TO: Mayor and Town Council
FROM: Eva Cutro, Community Development Director
DATE: November 17, 2016
CONTACT:
Staff Contact Eva Cutro, 480-348-3522
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Consideration of Ordinance Number 2016-04; Amending the Zoning Code Regarding Lighting
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
It is recommended that the Town Council adopt Ordinance Number 2016-04 version A or B as described in the Action Report.
Background
A. Revisions to Article 10 Height and Area Regulations, Section 1023 Outdoor Lighting and Illumination: Article 22 Hillside Development Regulations, Section 2208 Outdoor Lighting; Article 25 Signs, Section 2506 Lighting; and Special Use Permit Guidelines, Section 2 Lighting as contained in Ordinance # 2016-04.
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B. Revisions to Article 10 Height and Area Regulations, Section 1023 Outdoor Lighting and Illumination: Article 22 Hillside Development Regulations, Section 2208 Outdoor Lighting; Article 25 Signs, Section 2506 Lighting; and Special Use Permit Guidelines, Section 2 Lighting as contained in Ordinance # 2016-04 and with the additional staff recommendations contained in the Action Report.
BACKGROUND:
Revisions to the lighting code were discussed in detail at seven Planning Commission work sessions and a public hearing in September. Certain portions of the lighting code were outdated and did not reflect current standards. Attached please find Ordinance 2016-04 with a redlined version of the Code sections with proposed revisions.
Major Revisions to Section 1023 (non-hillside lighting) include:
* Addition of a Definition Section. Most of the definitions are not new, but were previously only in the Hillside Lighting Section. The definitions are now in both sections. The definitions of Lumens and Beam Angle are new and the definitions of Footcandle and Visual Enjoyment Lighting were revised.
* All references to wattage were removed and replaced with Lumens where appropriate.
* A diagram of an up light with 45 de...
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