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  2. CHAPTER 7. GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
  3. Article 7.4. Site Lighting

Sec. 7.4.5. Parking and Pedestrian Areas

  1. Light fixtures within parking and vehicular display areas may be no higher than 30 feet.
  2. Light fixtures within pedestrian areas may be no higher than 15 feet. 

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  3. Light fixtures located within 50 feet of the property line of a Residential District may be no higher than 15 feet.
  4. Light fixtures within 25 feet of a street right-of-way must be forward throw fixtures.
  5. Light fixtures in parking and vehicular display areas must be full cutoff. In all other areas, light fixtures with more than 2,000 lumens must be full cutoff unless they meet the following: 

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    1. Non-cutoff fixtures can be used when the maximum initial lumens generated by each fixture does not exceed 9,500 lumens; 

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    2. If the unshielded fixture has all metal halide, fluorescent, induction, white high pressure sodium and color-corrected high pressure sodium lamps, the outer lamp envelope must be coated with an internal white frosting to diffuse light;
    3. All metal halide fixtures equipped with a medium base socket must use either an internal refractive lens or a wide-body refractive globe; or
    4. All non-cutoff fixture open-bottom lights must equipped with full cutoff fixture shields.
  6. To the extent possible, as determined by the Development Services Director, internal light sources within structured parking shall not be visible from the adjacent public right-of-way. Rooftop lighting for parking structures shall be mounted a minimum of 15 feet in from the edge of the structure.

Book traversal links for Sec. 7.4.5. Parking and Pedestrian Areas

  • Sec. 7.4.4. Design and Installation Requirements
  • Sec. 7.4.6. Flood Lights and Flood Lamps
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UDO Chapters

  • CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS
  • CHAPTER 2. RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
  • CHAPTER 3. MIXED USE DISTRICTS
  • CHAPTER 4. SPECIAL DISTRICTS
  • CHAPTER 5. OVERLAY DISTRICTS
  • CHAPTER 6. USE REGULATIONS
  • CHAPTER 7. GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
  • CHAPTER 8. SUBDIVISION & SITE PLAN STANDARDS
  • CHAPTER 9. NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION
  • CHAPTER 10. ADMINISTRATION
  • CHAPTER 11. BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
  • CHAPTER 12. DEFINITIONS
  • HISTORY TABLE
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  • Article 7.1. Parking
  • Article 7.2. Landscaping and Screening
  • Article 7.3. Signs
  • Article 7.4. Site Lighting
    • Sec. 7.4.1. Applicability
    • Sec. 7.4.2. Light Level Measuring
    • Sec. 7.4.3. Prohibited Sources
    • Sec. 7.4.4. Design and Installation Requirements
    • Sec. 7.4.5. Parking and Pedestrian Areas
    • Sec. 7.4.6. Flood Lights and Flood Lamps
    • Sec. 7.4.7. Vehicular Canopies
    • Sec. 7.4.8. Outdoor Recreation Fields and Performance Areas
    • Sec. 7.4.9. Signs
    • Sec. 7.4.10. Building and Security Lighting
    • Sec. 7.4.11. Parking Structures
    • Sec. 7.4.12. Design Alternate Findings
  • Article 7.5. Outdoor Display and Storage

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