The regulation of outdoor lighting is intended to: enhance public
safety and welfare by providing for adequate and appropriate outdoor
lighting, provide for lighting that will complement the character
of the town, reduce glare, encourage energy savings, and minimize
light trespass onto other properties.
The requirements of this bylaw shall apply to outdoor lighting
on lots and parcels in all districts but shall not apply to: one-
and two-family dwellings on lots on which they are the principal use,
or streetlighting, seasonal holiday lighting, public athletic fields,
light fixtures with a lighting output of less than 1,200 lumens (75
wattage incandescent lighting or equal), lights that control traffic,
or for public safety on streets and ways. Municipal facilities shall
comply with this bylaw except as required for emergency services and
public safety.
As used in this section, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
FULLY SHIELDED LIGHT FIXTURE
A light fixture closed at the top with shielding so that
the lower edge of the shield is at or below the center line of the
light source or lamp so as to minimize the light rays emitted above
the horizontal plane.
GLARE
Light emitted from a lamp with an intensity great enough
to produce a reduction in a typical viewer's ability to see.
HEIGHT OF THE LIGHT FIXTURE
The vertical distance from the finished grade of the ground
directly below the light fixture to the lowest point of the lamp of
the light fixture.
LAMP
A bulb or other device that emits light, which is a component
of a light fixture.
[Amended 5-9-2016 ATM,
Art. 37]
LIGHT FIXTURE
A lighting device that may be secured to a wall, ceiling,
pole, or post and is used to hold one or more lamps. Lighting fixtures
are designed to distribute the light, to position and protect the
lamp(s), and to connect the lamp(s) to the electrical power supply.
LIGHT TRESPASS
The shining of direct light produced by a light fixture onto
an abutting lot, parcel, or street.
When an existing outdoor lighting fixture is being modified,
extended, expanded, or added to, the outdoor lighting fixture shall
be subject to this section. All other outdoor lighting fixtures must
come into conformance with this section within 5 years of its effective
date.
The invalidity of any section or provision of this chapter shall
not invalidate any other section or provision hereof.
[Amended 5-7-2012 ATM, Art. 29]
This bylaw shall be enforced by the Building Commissioner, or
his designee. Any person, firm or corporation violating any section
or provision of this bylaw shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100)
for each offense. Each day that such offense continues shall constitute
a separate offense.