
(c) Illumination. All outdoor lighting shall be designed and located with a maximum illumination of 1.0 footcandles as measured at the property line.
(d) Shielding. All outdoor lighting for nonresidential uses shall be located, screened, or shielded so that adjacent lots located in residential districts are not directly illuminated.
(e) Color and glare. No outdoor lighting shall be of such an intensity or color distortion as to cause glare or to impair the vision of drivers or pedestrians.
(f) Location. Outdoor lighting need not comply with the yard requirements of this Code, except that no such light shall obstruct sight triangles as defined in § 1296.04, Obstructions to Traffic Visibility on Corner Lots.
(Ord. 17-2013, passed 9-24-2013)