Essex County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Section 36.477
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Canopy lighting must be recessed
Light fixtures under any canopy shall be recessed into the canopy ceiling with a flat lens to prevent glare.
- Full cutoff luminaire required
Each outdoor luminaire subject to these outdoor lighting requirements shall be a full cutoff luminaire.
- Maximum color temperature3,000 K
All exterior lights shall be 3,000 Kelvin light color temperature or less.
- Maximum parking lot light fixture heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. in business districts20 ft
Light fixtures in parking lots shall not be more than 20 feet in height in the Business Districts, High Density Residential District
- Maximum parking lot light fixture heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. in industrial districts30 ft
and no more than 30 feet in height in the Industrial Districts.
- Preferred light types
High-pressure sodium vapor or light emitting diode (LED) lights shall be the preferred type of exterior site lighting.
From the ordinance
Each outdoor luminaire subject to these outdoor lighting requirements shall be a full cutoff luminaire. ... All exterior lights shall be 3,000 Kelvin light color temperature or less. ... Light fixtures in parking lots shall not be more than 20 feet in height in the Business Districts, High Density Residential District, and no more than 30 feet in height in the Industrial Districts.