§ 63.405. General Regulations for Outdoor Lighting Plans.

All outdoor lighting plans must conform to the following regulations:

(a)

Illumination levels. Illumination levels may not exceed 0.5 footcandles at the property line where the neighboring property is a residential use or is zoned for a residential use. For all other uses, illumination levels may not exceed 1.0 footcandles at the property line. To avoid glare and light spilling onto neighboring properties, fixtures must be installed with shields and reflectors.

(b)

Light fixtures. All light fixtures must conform to the following regulations:

1.

All fixtures, including security lighting, must be cutoff fixtures.

2.

All fixtures must be incorporated into the building or site as an integrated design element through the use of common or complementary style, material, and color.

3.

Fixtures may not be tilted towards adjacent properties.

4.

Sag lenses, convex lenses, and drop lenses are prohibited.

5.

Floodlighting is prohibited except for non-retail industrial uses where the floodlight is internal to the site and cannot be seen from adjacent public rights-of-way and neighboring residential uses or zoning districts.

6.

Fixtures that decoratively light a building or wall may not light above the parapet of the building or the top of the wall and may not produce glare or spill light.

Landscape and decorative lights with lamps of 60-watts or less (or the functional equivalent of 60-watts or less) are hereby made exempt from this subsection.

(c)

Time controls and motion detectors. Lighting on non-residential sites must include time controls. The time controls must dim all outdoor lights by at least 50% of normal illumination levels within one hour of the close of business on the site. The lights must remain dimmed until the business re-opens in the morning or the automatic light sensors switch the light off in the morning. Where a site includes more than one business, the time controls must dim the lights associated with each discrete place of business within the hour of the respective business closing to the public, but common area lighting may remain fully lit until the last onsite business closes. This requirement does not apply to businesses that operate 24-hours a day. Dimmed lights may return to full luminance for no more than 30 seconds if triggered by a motion detector.

(d)

Light sensors. All outdoor lighting must include light sensors that automatically turn lights off when daylight exceeds 85% of the ground level luminance of the fixture.

(e)

Manual controls. All electrical circuits for outdoor lighting must include manually controlled switches conveniently located for manual operation.

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