[HISTORY: Adopted by the Special Town Meeting of the Town of Townsend
9-9-1997 by Art. 62. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This bylaw is intended to eliminate glare, minimize light trespass and
sky glow and reduce energy use by specifying a full cutoff design for all
public lighting in the Town of Townsend.
For the purposes of this bylaw, terms used shall be defined as follows:
Light emitted directly from the lamp, off of the reflector or reflector
diffuser or through the refractor or diffuser lens of a streetlight.
The assembly that houses the light and can include all or some of
the following parts: a housing, a mounting bracket or pole socket, a lamp
holder, a ballast, a reflector or mirror or a refractor or lens.
The component of a light that produces the actual light.
A complete lighting system including a lamp or lamps and a fixture
or fixtures designed for the illumination of public ways; public parks; public
parking areas; public schools and schools serving the public; municipal facilities
such as Town Hall, fire, police and ambulance; and government institutions
that serve the public including but not limited to state parks and campgrounds.
Specifically exempt from this bylaw are lights erected within the historic
districts of Townsend and so designed as to represent "antique" or "old fashioned"
period or colonial styles of the 1700's and 1800's, and all lighting regulated
by state or federal statutes or agencies and all emergency lighting such as
police, fire and defense.
All public lighting installed, replaced, or moved after the effective
date of this bylaw shall emit no direct light above a horizontal plane through
the lowest direct light emitting part of the light.
