Albemarle County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 4.17

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Geographic extent
Applies to all districts; different thresholds for commercial/industrial vs residential

Extracted standards

4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Lighting

  • Applicability threshold for commercial/industrial3,000 lumens

    equipped with a lamp which emits 3,000 or more maximum lumens

  • Full cutoff luminaire required

    Each outdoor luminaire subject to these outdoor lighting regulations shall be a full cutoff luminaire.

  • Maximum spillover onto residential/rural areas0.5 footcandles

    The spillover of lighting from luminaires onto public roads and property in residential or rural areas zoning districts shall not exceed one-half foot candle.

  • Lighting must be shielded to reflect away from residential districts and roads

    All outdoor lighting, regardless of the amount of lumens, shall be arranged or shielded to reflect light away from adjoining residential districts and away from adjacent roads.

From the ordinance

Each outdoor luminaire subject to these outdoor lighting regulations shall be a full cutoff luminaire.
Sec. 4.17