§ 63.404. Application for Outdoor Lighting Plan Approval.

An application for outdoor lighting plan approval must be submitted to the City permitting official on a form provided for such purpose. The application form must include a description of all the information, documents, and other submissions that City officials will need in order to review the proposal for compliance with this Code. At a minimum, the outdoor lighting plan must include or conform to the following:

(a)

A photometric plan covering the entire site, including any new street right-of-way. The photometric plan must provide enough information to determine the potential for direct illumination of the site's outdoor areas, spill illumination, and compliance with this part. The photometric plan must show the illumination levels (in footcandles) for all exterior fixtures.

(b)

The plan must be prepared by a licensed design professional, who shall sign and seal the plans and certify that the plan complies with this part.

(c)

The plan must be prepared in a scale that is easily legible.

(d)

The plan must show all proposed and existing buildings on the site, pedestrian and vehicular areas, other above-ground improvements, the horizontal location of all proposed and existing outdoor lighting fixtures including pole and wall-mounted fixtures, mounting heights of each fixture, overall height of each pole above grade, location of externally illuminated signs and associated fixtures, and the location of all architectural and landscape lighting fixtures.

(e)

The plan must show initial horizontal illuminance values in footcandles for the area to be illuminated. These values must be calculated at grade and include contributions from all onsite fixtures. The light loss factor may not be less than 0.8.

(f)

The manufacturer's cut sheets (specifications) for each proposed fixture must be submitted. Each cut sheet must be legible and must identify the manufacturer's catalog number. A fixture schedule must be provided with this information and the plan cross-reference identification. Drawings of all typical fixtures must show the directional controls such as shields, reflectors, refractors, and lenses that will aim and limit the angle of illumination. Details must show the vertical angle of illumination that will determine shielding angle.

(g)

A lighting fixture schedule that presents the following information:

1.

Lighting fixture plan identification symbol or abbreviation.

2.

Fixture type, including the manufacturer's product identification catalog number.

3.

Lamp type and wattage or LED luminaire wattage.

4.

Fixture mounting height.

5.

Light loss factors used in the plans.

(h)

The plan must plot footcandles of illumination at ground level to the nearest tenth of a footcandle, and at horizontal grid intervals of no more than ten feet. Light intensity values must be maintained values calculated using a maintenance factor of less than 0.8.

(Ord. No. 2013-73, § 5, 6-23-2014, Doc. #1406231202)