Site lighting provides safety and security and enhances the architectural and natural features of the site. Glare and illumination standards shall assure that the mechanisms providing light do not negatively impact the appearance of the site.
(Ordinance CO47-17-08-24-E1 adopted 8/24/17)
All outdoor illuminating devices shall be installed in conformance with the provisions of this Article, section 12.12.021 of the Subdivision Chapter, as amended, the building code, the electrical code, and the sign ordinance as applicable, and under appropriate permit and inspection.
(Ordinance CO36-18-08-09-E2 adopted 8/9/18)
(a) 
All lighting poles in areas designated as a design district, shall be decorative poles, as that term is defined by Texas Local Government Code chapter 284, as amended.
(b) 
The zoning districts designated as design districts are set forth below and shall include the city right-of-way adjacent to each zoning district:
(1) 
Development Reserve (DR).
(2) 
Estate Residential (ES).
(3) 
Suburban Residential (SR).
(4) 
Semi-Urban Residential (SU).
(5) 
Urban Residential (UR).
(6) 
Multifamily Residential (MF).
(7) 
Neighborhood Business (NB).
(8) 
Local Business (LB).
(9) 
General Business (GB).
(10) 
Professional Office (PO).
(11) 
Heavy Commercial (HC).
(12) 
Light Industrial (LI).
(13) 
Heavy Industrial (HI).
(14) 
Hospital (H).
(15) 
Public Services (PS).
(16) 
Open Space Greenbelt (OG).
(17) 
Open Space Recreation (OR).
(18) 
Mixed Use (MU).
(19) 
Town Center (TC).
(20) 
Planning Area (PA).
(21) 
Conditional Overlay (CO).
(22) 
Entertainment Center (EC).
(23) 
Planned Development (PD).
(Ordinance CO15-19-05-09-E1 adopted 5/9/19)
The following outdoor lighting information must be included with all site plan submissions:
(1) 
The location and height of all light poles, including parking lot and walkway light poles;
(2) 
Illustrations of each style of freestanding lighting fixture that show that such fixture is either a full cutoff or directionally shielded lighting fixture; and
(3) 
A statement from the owner/developer certifying that all required outdoor lighting provisions will be met.
(Ordinance CO47-17-08-24-E1 adopted 8/24/17)
The following are exempt from the outdoor lighting standards, provided that such fixtures do not cause disability glare:
(1) 
Lighting fixtures and standards required by federal, state or County agencies, including streetlights within the public right-of-way.
(2) 
Outdoor lighting fixtures used by law enforcement, fire and rescue, the state department of public safety or other emergency response agencies to perform emergency or construction repair work, or to perform nighttime road construction on major thoroughfares.
(Ordinance CO47-17-08-24-E1 adopted 8/24/17)
Except where otherwise noted, all lighting fixtures existing and legally installed and operative before the effective date of this Chapter are exempt from the requirements of this Article. Whenever a nonconforming fixture is replaced or moved, the replacement fixture shall meet the requirements of this Article.
(Ordinance CO47-17-08-24-E1 adopted 8/24/17)