[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Norwood 12-19-2006
by L.L. No. 1-2006. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
This chapter is enacted for the good government, order and protection
of persons and property and for the preservation of the public health, safety
and welfare of the Village of Norwood and its inhabitants.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
The amount of light from one candle at one foot from the source of
the light.
Includes not only buildings but the ground, soil or earth as commonly
understood.
A dwelling, barn, pole or elevated object, or a building or other
structured improvement on any premises, of such physical size as to be capable
of having attached thereto or incorporated thereon, on the exterior, artificial
lighting by means of electrical, gas or other luminescent fixtures.
Artificial lighting or illumination provided on any property or by any
use shall adhere to the following standards:
A.
The illumination provided by artificial lighting on the
property shall not exceed five footcandles beyond any property line.
B.
Spotlights or other types of artificial lighting that
provide a concentrated beam of light shall be so directed that the beam of
light does not extend beyond any property lines.
C.
Spotlights or other types of artificial lighting used
to illuminate signs or building faces shall not emit beams of light that extend
beyond the vertical plane of the sign or building face that they illuminate
and shall not be located in such a manner as to cause the beams of light to
be reflected upon any adjoining property, public street or vehicular circulation
area.
D.
No artificial lighting shall shine directly upon any
neighboring property or be so established that it shall shine directly upon
any neighboring property or shall shine directly on or into any room or rooms,
porches or patios of any neighboring property, nor shall any artificial lighting
be maintained or operated from any structure or land in such a manner as to
be a nuisance or any annoyance to neighboring properties or as to interfere
with the physical comfort of the occupants of neighboring properties.
A.
Violation of any provision of this chapter shall be punishable
by a fine not to exceed $250 or imprisonment not to exceed 15 days, or both.
The continuation of an offense against the provisions of this chapter shall
constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct
offense hereunder.
B.
In addition or as an alternative to the above-provided penalties,
the Board of Trustees may also maintain an action or proceeding in the name
of the Village in a court of competent jurisdiction to compel compliance with
or to restrain by injunction the violation of this chapter.
