[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Clay 9-18-2006
by L.L. No. 8-2006. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known as the "Lighting" chapter of the Town of
Clay.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
A unit of illuminance on a surface that is everywhere one foot from
a uniform point source of light of one candle and equal to one lumen per square
foot.
The luminous flux per unit area on an intercepting surface at any
given point.
A complete lighting unit.
No person, firm or corporation or his or its agents, servants or employees shall install, operate or maintain on private property in the Town any exterior light, lamp or other illumination except in compliance with § 140-4 hereof.
A.
All exterior lights, lamps and other illumination shall
be so arranged, adjusted and operated with reflectors, refractors and screening
that:
(1)
No illumination shall cause direct light rays to cross
any property line.
(2)
All permanent outdoor lights, including those used for
area lighting or building floodlighting, shall originate from steady, stationary,
shielded sources directed so as to avoid causing a hazard to motorists, pedestrians,
or causing direct light rays to be cast upon neighboring properties.
B.
All blinking, intermittent, flashing, or other animated
forms of illumination or light, and all sources of illumination which, through
direct or indirect means, create glare are prohibited.
C.
The marginal increase in light, as measured at any property
line other than a street line, shall not exceed one footcandle.
D.
A luminaire shall be of a design accepted by the Illumination
Engineering Society of North America, or IESNA, as a fully enclosed, cutoff-style
fixture with an integrally designed, fixed-connector (no swivel) arm for post
or wall mounting.
E.
Mounting.
(1)
Wherever possible, light fixtures shall face inward from
the perimeter of a property and shall face toward the structure.
(2)
Fixtures used for architectural lighting, for example,
facade, fountain, feature and landscape lighting, shall be aimed so as not
to project their output beyond the objects intended to be illuminated.
(3)
Canopy light fixtures shall have a flat lens. Drop lens
fixtures are not acceptable.
(4)
Flood or spotlights shall be so installed or aimed that
they do not project their output into the window of a neighboring property,
an adjacent use, directly skyward or onto a roadway.
(5)
Lighting at service stations or convenience stores shall
not be mounted on the top or fascia of the canopy.
F.
Height of luminaire shall be measured from the ground.
The following applications of outdoor lighting are hereby exempt from
the provisions of this Code:
A.
Any existing lights which do not conform to the regulations
herein established shall be considered a nonconforming light.
B.
All nonconforming lights shall be discontinued within
one year from the effective date of this chapter, and their continued use
shall be subject to the regulations of this chapter.
Any person or persons responsible for such nuisance or annoying lighting
as described hereinbefore, whether owner, lessee or lessees or others using
any premises with or without the permission of the owner, violating any of
the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, a complaint
having been made, be subject to a fine not exceeding $250 or to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 15 days, or to both fine and imprisonment, in the
discretion of the court. Each day a particular violation shall continue constitutes
a separate offense.
