Sec. 34-307
Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Full cutoff fixtures required
All lighting fixtures serving open-air parking lots, except as allowed in subsection b. below, shall be full cut-off fixtures as defined by the IESNA.
- Lighting intensity limit
Lighting intensity will be limited to no brighter than that published as recommended by the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA).
- Flashing lights prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Lighting shall not be flashing, moving, intermittent or scintillating in type except for signs that display only time and temperature.
- Red/yellow/green lights prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Red, yellow or green lights that may resemble traffic signalization or caution lights are prohibited.
- Maximum parking lot light pole heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.15 ft
Parking area luminaries shall be no taller than 15 feet in height from the ground to the light source.
The installation of any mercury-vapor, sodium-vapor or high intensity fixture or lamp for use as an outdoor luminary is prohibited.
- Laser light prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
The use of laser source light of any similar high intensity light for outdoor advertising, entertainment or non-commercial use is prohibited.
- Searchlights prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
The operation of searchlights for advertising, entertainment or non-commercial purposes is prohibited.
From the ordinance
Site lighting trespass onto adjacent properties or roadways shall be minimized. Light fixtures or lamps shall be shielded/shaded in such a manner as to direct glare away from adjacent properties or roadways.