Lighting for all uses in the Borough shall meet the following
requirements:
All exterior parking lots, driveways, vehicular access aisles,
pedestrian access areas, sidewalks, pathways, and loading spaces shall
be sufficiently illuminated so as to provide safe movements on site.
A. Illumination shall be by sharp cut-off fixtures with flush-mounted
lens cap, with the following exceptions.
(1)
Decorative street-lighting along streets (not including parking
lot areas) are exempt from this requirement. However, streetlight
poles for decorative street-lighting shall not exceed 24 feet in height,
measured from finished grade to the top of the fixture.
(2)
Decorative lighting along pedestrian walkways in front of buildings
and in pedestrian plazas is exempt from this requirement. However,
light poles for the decorative lighting shall not exceed 15 feet in
height, measured from finished grade to the top of the fixture.
B. Fixtures (including those mounted on a building or other structure)
shall be mounted parallel to the ground surface, with the following
exceptions.
(1)
Decorative street lighting along streets, decorative lighting
along pedestrian walkways in front of buildings, and decorative lighting
in pedestrian plazas are exempt from this requirement.
(2)
Lighting for the purpose of highlighting a structure or landscape
feature shall be exempt from this requirement.
C. Pole height shall be a maximum of 24 feet.
D. Illumination shall not exceed one footcandle at all property boundaries.
The one-footcandle illumination shall be measured horizontally on
the ground surface and vertically at a five-foot height at the property
lines.
E. All site lighting including architectural, landscape, and canopy
lighting shall be from a concealed source that is not visible from
the property boundaries or public street ROW. Lighting associated
with a freestanding or building canopy shall be recessed into the
canopy.
All development and use of land and structures in floodplain
districts shall comply with the most recently adopted flood plain
management ordinance of the Borough as may be amended from time to
time.
Temporary construction trailers or offices shall be permitted
in any zoning district subject to the following conditions:
A. Temporary construction trailers shall be permitted only during the
period that the construction work is in progress under a valid building
permit. The temporary construction trailer shall be removed upon completion
of the construction authorized under a building permit.
B. A permit for the temporary structure or use shall be obtained from
the Zoning Officer prior to the commencement of construction.
C. Temporary construction trailers shall be located on the lot on which
the construction is progressing unless an alternative location is
approved by the Zoning Officer based on circumstances that make it
impractical to locate on the lot on which construction is occurring.
In any case the temporary trailers shall not be located within 25
feet of any property line adjoining residential use.
D. Temporary construction trailers shall be used only as temporary field
offices and for storage of incidental equipment and supplies and shall
not be used for any dwelling use, whatsoever.
E. No combustible materials shall be stored in temporary construction
trailers.
All electrical, telephone, cable television, and other communication
system service laterals on a lot or site shall be installed underground
for new developments.
The exterior finish of the building, whether finished face brick,
wood veneer, siding or any other finished facing materials approved
by the zoning officer, shall come down the building to within six
inches of finished grade. Plain masonry block or poured concrete shall
not be considered a finished product; nor shall either of these construction
surfaces be considered as a finished product if painted, unless specified
as a specific architectural exterior treatment by a design professional.
Mechanical equipment designed to be located on the roof of a
structure/building must be screened with typical building materials
approved by the zoning officer. The screen must be designed to complement
building designed and conceal this equipment from neighboring property
owners and the public on adjacent roadways.