§ 8.15.3. Minimum outdoor lighting levels.

Lighting for development applications that include areas of outdoor activity, including special review, minor special review, special exception or site plan review, must comply with the minimum lighting levels in Table 8.15.3. All project lighting used to illuminate buildings, parking lots, walkways, plazas or the landscape, with the exception of lighting for public streets, must be evaluated during the development review or site plan review process.

TABLE 8.15.3
MINIMUM LIGHTING LEVELS FOR
FACILITIES WITH AREAS
OF OUTDOOR NIGHTTIME ACTIVITY

Area/Activity*	Footcandle
Building surrounds (nonresidential)	1.0
Bikeways along roadside
Commercial areas	0.9
Intermediate areas	0.6
Residential areas	0.2
Walkways along roadside
Commercial areas	0.9
Intermediate areas	0.6
Residential areas	0.5
Park walkways	0.5
Pedestrian stairways	0.3
Loading and unloading platforms	20.0
Parking areas	1.0
Playground	5.0

 

*Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Lighting Handbook

(Res. No. 10302007R004, Exh. A, 10-30-2007)