Sec 70-624
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Canopy lighting installation
Luminaries in canopies... shall be recessed into the canopy ceiling so that the bottoms of the luminaries are flush with the ceiling.
- Maximum mounting heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for other development25 ft
and twenty-five (25) feet for all other development
- Maximum mounting heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for residential20 ft
the maximum height of a luminaire installed for residential development shall be twenty (20) feet
- Maximum spillover light0.5 foot-candle
Lighting intensity shall not exceed 0.5 foot-candle at the property line(s) of the parcel(s) on which the development is constructed.
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. lighting types
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 permitting alteration of luminaire aiming on the fly.
- Shielding requirement
All luminaries shall be fully shielded and full-cutoff, either by fixture design or as a decorative design with full-cutoff optics.
From the ordinance
The purpose of this section is to regulate exterior lighting... All luminaries shall be fully shielded and full-cutoff... 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.