This section applies to all lighting on shoreline and berthing structures or designed to illuminate shoreline or those structures associated with berths. Lighting must comply with §
205-3, General requirements, of this chapter along with the following conditions:
A. Lighting inside a boathouse and intended to illuminate its interior is permitted.
B. Lighting on exteriors of berthing structures shall be fitted with opaque shields to prevent direct visibility of the lamp to persons on public waters or adjacent lands more than 50 feet beyond the berthing structure.
C. Lighting not mounted on a berthing structure but designed to illuminate a berthing structure or its immediate vicinity shall comply with Subsection
B above.
D. Lighting installed on or intended to illuminate seasonally-used berthing structures shall be turned off when not required for safety or security.
The following are exempt from the requirements of this chapter to the extent described as follows:
A. Agricultural.
(1) Outdoor luminaries used to provide illumination onto land zoned Agricultural are exempt from the requirements of this chapter except as described in this section. After the effective date of this chapter, only shielded, low-pressure sodium outdoor or light-emitting diode (LED) luminaries may be newly installed to provide illumination.
(2) In the case of the replacement of a luminary, lamp, and/or fixture installed to provide illumination, if existing circuitry does not permit replacement of an individual luminary, lamp, and/or fixture with a low-pressure sodium light or LED fixture, high-pressure sodium may be used instead.
(3) All reasonable attempts shall be made to meet the goals of this chapter and to eliminate light trespass from all outdoor luminaries whether existing, newly installed or replacement and whether low-pressure sodium, LED or high-pressure sodium light fixtures are used. Additional shielding to eliminate light trespass onto adjoining residential properties from outdoor luminaries shall be installed if requested by the adjoining residential property owner or occupant or any affected party.
B. Security. Motion detector security lights, which are normally off and which are occasionally activated on for less than 12 minutes when motion is detected, are exempt from the requirements of this chapter except for the requirements of §
205-3A and
D.
C. Public and private roads.
(1) Outdoor luminaries used to provide illumination for public streets and private roads are exempt from the requirements of this chapter except as described in this section. After the effective date of this chapter, only shielded, low-pressure sodium outdoor or light-emitting diode (LED) luminaries may be newly installed to provide illumination for public streets and private roads. However, in the event that the serving electric public utilities require high-pressure sodium lamps for general street and highway lighting, or for other good and sufficient reasons, high-pressure sodium lamps may be used instead of the low-pressure sodium or LED luminaries as specified in this subsection when authorized by conditional use.
(2) In the case of the replacement of a luminary, lamp, and/or fixture installed to provide illumination for public streets, if existing circuitry does not permit replacement of an individual luminary, lamp, and/or fixture with a low-pressure sodium light or LED fixture, high-pressure sodium may be used instead.
(3) All reasonable attempts shall be made to meet the goals of this chapter and to eliminate light trespass from all outdoor luminaries used to provide illumination for public streets and private roads, whether existing, newly installed or replacement and whether low-pressure sodium, LED or high-pressure sodium light fixtures are used. Additional shielding to eliminate light trespass onto adjoining residential properties from outdoor luminaries which provide illumination of private roads shall be installed if requested by the adjoining residential property owner or occupant or any affected party.
D. Low-voltage and holiday lighting. All low-voltage landscape or accent lighting and holiday lighting are exempt from the requirements of this chapter except for the requirements of §
205-3A and
D.