Nonresidential and mixed-use uses must comply with the following provisions:
(A) 
Building Floodlighting.
Building floodlighting is only allowed if it uses white, shielded or not visible, steadily illuminating light sources (building floodlighting may not be tinted using colored bulbs, gels, or lenses, and it may not change colors or blink or change intensity in any way).
(B) 
Lighted Objects.
Freestanding “art forms” and other site objects may not be internally lighted. Site fixtures may only be externally illuminated using tightly focused up-lighting from a white, shielded or not visible, steadily illuminating light source (that is, they may not be tinted using colored bulbs, gels, or lenses, and they may not change colors or blink or change intensity in any way).
(Ordinance 6773 adopted 5/19/15)
Parking and loading lighting must comply with the following provisions:
(A) 
General.
All off-street parking areas for nonresidential uses (in all zoning districts) that are used after dark must be illuminated beginning at sunset and continuing throughout the hours of business operation. Illumination of parking areas must be sufficient to ensure the visibility of pedestrians and the safe movement of traffic within the site.
(B) 
Intensity.
The level of intensity of illumination, measured at a height of three feet above the pavement surface, must be a minimum average of two footcandles above the ambient light level, and a minimum level at any point of at least 0.66 footcandle above the ambient light level.
(C) 
Mounting Height.
The mounting height of luminaire fixtures may not exceed the heights specified in Table 4-10 below.
Table 4-10: Mounting Heights for Lighting in Parking Areas
Width of Parking Area
Maximum Luminaire Mounting Height
0 - 60 feet
14 feet
60.1 - 102 feet
20 feet
102.1 or greater feet
30 feet
(D) 
Appearance.
Standards, poles, and fixtures must be of a single color, compatible with the architecture of the building.
(E) 
Type of Fixtures.
All lighting fixtures must be restricted to down-light or cut-off types. Low-pressure sodium lighting or lighting of similar color may not be used.
(Ordinance 6773 adopted 5/19/15)
Walkway lighting must comply with the following provisions:
(A) 
Intensity.
All outdoor pedestrian areas and uncovered walkways, separate from parking or buildings but essential to the nighttime operation of nonresidential uses within nonresidential districts, must be continually illuminated between sunset and sunrise. The level of intensity of illumination, measured at the walkway surface, is a minimum average of 0.8 footcandle. For pedestrian walkways located within one hundred feet of a residential district, and for all sidewalks on private property within a residential district (excluding public sidewalks along street rights-of-way), walkway lighting must be low “bollard”-style (not mounted on light poles over five feet tall) so that lighting occurs as a “groundwash” on the walkways and does not overspill into residential lots.
(B) 
Mounting Height.
The mounting height of luminaire fixtures within one hundred feet of a residential district may not exceed twelve feet above the ground.
(Ordinance 6773 adopted 5/19/15)
(A) 
General Requirements.
The use of gaseous, light-emitting diode (LED), or other electrified or illuminated tubing or backlit “band” lighting to outline or decorate buildings, signs, or other site features is limited as follows:
(1) 
Gaseous, light-emitting diode (LED), or other electrified or illuminated tubing or backlit “band” lighting is prohibited in residential and Agriculture (AG) zoning districts.
(2) 
In nonresidential and mixed-use zoning districts, gaseous, light-emitting diode (LED), or other electrified or illuminated tubing or backlit “band” lighting must comply with the following provisions:
(a) 
Allowed to decorate only one predominantly horizontal architectural element on a building (that is, along the rooflines including any peaks, arches, or bump-ups, or horizontally along the building’s facade as lighted tubing or a backlit “band”), provided that the tubing or “band” does not exceed six inches in width. Outlining windows, doorways, and other architectural building features, other than as provided above, is prohibited.
(b) 
Building-mounted awnings may be backlit provided they do not comprise more than ten percent of a building facade’s total surface area, or the outermost edges only of awnings may be outlined or decorated with gaseous or electrified tubing (entire awnings may not be outlined, only the outermost edges).
(c) 
Building-mounted, projecting porch covers may be outlined or decorated with gaseous or electrified tubing to highlight the main entrance into the building. Only the outermost panel or plane that is approximately parallel to the building’s front facade may be backlit (not the entire projecting porch cover).
(d) 
Around the outer edges of canopies sheltering vehicular areas (such as canopies of gas stations, convenience stores, or drive-through bank facilities) may be outlined or decorated with one gaseous, LED, or electrified/illuminated tubing strip having a maximum width of six inches, or with a backlit “band,” provided that the “band” does not exceed one-third the thickness of the canopy or twelve inches in width, whichever is smaller (the “band” may not protrude beyond the upper or lower edge of the canopy).
(e) 
Freestanding “art forms” and other site objects may not be illuminated by or with gaseous, LED, or other electrified or illuminated tubing or devices.
(Ordinance 6773 adopted 5/19/15)