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.