Chapter 16.26 OFF-STREET PARKING AND VEHICLE ACCESS STANDARDS


Section 16.26.170 Illumination.

     A.   Lights shall be provided to illuminate parking areas required by this chapter.  
     B.    The following shall apply when lighting fixtures are installed in a residential zone, adjacent to a residential zone, or used in an area designated as a future residential area by the Vernal City general plan or adjacent to any other sensitive use.   
         1.    Fixtures shall have cutoff shields installed when the parking lot is adjacent to residential zones or uses.  Cutoff shields shall be designed and installed so as to direct light onto the parking area and away from the adjacent property.
         2..    Poles and their attached fixtures shall not exceed a height of 30 feet when installed in or adjacent to residential zones.  Height shall be measured from the adjacent grade to the highest point on the lighting structure.
     C..    The average maintained footcandles shall be at least one (1) footcandle, but may not exceed three (3) footcandles.  A photometric study may be required by the Planning Commission to demonstrate compliance with this requirement.
     D.     Where parking areas are separated from the buildings they serve by a public street, the crosswalk serving the parking area and building shall be appropriately lighted with a nine thousand five hundred (9,500) lumen sodium vapor light or other equivalent fixture as approved by Vernal City . The Planning Commission may waive this requirement for a crosswalk light if a lighted crosswalk is within two hundred (200) feet of the parking lot.
     E..    A thirty (30) day review period beginning with the energizing of a lighting system shall be required to evaluate and adjust illumination levels of parking lots in and adjacent to residential districts or other sensitive land uses.
     F.    Poles and their attached fixtures shall be kept operational and in good repair by the owner of the property upon which the poles and their attached fixtures are located. All wiring and similar components shall be concealed.  
(PZSC § 03-12-015 (3))


(Ord. 2009-27, Amended, 11/20/2009, Prior Text)