[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council
of the Township of Stafford 7-5-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-62. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The amount of light from one candle at one foot from the
source of the light.
Includes not only buildings but the ground, soil or earth
as commonly understood.
A dwelling, barn, pole or elevated object, or a building
or other structured improvement on any premises, of such physical
size as to be capable of having attached thereto or incorporated thereon,
on the exterior, artificial lighting by means of electrical, gas or
other luminescent fixtures.
Artificial lighting or illumination provided
on any property or by any use shall adhere to the following standards:
A.
The illumination provided by artificial lighting on
the property shall not exceed five footcandles beyond any property
line.
B.
Spotlights or other types of artificial lighting that
provide a concentrated beam of light shall be so directed that the
beam of light does not extend beyond any property lines.
C.
Spotlights or other types of artificial lighting used
to illuminate signs or building faces shall not emit beams of light
that extend beyond the vertical plane of the sign or building face
that they illuminate and shall not be located in such a manner as
to cause the beams of light to be reflected upon any adjoining property,
public street or vehicular circulation area.
D.
No artificial lighting shall shine directly upon any
neighboring property or be so established that it shall shine directly
upon any neighboring property or shall shine directly on or into any
room or rooms, porches or patios of any neighboring property, nor
shall any artificial lighting be maintained or operated from any structure
or land in such a manner as to be a nuisance or any annoyance to neighboring
properties or as to interfere with the physical comfort of the occupants
of neighboring properties.
This chapter is enacted pursuant to the authority
given any municipality of this state to enact ordinances which the
governing body deems necessary and proper for the good government,
order or protection of persons and property and for the preservation
of the public health, safety and welfare of the Township of Stafford
and its inhabitants.
Any person or persons responsible for such nuisance
or annoying lighting as described hereinbefore, whether owner, lessee
or lessees, or others using any premises, with or without the permission
of the owner, violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall,
upon conviction thereof, a complaint having been made, be subject
to a fine not exceeding $1,250, to imprisonment in the county jail
for a term not exceeding 90 days and/or to a period of community service
not exceeding 90 days, in the discretion of the court. Each day a
particular violation shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.
