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Parking lots should be illuminated adequately for security and safety, but such illumination shall be controlled to prevent glare and avoid decreasing the visibility of neighboring properties. Parking lot lighting shall not be used to draw attention to a business.

(1) The maximum height of parking lot lighting shall be as follows:

(a) twenty (20) feet in a residential zone,

(b) twenty five (25) feet for a commercial, industrial or public facility use abutting a residential use or zone, and

(c) fifty (50) feet for a commercial, industrial, or public facility use not abutting a residential use or zone.

(d) Height shall be measured from the ground surface being illuminated to the bottom of the lighting fixture.

(2) Parking lot lighting fixtures designed to portray an historic period or architectural style are encouraged. If such fixtures are not “cut off” or shielded fixtures, the maximum initial lumens generated by each fixture shall not exceed two thousand (2000) (equivalent to a one hundred fifty (150) watt incandescent bulb). The height of such lighting fixtures shall not exceed fifteen (15) feet.

(3) Parking lot lighting shall be designed so the minimum illumination at grade level is between two-tenths (.2) and three-tenths (.3) foot-candles in residential zones and between three-tenths (.3) and five-tenths (.5) foot-candles in commercial, industrial and public facility zones. The ratio of average parking lot illumination to minimum parking lot illumination shall not exceed four to one (4:1).

(4) Except as modified elsewhere in this Subsection, lighting fixtures shall be shielded where necessary to prevent direct illumination of adjoining properties, with the exception of light needed to illuminate an adjoining public right-of-way.

(Rep&ReEn 1999-34, Am 2005-21)