Orange County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec 70-624

Extracted standards

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

Lighting

  • Maximum horizontal illumination at canopy perimeter12 foot-candles

    Horizontal illumination shall not exceed twelve (12) foot-candles at the perimeter of the canopy.

  • Maximum angle from grade for ground-mounted accent lighting45 degrees

    central axis of the light beam from the luminaire does not exceed an angle of forty-five (45) degrees from finished grade

  • twenty-five (25) feet for all other development

  • maximum height of a luminaire installed for residential development shall be twenty (20) feet

  • Maximum spillover light at property line0.5 foot-candles

    Lighting intensity shall not exceed 0.5 foot-candle at the property line(s)

  • Luminaries that imitate an official highway or traffic control light or sign; Luminaries that obscure or inhibit visibility of any traffic control light or sign; Luminaries that have a flashing or intermittent pattern of illumination; Privately-owned luminaries located in a public right-of-way; Searchlights and aerial lasers; Open-flame gas lamps; Mercury vapor luminaries; Luminaries equipped with adjustable mounting devices

  • All luminaries shall be fully shielded and full-cutoff

    All luminaries shall be fully shielded and full-cutoff

From the ordinance

Lighting intensity shall not exceed 0.5 foot-candle at the property line(s)... maximum height of a luminaire installed for residential development shall be twenty (20) feet, and twenty-five (25) feet for all other development... Horizontal illumination shall not exceed twelve (12) foot-candles at the perimeter of the canopy.
Sec 70-624