[R.O. 1993 § 415.310; Ord. No.
786 § 1, 7-18-2005]
The regulations in this Article shall apply to all development
approved in conjunction with all new developments, amendment of an
approved site plan, amendment of a special permit use or any lighting
change to an existing development involving new fixtures, standards,
heads or luminaires.
[R.O. 1993 § 415.320; Ord. No.
786 § 1, 7-18-2005]
A.
The following standards shall apply to property within all zoning
districts of the City:
1.
Site lighting shall include all lighting on property, other
than lighting within a fully enclosed building, provided that site
lighting shall include interior lighting when used as accent lighting.
2.
Site lighting fixtures shall be compatible with the building
design and the adjoining landscape and shall not be used in such a
manner as to turn the building itself into "signage."
3.
Excessive brightness of site lighting shall be avoided.
4.
Site lighting shall not spill over to adjacent sites or properties.
5.
Site lighting shall not create glare which is directed toward
or reflected onto adjoining properties.
6.
Site lighting shall not create glare which is directed toward
or reflected onto streets or interior drives where such glare could
negatively impact vehicular or pedestrian safety.
7.
Except as may be provided elsewhere in this Section, site lighting
shall at no time be directed upward in a radiating and/or moving or
sweeping pattern or at any angle which will light surfaces other than
building walls, parking or pedestrian areas and landscaped areas and
shall not create lighting patterns which will direct light toward
residential areas.
8.
Except as may be authorized in the City Municipal Code, the
use of neon tubing of any color as accent lighting in any location
on the site, including the exterior of a building or around any window
(either on the exterior of the building or on the interior where the
tubing would be visible from the street) is prohibited.
9.
All site lighting shall be installed utilizing underground cable.
[R.O. 1993 § 415.330; Ord. No.
786 § 1, 7-18-2005]
A.
At the time of filing any application for any use, development, amendment or change as set out in Section 415.310 hereof, a lighting plan for site lighting shall be provided on a separate sheet. The following information shall be submitted as part of the lighting plan:
1.
Manufacturer's catalogue cut sheet or other graphic and narrative
description of the light standards, fixture heads and/or luminaires
with specification data.
2.
Photometric curves indicating both vertical and horizontal candle-power
distribution.
3.
A plan of the site superimposed with a grid of not more than
twenty (20) feet between light sources showing the calculated footcandle
levels at average site grade at the center of each twenty-foot grid.
B.
Except as otherwise provided in the following provisions of this
Section, all parking and loading areas and walkways shall be illuminated
so as to produce a uniform minimum average illumination within such
areas of two (2) footcandles of illumination measured at the ground
level.
C.
Lighting fixtures or standards without cutoff-type luminaires or
with globe-style luminaires shall be no higher than fifteen (15) feet
and shall have a maximum illumination output of not more than ten
thousand (10,000) lumens.
D.
Lighting fixtures or standards with a cutoff-type luminaires shall
be no higher than twenty-five (25) feet with a maximum average illumination
of the property, measured at ground level over the site, of five (5)
footcandles.
E.
Except as may be otherwise approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission,
where parking and loading areas are adjacent to residential areas,
the maximum average illumination of the area between the rear building
wall line and the property line abutting a residential area shall
be one (1) footcandle measured at ground level over the site, provided
that at the property line abutting a residential area, the maximum
illumination of the property shall be no higher than one-tenth (0.1)
footcandle.
F.
Where parking or loading areas abut residential property, the fixture
head shall be of an appropriate type which controls the lighting pattern
and shields such residential property from direct view of the light
source. In order to achieve this end, reflector shields may be required
for fixture heads.
G.
Globe-style fixture heads (including other shapes, such as acorn
or cylinder styles) may only be used as decorative accents along the
front of properties or buildings which face bordering streets which
are occupied by or zoned for commercial or light industrial uses and
where adjoining uses on the same side of the street are not residential.
No such fixtures shall be located in any side or rear yard. Globe-style
fixture heads shall be of the types which are frosted or translucent
so that the bulb lighting source is not visible and that emitted light
is diffused.
