Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Exemptions from full cutoff requirement
Construction, agricultural, emergency, or holiday decorative lighting of a temporary nature. Lighting of the United States of America, commonwealth, county, or town flags and other noncommercial flags. Security lighting controlled by sensors which provide illumination for 15 minutes or less. The replacement of an inoperable lamp or component which is in a luminaire that was installed prior to the effective date of the ordinance from which this section is derived. The replacement of a failed or damaged luminaire which is one of a matching group serving a common function.
- Full cutoff luminaires required for lighting >3000 lumens
All outdoor lighting in excess of 3,000 initial lumens ... shall incorporate the use of full cutoff luminaries/fixtures.
- Mercury vapor discouraged
The use of mercury vapor lights shall be discouraged in any exterior lighting applications, except for under-canopy lighting for gasoline pump islands, bank or other drive-through or drive-in facilities.
- Preferred light types
High-pressure sodium or metal halide lights shall be the preferred type of exterior site lighting.
From the ordinance
All outdoor lighting in excess of 3,000 initial lumens ... shall be designed, installed and maintained to prevent unreasonable or objectionable glare ... and shall incorporate the use of full cutoff luminaries/fixtures.