Powhatan County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 83-469(e)

Extracted standards

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

Lighting

  • Canopy lighting uniformity ratio4 ratio

    The lighting for new facilities (pump islands and under canopies) shall be subject to a uniformity ratio (ratio of average to minimum illuminance) no greater than 4:1.

  • 25 feet for lighting associated with all other development except outdoor recreational facilities

  • The maximum height of the bottom of a luminaire above grade level shall be 20 feet for lighting associated with residential development

  • Nonresidential lighting maximum spillover0.5 fc

    Spillover light, whether vertical or horizontal, shall not exceed 0.5 foot-candle at the property line.

  • Nonresidential lighting shielding required

    all luminaires shall be fully shielded

  • Parking area maximum illumination2.5 fc

    Lighting of a parking area, loading area, sales area, or display area shall not exceed an average horizontal illumination level at grade level of 2.5 foot-candles.

From the ordinance

Spillover light, whether vertical or horizontal, shall not exceed 0.5 foot-candle at the property line. ... The maximum height of the bottom of a luminaire above grade level shall be 20 feet for lighting associated with residential development and 25 feet for lighting associated with all other development except outdoor recreational facilities
Sec. 83-469(e)